I've sPatched and then povrayed a model of an an existing image, but
what's the irtc etiquette with this? I.E., what do you actually do in
your irtc submission? Do you give a link to the image in your text
file so that others can see a difference in your image, (if any!)  ;)
or not?

   Personal preference?

    ~Steve~

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> I've sPatched and then povrayed a model of an an existing image, but
> what's the irtc etiquette with this? I.E., what do you actually do in
> your irtc submission? Do you give a link to the image in your text
> file so that others can see a difference in your image, (if any!)  ;)
> or not?

That is entirely up to the voters, I guess.  If you acknowledge that 
your are doing a reproduction, then I don't think anyone would mind.

On the other hand, if you try to sneak one in and someone finds out...

> 
>    Personal preference?

I'd say go with original stuff, but then again my only entry ever in the 
IRTC was a reproduction, so don't listen to me.

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> > I've sPatched and then povrayed a model of an an existing image,
but
> > what's the irtc etiquette with this? I.E., what do you actually do
in
> > your irtc submission? Do you give a link to the image in your text
> > file so that others can see a difference in your image, (if any!)
;)
> > or not?
>
> That is entirely up to the voters, I guess.  If you acknowledge that
> your are doing a reproduction, then I don't think anyone would mind.
>
> On the other hand, if you try to sneak one in and someone finds
out...

   You mean that I might be tarred and feathered?!  :oO

>
> >
> >    Personal preference?
>
> I'd say go with original stuff, but then again my only entry ever in
the
> IRTC was a reproduction, so don't listen to me.

   Heh, ok, maybe I should have explained a little more. I'm only
using an image as a reference guide of the 'Old Technology' modelled,
I haven't modelled the whole scene that's depicted in the image.

   So, do I give a link to that image, so that the judges can see what
my model 'should' look like, or do I leave them thinking that my model
is the bees-knees?  ;)

  What do others do?

  Thank you Francois.

   ~Steve~


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>    Heh, ok, maybe I should have explained a little more. I'm only
> using an image as a reference guide of the 'Old Technology' modelled,
> I haven't modelled the whole scene that's depicted in the image.
>
>    So, do I give a link to that image, so that the judges can see what
> my model 'should' look like, or do I leave them thinking that my model
> is the bees-knees?  ;)
>

I have several models in my IRTC entry that are modelled from various
sources on the Internet.  I used lots of photographs as a reference, but I'm
not planning to list them.  I just plan to state the fact.  Actually, I'm
not even sure where I gathered all of the photos from anymore, since many of
them were from Google's image search, and sometimes I'd be working with 2 or
3 different photos from different sources.  Another reason, is that my
models are not "perfect".  Some details were left out and/or changed simply
because they would have been more difficult to render in POV.  I assume that
everyone does that, but why give the judges an exact photo so that they can
say, "Hmmm...  Your model doesn't include the widget on the left side which
I see in this picture, but would have otherwise never known about..."

I happened to find a nice texture resource, which is actually a web-retailer
site with pictures of their products, that just happened to make excellent
textures.  I emailed the site owner, and asked for permission to use the
textures.  I had a feeling that he'd have no idea what I was talking about,
but he was actually very helpful and agreed to let me use the textures.  For
my project, it was quite a find.  I'm not sure I could have duplicated the
nice textures by hand without them looking really bad.  I plan to put a link
to his site, and I'll probably send him a link to view my final render.

--
Slash

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"St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote in message news:3e4837e1@news.povray.org...
> I've sPatched and then povrayed a model of an an existing image, but
> what's the irtc etiquette with this? I.E., what do you actually do in
> your irtc submission? Do you give a link to the image in your text
> file so that others can see a difference in your image, (if any!)  ;)
> or not?
>

Including a link to an image you've used to model from would be a
nice addition to your entry form. Doing so will add interest to the
judging of your entry - more to look at and more to think about.

Any risk of  showing a badly done reproduction will be offset by
your obvious willingness to amplify a judge's understanding
and to make background data more complete.

Other judges may differ in their opinion, of course.

Too many entrants include too little information about their
work.

pan

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> I've sPatched and then povrayed a model of an an existing image, but
> what's the irtc etiquette with this? I.E., what do you actually do in
> your irtc submission? Do you give a link to the image in your text
> file so that others can see a difference in your image, (if any!)  ;)
> or not?

I made a reproduction of an existing image for the IRTC.
http://www.irtc.org/ftp/pub/stills/2000-12-31/escher.jpg
The original was a lithography made by Escher.
In the text file I put the link to the original work.
The result was a very low ranking in concept (53)
even though I think is one of my best works :-(.

>    Personal preference?

I always try to give as many links as possible.

>     ~Steve~

Txemi Jendrix
http://www.txemijendrix.com

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Yes, thanks all. I think I'll go ahead with the link thing anyway.
It's a great piece of 'old technology' imo*, and I think I've got it
right. I'm a little more concerned with the background at the moment,
so look out for the image in .pbi... Coming your way soon!  ;)

 *Actually, I'll be surprised if someone else hasn't done this too...

    Heh. We'll see...

    ~Steve~

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