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To say I'm hesitant to do this is an understatement. I've tried to come up with an internal criteria and apply it evenly but that is of course influenced by gut feeling. It is difficult to say the least to try to figure out what the mental vision of the artist was and then ask oneself if they achived it.
I wish I'd seen the contest sooner and thus had more time to polish my own entry, thanks to all participating in inspiring, challenging and being brave enough to put your work forward, or undertake the work to host and sponsor such a contest.
“Kicked to the Curb” by @d0gg0d
Technical Score (1-10): 9
Creative Score (1-10): 9
“Broken Heart” by @coolcat
Technical Score (1-10): 8
Creative Score (1-10): 9
“The Intruder” by @slayerjr
Technical Score (1-10): 10
Creative Score (1-10): 10
“Now That We’re Alone” by @bobdawg
Technical Score (1-10): 9
Creative Score (1-10): 10
“Fey Noir” by @theweezel
Technical Score (1-10): 6
Creative Score (1-10): 7
“Something Ain’t Right” by @littlesparrows
Technical Score (1-10): 8
Creative Score (1-10): 7
“One Way Ticket” by @den15s
Technical Score (1-10): 7
Creative Score (1-10): 8
“Mistress in Red… I Really Shouldn’t Have Crossed Her” by @aftyrbyrn
Technical Score (1-10): 9
Creative Score (1-10): 8
“Coonhound Confidential!” by @nyghtwolf
Technical Score (1-10): 5
Creative Score (1-10): 8
“Dollars, Drinks and a Dame!” by @mars
Technical Score (1-10): 7
Creative Score (1-10): 8
“The Seductress and the Lie” by @miarka
Technical Score (1-10): 10
Creative Score (1-10): 9
“The Detective” by @ladyburger
Technical Score (1-10): 8
Creative Score (1-10): 7
“Black Widow” by @drgnmztr
Technical Score (1-10): 8
Creative Score (1-10): 7
“Relax Pal” by @Drazzilkniks
Technical Score (1-10): 7
Creative Score (1-10): 7
“The Devil’s Den” by @jbuckland1984
Technical Score (1-10): 9
Creative Score (1-10): 8
“Just One More Thing” by @hawkeye
Technical Score (1-10): 7
Creative Score (1-10): 9
“The Trainyard” by @silverboax
Technical Score (1-10): 6
Creative Score (1-10): 6
(deleted my own entry - we are auto given points for that)Reality (as I'm sure you know at this point) translates/transfers the textures/shader/materials settings in daz/poser to luxrender. I used it and loved it until the translation/transfer started to have to contend with Iray's values and suddenly the workflow I'd learned and polished from the earliest versions of Reality no longer produced anything resembling, what I wanted/expected. The author of Reality did an excellent job when working with 3Delight settings but I was unable to get any kind of sane workflow together for Iray values - the newer products stopping 3Delight values as time goes on. You acquire 3D content assets expecting them to look generally a certain way, and Reality pre-Iray improved upon that without question - post Iray it was a huge struggle and seemed eventually easier to accept that Iray was an unbiased render engine and could likely get the results desired once a workflow for it was established.
The forums for Reality slowly became quieter and quieter, the twitter account and deviant art communities similarly got quiet. So for my long winded two cents, if you're using V4 - Genesis 1 maybe even 2, then you can likely get Lux via Reality to give you stunning photo realistic results. If you're going to ask it to handle Iray settings using G3/G8 assets from my personal experience... don't. I wish it would get an update - I'd be more than happy to buy yet another upgrade, but have given up for now and populated my runtime with Iray lights and shaders.
Hope my rambling commentary is helpful. Happy Rendering.
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