Inukshuk
Sergeant at Arms
Picture of The Month Pilot - April
Hello there. I posted an idea for a picture of the month competition a short while ago, and it recieved much popular support. Everyone seems to be itching to post some screenies so I thought I'd start a pilot thread for what we have left of April.
Without further adieu, here are the rules:
* You have the next five days to submit your entries.
* Picture must be taken by you and must be from Mount&Blade. Pictures from any Mount&Blade mod are also allowed.
* A very limited amount of image manipulation is allowed (photoshoping etc). This is just basic saturation, brightness, contrast alteration. No outright doctoring, like making people's heads bigger or turning horses green. For those who do not have suitable software, I have posted links below to some free software that is capable of the above.
* After the five days are finished, this thread will be closed, and a new voting thread will be opened. The rest of this month will be dedicated to the voting once the thread is opened.
* Please save any comments about the submitted pictures for the voting thread.
* ONE picture may be submitted per contestant.
Please be confident that the pictures you submit are of a high standard. The best pictures are the ones where composition has been clearly considered. A good way of taking pictures is to use Edit Mode, and ctrl+f11 to freeze time. Then simply printscreen your scene. Try to avoid in game text in the picture - go into the options menu, and turn of 'show casualties' and 'show names of friendly troops'. Please be confident that the pictures you submit have potential - you would not send a picture to a wildlife magazine where the subject is out of focus and in the far corner of the picture, possibly with some of it out of shot.
Software:
http://www.gimp.org/ - Gimp
http://www.getpaint.net/ - Paint
After voting closes at the end of this month, the winning picture will be posted in a Picture of the Month Winners' thread. Please use this thread to only submit entries - no comments yet.
Let the competiton commence!
Hello there. I posted an idea for a picture of the month competition a short while ago, and it recieved much popular support. Everyone seems to be itching to post some screenies so I thought I'd start a pilot thread for what we have left of April.
Without further adieu, here are the rules:
* You have the next five days to submit your entries.
* Picture must be taken by you and must be from Mount&Blade. Pictures from any Mount&Blade mod are also allowed.
* A very limited amount of image manipulation is allowed (photoshoping etc). This is just basic saturation, brightness, contrast alteration. No outright doctoring, like making people's heads bigger or turning horses green. For those who do not have suitable software, I have posted links below to some free software that is capable of the above.
* After the five days are finished, this thread will be closed, and a new voting thread will be opened. The rest of this month will be dedicated to the voting once the thread is opened.
* Please save any comments about the submitted pictures for the voting thread.
* ONE picture may be submitted per contestant.
Please be confident that the pictures you submit are of a high standard. The best pictures are the ones where composition has been clearly considered. A good way of taking pictures is to use Edit Mode, and ctrl+f11 to freeze time. Then simply printscreen your scene. Try to avoid in game text in the picture - go into the options menu, and turn of 'show casualties' and 'show names of friendly troops'. Please be confident that the pictures you submit have potential - you would not send a picture to a wildlife magazine where the subject is out of focus and in the far corner of the picture, possibly with some of it out of shot.
Software:
http://www.gimp.org/ - Gimp
http://www.getpaint.net/ - Paint
After voting closes at the end of this month, the winning picture will be posted in a Picture of the Month Winners' thread. Please use this thread to only submit entries - no comments yet.
Let the competiton commence!
Too many entries will cause a giant pole. Anyway, if we could keep discussion for the idea thread a little forther down in the Zendar Town Square that would be great. I'll use this post for my entry. 
