playr158

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I'm going to start collecting photos for calendar consideration.

HOW TO SUBMIT

a) DEAD LINE TO SUBMIT- OCT 19th by midnight (anything after will be auto deleted)

b) EMAIL THEM TO districtymotorsports@gmail.com

c) HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS ONLY

I'll then have a photo voting thread up for top 12 votes
which will close no later than 10/31/07 mid night and will go to production

A "style" voting thread will come up with in the next 1-1.5 weeks

(to get this started, if someone else wants to step up and do it then let me know and pm coomer)

This post has been edited by playr158: Sep 24, 2007 - 1:57 PM

97lestyousay

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I'm confused this is the 6gc.net calendar? Coomer is having you do it?

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malpaso

#3

I'm glad there is happening some action according to my post , however IMHO would not Christian Coomer approve this? I mean have you asked owner of this site?

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playr158

#4

don't get up in a bunch i'm just starting to get the pictures together.
I've sent coomer a PM about it. If he decides to put it together and/or have someone else do it, they will get the package of pictures. this is just to get a start on it.

manphibian

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Needs someone to start it off or it won't happen again

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BloodyStupidDave...

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I'm glad there is happening some action according to my post , however IMHO would not Christian Coomer approve this? I mean have you asked owner of this site?

My take is that getting the 6gc logo on the calendar is just a branding issue. The calendar photos can be chosen, artwork drawn up, printer found and job costed with a placeholder logo instead of the official 6gc logo, then the official 6gc logo swapped in at the last moment.

The main jobs are (I would have thought)
* getting enough submissions such that there are at least 13 really high resolution photos short-listed
* sorting through the photos, deciding which to use for each month
* soring out copyright issues
* finding a printer and having at least one back-up printer in case first choice pulls out
* logistics and payment, cash flow

Sounds like quite a lot of work to me. Of course, coomer has to be approached and we will need his agreement, plus a high-resolution version of the 6gc logo. But other things can be done in parallel.

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97lestyousay

#7

I wait to see coomers approval before sending any pics. If it isn't going to be a 6gc.net calendar
it probably needs to be discussed in off topic.

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playr158

#8

if you don't like it there is a handy report this post feature on your left hand side..

at least the UK guys get the concept!
in the mean time i'll be waiting for a PM back from chris and the rest can do as they will

This post has been edited by playr158: Sep 24, 2007 - 2:00 PM

jason

#9

wow what a dick... but yea... i think someone needs to get the ball rolling for this.. coomer seems to be a bit busy, and if he cant seem to get a calendar together, then i give props to whoever can.

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x_itchy_b_x

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we the site users have the power
I'm sure Coomer wont mind at all.

glad someone is taking the initiative here.

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BloodyStupidDave...

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I still have all the high res , photoshoped, pictures, ready for insertion from last year's calendar winning pictures (that never made it).

Perhaps we should use the winning ones for the 2007 calendar, and keep the new submissions for the 2009 calendar? Perhaps a pole post to decide whether to accept new submissions or just use the 2007 winners?

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playr158

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i'm just starting to get the pictures together... this is just to get a start on it.

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I still have all the high res , photoshoped, pictures, ready for insertion from last year's calendar winning pictures (that never made it).

Perhaps we should use the winning ones for the 2007 calendar, and keep the new submissions for the 2009 calendar? Perhaps a pole post to decide whether to accept new submissions or just use the 2007 winners?

not too bad of an idea, although part of the essence of the calendar is to represent the year that just passed.

would taking 6 of 2006's final 12 and 6 new ones?

purplegt4

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plus a high-resolution version of the 6gc logo.

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j0e_p3t

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time to take some pics. looks like i'ma have a calendar next year. this year seemed so empty.

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jcaron9gt4

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email sent

malpaso

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don't get up in a bunch i'm just starting to get the pictures together.
I've sent coomer a PM about it. If he decides to put it together and/or have someone else do it, they will get the package of pictures. this is just to get a start on it.

Fine, fine I just respect some authority here

note: still have question what is "hi-res picture" for you? The same rules like here? (Photos must be high-quality, scenic, and at least 1024x768 pixels)

This post has been edited by malpaso: Sep 25, 2007 - 12:39 AM

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Insanity-74

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Good Idea to get the ball rolling. Expect some pictures to be heading your way soon.

manphibian

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don't get up in a bunch i'm just starting to get the pictures together.
I've sent coomer a PM about it. If he decides to put it together and/or have someone else do it, they will get the package of pictures. this is just to get a start on it.

Fine, fine I just respect some authority here

note: still have question what is "hi-res picture" for you? The same rules like here? (Photos must be high-quality, scenic, and at least 1024x768 pixels)

1024x768 is not high res enough to look professional IMO

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Insanity-74

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An 8MP camera will deliver a picture size ITRO 3260 X 2440 pixels (about 2.5 - 3mb file size). obviously the less pixels the camera, the smaller the picture can be, it wants to be as big as you camera can take, if your camera is only 2MP then it will struggle to produce an image that big without looking poo.... so just make it as large as you can with the camera you have.

It also depends upon how big the calender is going to be????

Increasing image size in photoshop will also dramatically reduce image quality.

Rayme

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It also depends upon how big the calender is going to be????

Increasing image size in photoshop will also dramatically reduce image quality.

A 4 MP camera is more than enough to have a quality 8.5x11. 2200 x 1700 pixels is enough.

All picture need a little modification though.

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frosty

#21

I never did buy any of the last years calenders, but I think I will this time around.

What's the expected cost of one? (or what was the previous cost of one?)

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dustin15brown

#22

Looks like I'm going to have to go ahead and pull the Celica outta hiding and snap some pics.... And I dont really like the idea of auto selecting last years winners for this year because as time passes tastes change.... We should use the most up to date taste with the most up to date pics. Most 4mp or 5mp pics should be perfectly adequate

97lestyousay

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That leaves me out, all my pics are 3.3mp

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GriffGirl

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It also depends upon how big the calender is going to be????

Increasing image size in photoshop will also dramatically reduce image quality.

A 4 MP camera is more than enough to have a quality 8.5x11. 2200 x 1700 pixels is enough.

All picture need a little modification though.

A 6 megapixel camera set at high quality will be sufficient; 4 MP should be set at the highest, it's not great for blowing up pictures too big. The point is here that the images MUST be 300dpi. If they're digital, then obviously they'll be 72 dpi, so the images need to be as large as possible in terms of dimension so that when the resolution is increased in photoshop, the physical dimensions can be reduced thus recovering image quality.

As for calendar size, 12" x 12" panels are standard. So you want the images to be high quality to fill that 12 x 12.

Rayme

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It also depends upon how big the calender is going to be????

Increasing image size in photoshop will also dramatically reduce image quality.

A 4 MP camera is more than enough to have a quality 8.5x11. 2200 x 1700 pixels is enough.

All picture need a little modification though.

A 6 megapixel camera set at high quality will be sufficient; 4 MP should be set at the highest, it's not great for blowing up pictures too big. The point is here that the images MUST be 300dpi. If they're digital, then obviously they'll be 72 dpi, so the images need to be as large as possible in terms of dimension so that when the resolution is increased in photoshop, the physical dimensions can be reduced thus recovering image quality.

As for calendar size, 12" x 12" panels are standard. So you want the images to be high quality to fill that 12 x 12.

I did last year's work on the pictures (but never got out) and the size needed was 8.5x11 bleeded, and 200 dpi is what was required (good enough imo).A 12x12 caldendar would cost significantly more I think.

97lestyousay : Your picture was fine

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BlackCelicaGT94

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i'm just starting to get the pictures together... this is just to get a start on it.

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QUOTE(Rayme @ Sep 24, 2007 - 7:27 PM) [snapback]598663[/snapback]

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I still have all the high res , photoshoped, pictures, ready for insertion from last year's calendar winning pictures (that never made it).

Perhaps we should use the winning ones for the 2007 calendar, and keep the new submissions for the 2009 calendar? Perhaps a pole post to decide whether to accept new submissions or just use the 2007 winners?

not too bad of an idea, although part of the essence of the calendar is to represent the year that just passed.

would taking 6 of 2006's final 12 and 6 new ones?

I really feel that two calendars should be offered. 1 with the pics of last years and 1 with the pics of this years. or with last years put two on one page for 6 months or something cuz I know that I really was stoked that my car had made it again and now that the celica may be out of my hands someday id really love to have another calendar since my car did make it in for last year

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playr158

#27

There will only be ONE calendar...the expense/difficulty of making two will be way too costly and time consuming

If you want to see anyone of the last year's photo winners i would HIGHLY suggest someone submit them VIA the instructions on the first post.

malpaso

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Please don't flame me for return to resolution issue again... however I don't agree with opinion "high resolution is only 3072x2304 because I have 10Mpx camera". IMHO calendar is not about "only high-tech-top-ultra-best camera owners can send pics". Many people here can make beautiful pics with "normal" camera at "normal" resolution. I have good camera however I usually make pics like 1280x960 (95%), sometimes 1600x1200 (4%) and only special occasions 2288x1712 (1%). Higher is for nothing because I don't want to make posters...

so... can we give reasonable minimum picture resolution for all 6GC members?

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BlackCelicaGT94

#29

well my vote is that the pics from last year get used for this years calendar.

Theres no reason that those peoples photos should just be brushed aside when they were voted on by the public.

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manphibian

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Please don't flame me for return to resolution issue again... however I don't agree with opinion "high resolution is only 3072x2304 because I have 10Mpx camera". IMHO calendar is not about "only high-tech-top-ultra-best camera owners can send pics". Many people here can make beautiful pics with "normal" camera at "normal" resolution. I have good camera however I usually make pics like 1280x960 (95%), sometimes 1600x1200 (4%) and only special occasions 2288x1712 (1%). Higher is for nothing because I don't want to make posters...

so... can we give reasonable minimum picture resolution for all 6GC members?

The bigger the image the better the quality when converted to 2-300 dpi for printing. I'd like it to look professional if i'm buying it.

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