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      Welcome to the CGCars Corporate Identity Challenge, sponsored by EVGA, Moment of Inspiration, and Razer!

      It's been a while since our last official contest, so we knew our members would be expecting something special, and we didn't disappoint. This years' challenge introduces one of the hottest prize packages of any community contest to date, including EVGA, MOI, and Razer, and an even hotter theme and content with the fire-breathing 2008 Dodge Viper SRT-10 Coupe.

      The theme, CGCars, will challenge participants to create a unique scene and branding in which to capture our contest vehicle. Participants will be provided with a complete 3D model, minus wheels and tires, so you will need to model these items and add the CGCars branding to either the vehicle, or somewhere in the scene. You then need to submit one closeup and one wide shot of the scene, with the CGCars branding in plain sight and easily recognized. Sounds simple enough, huh?

      If you've got what it takes to blow our minds, you might just take home one of the most powerful graphics cards on planet Earth, a lifetime seat to MOI's industry-storming NURBS modeler, or a mouse from the company that busted the maze. So what are you waiting for? Get to work and show us what'cha got!

      Registration Closed

      Prizes & Sponsors

      This Contest is proudly sponsored by EVGA, Moment of Inspiration and Razer. The first three places will be get the following Prizes:

      First Prize EVGA GeForce GTX 580 3072MB
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      Get to the Next Level...

      The world's fastest GPU has arrived with the EVGA GeForce GTX 580. Experience blockbuster games like Call of Duty®: Black Ops and Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X® 2 in their full glory with everything cranked to the max.
      Not only does the EVGA GeForce GTX 580 rip through the latest games, it also runs quieter than the previous generation. And as you have come to expect from the GeForce GTX GPU, the GTX 580 packs support for all the premium GTX gaming technologies such as NVIDIA Surround, 3D Vision, PhysX and SLI. With all these features and more, it is easy to see how the EVGA GeForce GTX 580 obliterates the competition.

      Performance
      • NVIDIA GTX 580
      • 512 CUDA Cores
      • 772 MHz GPU
      • 1544MHz Shader Clock
      • 3072 MB, 384 bit GDDR5
      • 4008 MHz (effective)
      • 192.4 GB/s Memory Bandwidth


      Second Prize Moment of Inspiration 2.0 License
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      Powerful, accurate, yet easy to use!

      MoI’s sleek intuitive UI blends a fluid easy workflow with powerful tools, making it the perfect choice for someone who has been frustrated with the complexity of existing CAD tools.

      MoI is also a fantastic complementary tool for a polygon-based artist since its CAD toolset and advanced boolean functions enable extremely rapid creation of mechanical or man-made type “hard surface” models.

      The icing on the cake is MoI’s unique polygon mesh export that generates exceptionally clean and crisp N-Gon polygon meshes from CAD NURBS models.


      Third Prize Razer Mamba Wireless Mouse
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      The new Razer Mamba returns with an ultra-precise 4G Dual Sensor System, that makes use of both a laser and an optical sensor to enhance tracking precision by calibrating to different surfaces and allowing adjustment of liftoff tracking distance. With up to 15% improved battery life for more untethered gaming enjoyment, a new multicolored LED for personalization, and outfitted with an industry-leading gaming grade wireless technology, the Razer Mamba is still in a league of its own.

      Gaming Grade Wireless Technology
      Unrivalled gaming grade wireless technology means the Razer Mamba performs as well cordless as it does corded, giving you utter freedom of motion whilst you win gloriously in games. With a 1ms response rate, your command gets executed first even if you and your opponent react at the same time.

      4G Dual Sensor System
      Experience a new standard of gaming precision with the 6400dpi 4G Dual Sensor System, outfitted with a laser and an optical sensor to accurately calibrate the mouse to any surface for exceptional pinpoint tracking. The Razer Mamba can not only match the speed of your swipes, but also allows configuration of cutoff distance to manage liftoff tracking, empowering you with more control than ever, no matter the play style.


      Comments 22 Comments
      1. GE0's Avatar
        Winner sucks I mean first place: very grainy, environment is just an image (not 3d), CG-cars logo is mapped as a matte shadow material or even in photoshop (color burn), reflection of the car is incorrect, tire bump is too much.... And look in thous headlight optical flares, it's just too much, i mean it's like three ears old child drawing of the sun Color correction of overall image i think is over done too
      1. rya's Avatar
        Congrats to contest winner. Mr. Pix.Amant. Your Presentation is Awsome. What softwares did u use to do this?.
      1. GE0's Avatar
        Lets be honest but right, about 15 people was working on this project day and night to finish it on time, 5 days you didn't give us any news, after 5 days you said you will announce winner on 5th, on 5th you again delay announcement, I don't use to this disrespect, and you didn't even apologised.... One of the winners even didn't done what you asked for (1920x2080). And what is your judge? Do they even work on 3d and understand what hard work is to make a 1920x 1280 image? I don't know what to say, shame on you.....


        He used just a fascy HDRI....
      1. mynameisoscarjo's Avatar
        Well deserved pix.amant, you did great. Congrats to EquiNOX and Pan3sar, too, nicely done. Oh, and I think GE0 is jealous.
      1. EquiNOX's Avatar
        Thank you all for your support, Thank you Element and Nallen for taking up this great Contest, and remember EVERYBODY who participate in this contest is a WINNER period. Rather its a bitter one or not, the efforts counts it all.
      1. GE0's Avatar
        mynameisoscarjo, well, may by I'm little jealous, but I'm mad just for 5 days silence and I'm feeling not apresheated here. I work REALLY HARD on this. I will do image like 1st place winner in 1 day, it's just 5 or 6 materials in all image and with no textures (well tires and environment has texture). In my image there was about 50 materials and mannnnnnny textures...... If they said that they need something like yours images..........
      1. s1dK's Avatar
        Good contest, good work to winners and everyone.
      1. Qualt's Avatar
        Well I'm a bit sad... But anyway...
        I just wanted to request you guys if you could be so kind to put the names of the participant below to the image of their entry...
        Because we tried our best and all the images doesn't have any reference of who did them...
        Just to recognize our effort...
        Congratulations guys...

        Regards, saludos
        Qualt
      1. Helicase's Avatar
        Quote Originally Posted by GE0 View Post
        Winner sucks I mean first place: very grainy, environment is just an image (not 3d), CG-cars logo is mapped as a matte shadow material or even in photoshop (color burn), reflection of the car is incorrect, tire bump is too much.... And look in thous headlight optical flares, it's just too much, i mean it's like three ears old child drawing of the sun Color correction of overall image i think is over done too
        Cry more please.
      1. GE0's Avatar
        Kiss my rear end please
      1. nas's Avatar
        Quote Originally Posted by GE0 View Post
        Kiss my rear end please
        Jeez man, sorry you feel that way... Was an awesome contest to see come together.

        Sure you didn't win but it's not a reason to be a dick to all the others about it...

        The image itself(lighting,texturing, geometry detailing) is awesome but i think your scene would have looked better if your camera was at a slightly lower angle(wide shot). The camera angle is a bit neutral/boring in this shot.

        Also seeing as the theme was corporate-id you've missed the point a little. The logo is there in both shots but it's swamped by all the other things around it whereas in the other entries it's clear and simple....

        Take this as you like but i think these is the reasons....

        ps. As i said this is MY opinion...
      1. GE0's Avatar
        Quote Originally Posted by nas View Post
        Jeez man, sorry you feel that way... Was an awesome contest to see come together.

        Sure you didn't win but it's not a reason to be a dick to all the others about it...

        The image itself(lighting,texturing, geometry detailing) is awesome but i think your scene would have looked better if your camera was at a slightly lower angle(wide shot). The camera angle is a bit neutral/boring in this shot.

        Also seeing as the theme was corporate-id you've missed the point a little. The logo is there in both shots but it's swamped by all the other things around it whereas in the other entries it's clear and simple....

        Take this as you like but i think these is the reasons....

        ps. As i said this is MY opinion...
        I think you right, and my last comment isn't for everyone, it's for comment above it
      1. abc king's Avatar
        Congratulations to the winners! It was a nice competition

        Best regards
      1. Minde's Avatar
        @abc king: If the users where voting my vote would go to you
      1. pix.amant's Avatar
        thank you all!
        it was a very good competition and i have learned a lot.
        thank you for support and i hope we can compete again

        regards pix.Amant
      1. tibi fazekas's Avatar
        Congrats, well deserved, guys!
      1. Helicase's Avatar
        Quote Originally Posted by GE0 View Post
        I think you right, and my last comment isn't for everyone, it's for comment above it
        Deal with it. You lost, stop crying about it. Maybe you need to watch this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45mMioJ5szc
      1. eswallace's Avatar
        What I used for my Contest Entry:
        Wings3d(Free) to model the Rims Brakes Brake pads and Tires.
        UVMapper(Free) to create the UV Map for the Viper Shell.
        Daz Studio 3(Free) to set up the scene, Shaders and position the cameras. Also Used Michael 4 (Daz character) to sit in the car.
        Reality Plugin Created by Pret-a-3D(Purchased from Daz): this plugin exports all the materials lights and cameras to LuxRender.
        LuxRender 0.9: This is what I used to render the full scene. No Postwork done other than adding a flare :P

      1. abc king's Avatar
        @Minde: Thank you! Maybe it works the next time
      1. PBenjamim's Avatar
        Congrats pix.amant! Your images are superb, i love the simplicity of it aswell as the color scheme! Also EquiNOX was my 2nd favourite

        @Geo: sometimes, less is more, and this is the case. Imo, the #1 is well deserved. Your image is too 'dreamy', and your texture is totally off regarding the theme of cg-cars. Might be complex, but it has nothing to do with CG-Cars.
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