John Venema Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Hello all, The team is in the process of working on the new SP4 release of FTX AUSTRALIA, which is going to include many bug fixes and enhancements. We also want to offer the Orbx community the chance to provide the DVD cover screenshot. I will keep this simple: 1. Can be any location in FTX Australia 2. Must NOT feature any airport scenery from Orbx or OZx, just pure FTX Australia only. 3. No payware aircraft in the scene, i.e. use the Default B737 with a Qantas repaint for example, if you must feature an aircraft 4. You can use REX weather 5. The screenshot can not be edited, although you may use up to 20% sharpen and 20% brightness/contrast 6. Should be as high resolution as possible so that quality is not lost when enlarging for DVD artwork at 600DPI Your shot ideally should encapsulate the "Spirit of Australia" Resolution - Highest resolution possible please, to avoid the need to enlarge your shot - Try to make the orientation "portait' instead of landscape - The actual resolution of the image used in the artwork is 1550 x 1445 Please submit your entries to this thread, no limit to the number of entries PRIZE: A free copy of the AUSP4 DVD shipped to anywhere in the world, plus a copy of the magnificent 7cm/pixel YMEN Essendon Airport on DVD when it is released. Go for it! CLOSING DATE 6TH FEBRUARY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan2 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Oh good ...How long have we got John ? i.e. when is the closing date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Oh good ...How long have we got John ? i.e. when is the closing date. Ah, good point. 6th Feb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amentiba Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 What an excellent idea ! And what better honnor for custommers to see their pictures on the product ! By the way, an idea : as it is for a DVD, i think there will be a doc... Why not choosen the 10 best pictures : The first one will be the jacket, the 9 others as product screenshots on a little sample page in the doc ? It's just an idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3400 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 3. No payware aircraft in the scene, i.e. use the Default B737 with a Qantas repaint for example, if you must feature an aircraft What about freeware aircrafts such as posky etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woutertje Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Is it allowed to use the ENB/EMB mod, since this also changes the overall look quit a bit in some lighting conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerclaw Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I think you'll find the cover has to be of the product that is being sold. If you add ANY addon, someone could say after buying, "Where's the plane on the cover, I can't find it. I want it." John has made it clear and simple, use FTX Australia, and none of his addon airports. Use DEFAULT planes (if you have to picture any), and no editing to make it look different. REX is okay because they recommend REX anyway. Can't be any clearer really. Picture Pure FTX Australia, the most beautiful scenery developed for FSX. Oh by the way, my money is on Iain for the best shot, go Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek McAllan Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Yarr, the game do be on I look forward to some amazing entries guys Cheers, Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gheeD Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 If i may ask, why cannot SP4 DVD have a payware aircraft on it, when SP3 dvd has carenado payware aircraft on it? Just doesn't make sense to me. Not that i must have an aircraft on the pic, but just a thought that occured to me about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amentiba Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 If i may ask, why cannot SP4 DVD have a payware aircraft on it, when SP3 dvd has carenado payware aircraft on it? Just doesn't make sense to me. Not that i must have an aircraft on the pic, but just a thought that occured to me about this. I'm a bit surprised as my FTX SP3 DVD has Coff's Harbour included... Never get a Carenado inside... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Sounds good to me and Good Luck to all that enter. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lthendrix Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 What A great Idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Good idea, we'll use the runners up in the user guide, but only a single prize winner though You can use ENBSeries since it's pretty much universal these days and I use it on all my cover shots. Reason for showing a Carenado aircraft on the old DVD cover was because we had a cross marketing agreement with them (in fact, Carenado still exclusively use FTX scenery in their preview shots). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Emmsies shot at the title. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lthendrix Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 a vote for uluru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAviator Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Ramrod that shot is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost in Isaan Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 3. No payware aircraft in the scene, i.e. use the Default B737 with a Qantas repaint for example, if you must feature an aircraft Not even your own Lancair! I'd like to place it into the background somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Guys, just a tip - landscape orientation is not preferred for a DVD cover shot. However, if you tip your monitor on its side, you'll produce a "portrait" screenshot which is more suited to a DVD cover. The trick then is to slew and rotate your aircraft so it is on its side. For example, this is a resized image of what I used for the PNW DVD cover: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek McAllan Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Was going to ask what aspect ratio / resolution you'd prefer for screenies, but you just mostly answered my q Cheers, Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Er, turning your monitor on its side and pressing the V key is not editing. I don't mind if images are cropped. People ... can we just make some shots and not have a parliamentary debate about the symantecs please? It's a screenshot for a DVD cover, so it makes sense that I have the best aspect ratio to use for such a purpose eh? Please make some more shots folks, the ones I've seen are great already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FILOU Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amentiba Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 If i may ask, why cannot SP4 DVD have a payware aircraft on it, when SP3 dvd has carenado payware aircraft on it? Just doesn't make sense to me. Not that i must have an aircraft on the pic, but just a thought that occured to me about this. I'm a bit surprised as my FTX SP3 DVD has Coff's Harbour included... Never get a Carenado inside... Answer for myself... : IDIOT ! gheed was talking about the plane on the cover... It makes sense that the picture should be adapted to a DVD cover. When you've taken the picture from FSX, then open it in any editor - paint is perfect ! - and choose the option "image\ flip-rotate" and turn your picture with 90° (in hours sens or against hours sens). If you're satisfy, then save it. That 's all ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick@YMEN Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Heres my little contribution to this wonderful product. Qantas over Melbourne.Cropped and sharpened as recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3400 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Here´s my entry Good luck everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amentiba Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Here's mine, on Alice Spring... Good luck to all members Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Some fine shots coming in keep them coming chaps. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean (PC Aviator) Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Here's mine, on Alice Spring... Good luck to all members I think this shot has a good chance... Full of Aussie spirit! Raw, untouched, but beautiful and screams Hard Yakka, and all the colours of a nice outback BBQ/Bonfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 Nice submissions! Keep em coming. What I forgot to mention was that the native resolution of the DVD cover image is 1550 x 1445, so the closest you can get to that resolution the less I have to enlarge your shot, which causes quality loss. I will amend my OP to show the resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 Is that more suited to the image requirements for the comp. Just curious as to where the above entries now stand in regards to the others that will no doubt benefit from knowing that handy little bit of info above. Cheers and thanks for the tip. Mike. Hi Mike, that's great. I have changed the rules so that people can submit multiple entries, because either way, only one shot will be the winner. So have at it some more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lthendrix Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derxtreme Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 my entry. Eye of the hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan2 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Great shot dextreme , you have to crop it to fit a dvd box . Man , I wish we could do just standard screenshots and let Orbx crop what they want from it . Anyways , I'm sorting something out at the moment . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Johnston Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Dextreme, I don't think you can use that one because the landclass below is part of YPEC, an Orbx payware airfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrshanks Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 May aswell have a go Saved it at 600dpi, and resized so my shortest edge matched your requested 1445. Though I think I may have miss-understood, I ended up with a huge image Anyway, here it is. May have another go though! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan2 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 What I'm doing here is posting two originals then showing the cropped entries. Reason being is I cant use slew mode , too many addons in the way - I tried and found myself slewing off at mach 2 and ending up god knows where . Ecza seemed to be one of the culprits . So , if the guys want one they have the original to work from. Putting the aircraft on its wingtip is proving challenging - a short time to line up the shot before the nose starts dropping . Im practising this now which may improve my piloting skills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan2 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Nice shot mrshanks but that seems to be a bit of OZx scenery in there which is not the go ... Its an Orbx product so only Orbx "default" scenery is my understanding What fun were having ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 I'll give you a tip guys - we don't feature sunrise/sunset/dusk shots on our front covers, only the back cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrshanks Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Nice shot mrshanks but that seems to be a bit of OZx scenery in there which is not the go ... Its an Orbx product so only Orbx "default" scenery is my understanding What fun were having ! Oh My, I never knew. sorry about that. I flew half way across Aus to find that aswell !!! back to the drawing board I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amentiba Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I'll give you a tip guys - we don't feature sunrise/sunset/dusk shots on our front covers, only the back cover. Oh my God ! I must shoot again here's other entries then... [img width=393 height=700]http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4953/ftxausp3mount001.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Ash Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I think I might have a go at this competition. Here are a few ones I'll submit for now, I have resized them to 1550x1445. This one's of Kingscliffe, looking over to Mt Warning, showing coastal and rural living (typical Australian styles of living) with beautiful mountain ranges in the background... This one's of Narrabri with Mt Kaputar in the background. [img width=751 height=700]http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/202cover4.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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