[ASM scene] Assembly graphics compo question

[Matthew Walster]

Breakpoint has done this for a while, it always made the amazement
even greater for me - even the fact that they would fire up a
magnifier and look closer at the image.

I realise Assembly is a very different party from BP, but their system
has worked for years very nicely - rather than being a slide-show it's
been a demonstration, and a nice one at that.




Matthew Walster





2008/8/7 Bent Stamnes <bent at lorien.no>:
>>> could it be possible to display a small
>>> compilation of the work stages before displaying the final image on
>>> the
>>> screen (or at least in the entry compilation in PMS)?
>> That would be nice if possible. People would have more accurate view
>> how the pictures were made.
>> At first I didn't look the picture close enough and I thought it was
>> rendered and really good.
>
>
> If this is indeed going to be put into place (and I'll argue against
> it in just a few seconds :) then at least show them _after_ the final
> image; not before. Images created by skilled people often rely on a
> "wow!" effect, and that is simply ruined if you show the stages
> _before_ the image itself.
>
> Now, why this is a bad idea: it just is. It reduces the competition
> from a show of great looking images to an analytic and clinical
> approach to the technique instead of the result, which is NOT what
> graphic competitions should be about. Adding watermarked miniatures of
> the stages included in the delivered ZIP-file in PMS ought to be
> enough. People who are interested in finding out how the image was
> made are free to check these out after the compo.
>
> Listing what tools were used (in a proper way, not just "Wacom and
> MADSKILLZ!!!1111") and a brief recepie of how it was composed (in
> text) ought to be enough for the bigscreen.
>
> --
> Bent Stamnes
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