Competition: '2013 World Arma Photo'

[Korneel 115]

EDIT: The winners have been

revealed. Thanks everyone for participating!

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Inspired by the

splendid guide for screenshot-taking in Arma 3 (by our Senior Designer Karel Moricky), we decided to launch a '2013 World Arma Photo' contest!

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO

In order to win this prestigious award, you need to bring your A(rma 3)-game and capture the ultimate, artistic, stunning, remarkable, story-telling screenshot.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Select 1 high-res screenshot (1280x720px or higher) that you deem worthy of the title ‘2013 World Arma Photo’. Send this screenshot to competition@bistudio.com and be sure to also indicate whether you would be interested in a download code for Store.bistudio.com or Steam.

The contest runs from Friday April 19, 2013 up and till Monday April 29, 2013 (GMT+1). The competition will be judged by our expert Karel Moricky, who will personally pick the 3 winners. The result will be announced shortly after the competition has ended (approximately 3 days).

Good luck!

Notes:

• Only one entry per participant is permitted. Submissions that contain multiple screenshots will automatically be disqualified
  
• Mods are allowed
  
• Editing/touching up is permitted
  

Edited May 3, 2013 by Korneel

[Nicholas 5]

Awesome. Good luck to all who enter.

[Tonci87 163]

Nice initiative but you should clarify if the screens are allowed to be edited with third party software (photoshop) or if they should be purely ingame

[royaltyinexile 175]

Nice initiative but you should clarify if the screens are allowed to be edited with third party software (photoshop) or if they should be purely ingame

Use of mods is indeed allowed. As for editing/touching up, yup, that's permitted but, perhaps worth noting that, subjectively, we tend to favour 'pure' screens, though!

Updated the OP and sent a note to our web masters to update the competition post - and remove their casual trolling of me, too, while they're at at!

And, if I know Moricky well, good deployment of fog, Comanches, and lighthouses will get bonus points! :p

Best,

RiE

Edited April 20, 2013 by RoyaltyinExile
damn trolls

[paecmaker 23]

Didnt want to start a new thread but when I use the splendid camera and want to take up the console (press F1 as said in the guide) nothing happens.

[Sniperwolf572 758]

And, if I know Moricky well, good deployment of fog, Comanches, and lighthouses will get bonus points! :p

Edited April 22, 2013 by Sniperwolf572

[ballistic09 241]

http://i.imgur.com/dJWBqhW.jpg

pfft... We don't need BIS' stupid comanche...

:p

[Tonci87 163]

http://i.imgur.com/dJWBqhW.jpg

I´m laughing so hard right now :D

[moricky 210]

http://i.imgur.com/dJWBqhW.jpg

Comanche with stealth cloak enabled!

[purepassion 22]

http://i.imgur.com/dJWBqhW.jpg

haha golden! You seriously made me laugh really loud! :biggrin:

though it should be noted that there is the comanche wreck in the alpha :)

[royaltyinexile 175]

it should be noted that there is the comanche wreck in the alpha :)

Yes and, of course, if you include the wreck in your missions you must give it the variable name 'SAD_MORICKY'.

Nonsense aside, we've had a bunch of entries to the competition so far. I'd re-emphasise that it's one screenshot per submission and deploying some of the tips provided in the guide itself will be deemed most splendid.

This is probably still my favourite so far:

http://i.imgur.com/dJWBqhW.jpg

:p

Best,

RiE

[pojo2k8 1]

Yes and, of course, if you include the wreck in your missions you must give it the variable name 'SAD_MORICKY'.

Nonsense aside, we've had a bunch of entries to the competition so far. I'd re-emphasise that it's one screenshot per submission and deploying some of the tips provided in the guide itself will be deemed most splendid.

This is probably still my favourite so far:

:p

Best,

RiE

Ok, don't shoot me for asking a stupid question, but what button actually takes the picture in camera mode, and where do they save to? The tutorial never describes it that I can tell.

Thanks for your patience.

[Smurf 12]

Ok, don't shoot me for asking a stupid question, but what button actually takes the picture in camera mode, and where do they save to? The tutorial never describes it that I can tell.

Thanks for your patience.

Use Steam screenshot thing (F12 by default, not so good IQ), printscreen + Paint or use a dedicated software like FRAPS.

I use FRAPS, save as png file and then rezise and convert it.

[samatra 85]

So screenshot must to be from war photographer point of view?

[purepassion 22]

I think you are free to use any point of view you want :) Just let the creativity flow

[Paescari 10]

Going to try to make an entry, as soon as I get the keyboard controls for the Splendid camera figured out.

[katipo66 94]

Ok, don't shoot me for asking a stupid question, but what button actually takes the picture in camera mode, and where do they save to? The tutorial never describes it that I can tell.

Thanks for your patience.

Im with you.. Does the camera actually have a shot button, or is it just a setup tool and you use the steam option or Fraps, which both do not seem to work for me, steam doesnt take a shot and fraps just gives a black screen shot?

Edit: latest version (fraps) works

Edited April 27, 2013 by Katipo66

[Paescari 10]

I haven't had any trouble taking screenshots (using [F12] for Steam works for me) but I am having trouble restoring camera parameters. It seems that whenever I press a number key (which is what the guide states to press in order to restore a saved state) it just brings up a command menu as if I were playing in game. I posted a thread in the troubleshooting forum but haven't had any replies, though someone here may be able to help me out. I have the feeling I'm missing something obvious, but can't work out what.

[rmcmichael 10]

Thats cool!

[paecmaker 23]

So is this thread going to get closed now when the contest is over?

[2nd ranger 282]

Is the deadline past or is it the end of today?

[paecmaker 23]

Is the deadline past or is it the end of today?

Actually I have no idee, maybe we got until midnight GMT+1.

[mercenar1e 10]

already emailed my entry :D

[katipo66 94]

Was one off the requirements for it to include the Kamino light house?? Lol it's all to vague and I still can't get the camera to work so bugger it, goes in my sig instead :)

But the camera function is very cool, I hope I can get it working in future, it's kinda like a mini game.

[purepassion 22]

I hope my last minute entry makes it in time :D