Jeff Mottle Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 (edited) For those of you wanting to try something new with your video post skills, we're hosting a video motion graphics competition. If your entry is selected it will be seen by tens of thousands of people in the industry. Over the next year, we are going to start posting a lot more video content on the site and our YouTube Channel, so we need a motion graphics video intro with soundtrack. We'll be selecting the best intro and using it at the beginning of every one of our videos. PRIZE The winner of the best submission will receive $1,000 US cash and a 10% discount on any products in the CGarchitect Visualization Shoppe for 1 year. The deadline is March 31, 2010 For specific competition rules and details, please download the PDF attached to this post. If you have any questions, post them here. Good Luck! Edited February 11, 2010 by Jeff Mottle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koper Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Sweeeet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvavrek Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 cool. I do hope you folks submit motion graphics and not just walkthrus. I'll be there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 Hi all, Some have indicated they could not open the logos as they were in CS4 format. I've saved them out again as CS format for better backward compatibility. Let me know if you have any problems opening them. Cheers, Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchrender Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Having never done this type of work before. What sort of plugins or Apps are people going to use to achive this. C4D I know, has a dedicated package, has MAX. Looking forward to seeing what peopel come up with. phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easy3dsource Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Adobe After Effects is a standard for motion graphics. If I find the time to enter this competition, I'll surely be using that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasteland giant Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 always wanted to get into motion graphics. This thread reminds me maybe to sign up for a course of something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 Hi all, I've been asked to comment on the inspiration of the logo to help guide the artistic direction. The logo was actually designed on a tournament site where different artists compete to win your support of their design. In the beginning my original ideas were quite different, but at the last minute one designer came up with the current logo concept. I don't know for sure what their motivation was, but what I personally liked about it was the fact that the outline is that of a cube with a few edge indicators. The diagonal edge line took it out of the realm of being too literal and in combination with the slight gradient gave it a sense depth and interest. I wanted it to be a mark that hinted at architectural design, 3d and could stand the test of time by being simple enough and not following a hot logo trend. Not sure if that will help, but that was the reasoning for my choosing this design over the 500 other submissions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rddimension Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Hey Jeff, Any chance of seeing some sample entries? Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 Hey Jeff, Any chance of seeing some sample entries? Nick People generally don' t submit their entries until one to Two days before the deadline. This comp so far is no different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted March 25, 2010 Author Share Posted March 25, 2010 Just wanted to get an idea of how many people will be making submissions for this competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koper Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Whoa, 1 more week. Jeff, I'm still trying, but has been super super busy lately. Luckily I think it might just be a super long weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koper Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 so anyone else entered this comp?? (show by hands) gluck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nils Norgren Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 I plan to have an entry done by Wednesday. -Nils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djole Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 I did :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHE Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 Was the deadline extended? I just came across this post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted April 13, 2010 Author Share Posted April 13, 2010 Nope it was not extended. We received only 4 submissions though and 0 for the t-shirt design. Nils over at Neoscape submitted the best entry, I'll try to post it here soon as it was pretty cool. If I ever figure out a way to dig myself out from under all of this work that seems to pay no money! Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koper Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 only 4?, bummer, well, it was still fun to do for me and congrats to Nils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauricio Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Hi I entered this competition and would like to know if there has been a winner selected yet, and would love to see other entries too !! Please let Us know when the results will be published . Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted April 15, 2010 Author Share Posted April 15, 2010 Yes, Nils at Neoscape has won this competition. Thanks to the others who had entered the competition. Cheers, Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alias_marks Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 would love to see the entries.... any chance of a sneak peak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djole Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 congrats to Nils at Neoscope !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djole Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 this was my submission : cheers ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nils Norgren Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Thanks to everyone, Especially Jeff, I was very impressed with Djole's entry. I am sure that all of the entries were good. It is a shame that so few entered, (especially disappointing about the t-shirt). I will post my version soon. Thanks again! -Nils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djole Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Nils thank you man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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