I've noticed that some previous individuals have used p.b.i. to test their
image and recieve advice on improvements before entering the "Final" image
in the competition.  I was just wondering is this acceptable to do, or
should the tentries be done entirely without outside help? Just curious.

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kane wrote:

> I've noticed that some previous individuals have used p.b.i. to test their
> image and recieve advice on improvements before entering the "Final" image
> in the competition.  I was just wondering is this acceptable to do, or
> should the tentries be done entirely without outside help? Just curious.

As someone who has done this in the past, I don't see why it shouldn't be
allowed.

I've always thought that posting images to p.b.i is just using another
resource available. I always show my images to my family to ask for opinions,
so why not a larger audience?

Simon

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Simon de Vet <sde### [at] istarca> wrote:
: I've always thought that posting images to p.b.i is just using another
: resource available. I always show my images to my family to ask for opinions,
: so why not a larger audience?

  So those lucky users who have access to a world-wide audience can have
a lot more opinions and improvement suggestions than those who don't.

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Warp wrote:

> Simon de Vet <sde### [at] istarca> wrote:
> : I've always thought that posting images to p.b.i is just using another
> : resource available. I always show my images to my family to ask for opinions,
> : so why not a larger audience?
>
>   So those lucky users who have access to a world-wide audience can have
> a lot more opinions and improvement suggestions than those who don't.
>

Since it's an ***Internet*** Ray-tracing competition, I guess the participants have
all an Internet access, so they could all show their work beforehand in any
specialised forum. This is probably the only aspect of the competition where all
the participants are more or less "equals" !
However, I'm not really sure about showing the picture beforehand. I've done it
this time but only a couple of days before the deadline so that there was nothing I
could have changed anyway. I tend to think that it spoils the surprise more than it
is really useful.
On the other hand, if there was some kind of billboard at the IRTC site where
people could display their "work in progress" it would be certainly make the
competition livelier (and very different from the present one). I'm not advocating
that, it's just an idea to play with.
G.

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