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"The 3D Lighting Challenges were an initiative by few members of "The Mental Ray Community" on the social networking site - "orkut". The challenge is organised on a regular basis by the owners and the moderators of the community. The objective of these challenges is to increase and share our knowledge on lighting, mainly "The Mental Ray Renderer". The challenge is simple. The participants are given a scene to light and the best lit scene wins "The Lighting Master Crown"(Virtual)."

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"The main discussion takes place at our community on orkut. All the participants post their WIP's in the active discussion thread. The blog contains only the "Final Entries" and posts on "The Challenges"."

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The Mental Ray Lighting Challenge - 01 Thursday, June 26, 2008 |


Hello Readers,

Finally, "The Mental Ray Lighting Challenge - 01" is going to begin....! The Mental Ray Lighting Challenges will be on-going events in our community on orkut. The objective of these challenges is to increase and share our knowledge of "The Mental Ray Renderer". The challenge is simple. You will be given a scene to light and the best lit scene wins "The Lighting Master Crown"(Virtual).

Before starting up the challenge lets finish up some pre-challenge formalities like member registration and understand guidelines for 'The Mental Ray Lighting Challenge - 01'.


Pre-challenge Guidelines and Formalities:

1) It is imperative that you use "The Mental Ray Renderer". You can use any 3d application, but the renderer should be Mental Ray. More details on this would be sent to you when you register with us.

2) The challenge details and the URL of the source file will be placed on the community on 05/07/08. The Challenge will end on 05/08/08.

3) It is necessary for all the participants to confirm their participation by sending us a mail at lightingchallenge@gmail.com. This should be done 10 days before the challenge ends, i.e, 25/07/08. All the members of the mental ray community can join this challenge.

The subject of the mail should read "Registration - The Mental Ray Lighting Challenge". Your email should also contain these details ->

Name:
Orkut Profile id:
3d Application(s) you will use(including the version):

Note: There are no restrictions to the applications you use. We need the data so we can provide you with the right files to light. The email you register with should be genuine and will be used by us for future correspondence. This will be a one time registration.

4) Entries without registration will not be eligible for the Challenge.

5) Do not post or create new threads for any suggestion, feedback, comment or query, just mail us at lightingchallenge@gmail.com with the relevant subject.

6) The final entries will be displayed here and the winning entry will have "The Lighting Master Crown" (Virtual) right before their post. The winner will be decided through a poll in the community.

7) With respect to any disputes, the owners of the community and the moderators shall have the final say in the respective matter.

So, what are you waiting for people? "Lets get Lighting!" :)

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