Challenge for 3ds Max Design users! One designer will earn a $5K incentive!

[MarionLandry]

Design for Morgan Motor Company 'Render Them Speechless' with Autodesk, HP, NVIDIA and Morgan Motor Company #AutoDesign

If you have additional technical questions, please post them here.

The Challenge

Designers and digital artists are invited to collaborate with the leaders in product design, 3D technology and advertising by producing a magazine advertisement for the Morgan Motor Company 3 Wheeler, to help launch their latest 3 Wheeler at a major automotive trade show. Submissions will be reviewed by an esteemed panel of judges.

The Magazine Advertisement

The winning magazine advertisement will be featured in the official Morgan Motors magazine MOG and other publications to be determined. This is your opportunity to be the Morgan Motor Company art director, and define the creative content.

The advertisement you submit must include a rendering of the 3 Wheeler generated with either Autodesk® Inventor, Autodesk® Showcase or Autodesk® 3ds Max Design (using iray).  Everything else (text, logos, graphics, etc) is up to your creative direction.

The Details

View the Guidelines for specific application instructions or consult the Autodesk® Product Design Suite visualization tutorials featuring Lynn Allen and the Product Design Suite graphics optimization guide.

The Judges' Choice

The grand prize winner will have their design displayed in the Morgan Motor Company exhibit at a major automotive trade show. The winning design will also be featured in a Morgan Motors marketing campaign.

In addition, the winner will receive:

• $5,000
• HP ZBook 17 Mobile Workstation with  Quadro graphics valued at $4,400
• Exposure for their submission which will be featured on Autodesk®, HP and NVIDIA's social media channels
• A feature on Morgan 3 Wheeler's official website
• A feature in the official Morgan Motors magazine, MOG, distributed worldwide
• A signed copy of the book 'Morgan: 100 Years: The Official History of the World's Greatest Sports Car'
• Selection of Morgan Motors branded merchandise

One runner-up (as determined by the Judges) will receive:

• HP Z1 all-in-one workstation with  Quadro graphics, valued at $4,092
• Exposure for their submission which will be featured on Autodesk®, HP and NVIDIA's social media channels

People's Choice (Determined by Popular Vote)

The highest voted designer will receive:

• HP ZBook 15 Mobile Workstation with  Quadro graphics, valued at $2,699
• Exposure for their submission which will be featured on Autodesk®, HP and NVIDIA's social media channels

Get Involved

Launch: December 2, 2013

Submit by: March 26, 2014

Vote: March 27, 2014 - April 10, 2014
Winner Announcement: May 5, 2014

All phases close at 10am PST.

How The Judges Will Choose

The Judges will select from all qualified submissions with special consideration for the top voted entries. A qualified submission is one which meets all the Terms & Conditions, Guidelines and Official Rules.

Judging Criteria:

1. Originality of 3 Wheeler material design and customization
2. Quality of rendering
3. Originality of advertisement concept
4. Quality of overall advertisement

Guidelines

Qualifying entrants must complete the following steps in order to be considered:

1. Download Autodesk® Product Design Suite Trial or AutoCAD Design Suite 2014 Trial (see trial download tips)
2. Download the relevant Morgan 3 Wheeler design files
3. Download the Showcase 2014 Hotfix (required)
4. Open the downloaded Morgan 3 Wheeler design files in either Autodesk® Inventor 2014, Autodesk® Showcase 2014, or Autodesk® 3ds Max Design 2014 (included with the Autodesk® Product Design Suite 2014 and AutoCAD Design Suite 2014)
5. Customize and decorate your Morgan 3 Wheeler in either Autodesk® Inventor 2014, Autodesk® Showcase 2014 or Autodesk® 3ds Max Design 2014
6. Capture a rendering of your Morgan 3 Wheeler using either Autodesk® Inventor, Autodesk® Showcase or Autodesk® 3ds Max Design using iray rendering engine (Refer to these instructions for additional guidance)
7. Incorporate your rendering into an advertisement (using any photo editing software)

8. The required image should be created using the “portrait” orientation 260mm x180mm @ 300 DPI ( 3070 x 2125 pixel or

   10.233”x 7.083”) 

9. Need help? Consult the Autodesk® Product Design Suite visualization tutorials, featuring Lynn Allen and the Product Design Suite graphics optimization guide

Notes

• Qualifying entries must include a rendering of the Morgan 3 Wheeler created with the Autodesk® Product Design Suite or AutoCAD Design Suite
• Designs must not include third party copyright materials
• Designs must be submitted in JPEG or PNG format and be no larger than 5MB
• Participants have the option to include the provided Morgan Three Wheeler logo as part of their design but are not required to
• Winners will be required to submit their final Autodesk® Inventor 2014, Autodesk® Showcase 2014 or Autodesk® 3ds Max Design 2014 files
• Winners must respond to Talenthouse within seven days of receiving the winner notification email or else will forfeit all prizing
• Only one entry is permitted per person
  
  
  • Morgan Three Wheeler logo.zip

Morgan Design Files

1. Two Autodesk® Inventor files - Morgan3Wheeler.zip and Morgan3Wheeler.z01
2. Autodesk® Showcase file
3. Autodesk® 3ds Max Design file

Tips for downloading and installing the Autodesk® Product Design Suite 2014 Trial

• There is no need to complete a form to access the Trial
• The Trial period is 30 days
• Steps:
  1. Navigate to a Autodesk Trial download page:
     • Autodesk® Product Design Suite 2014 Trial (includes Autodesk® Inventor, Autodesk® Showcase and Autodesk® 3ds Max Design)
     • AutoCAD Design Suite 2014 Trial (includes Showcase and 3ds Max Design)
     • Autodesk Inventor 2014 Trial
     • Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2014 Trial
  2. Choose a language and operating system
  3. Accept the Terms and Conditions with a check mark
  4. Click Install Now button
  5. Follow the directions

If you have additional technical questions, please post them here.

[seghierk · Accepted solution]

thank you Marion 🙂

[seghierk · Accepted solution]

Hello

i have two questions

- the final entry must be Portrait : that limit full view of the car 

- what this note mean ?:"Designs must not include third party copyright materials"

[seghierk · Accepted solution]

i change resolution to 300dpi in photoshop but its not exactly : 260mm x180mm 

[seghierk · Accepted solution]

hello , i use hp 8770w with fhd display (non dreamcolor ) to render and composition , after finish the image i sent it to samsung galaxy and make comparaison between colors , i see big difference ! 

grey in laptop display is perhaps green in tablet display. and i am not sure what the colors will the jury seen !

[MarionLandry · Accepted solution]

Hi, 

- the final entry must be Portrait : that limit full view of the car?

answer: Not necerarly??? it depend on your design. You can look at other participants design under the iframe post. 

Ahmed Zidan http://www.talenthouse.com/creativeinvites/preview/afef17bad877788de9125a18c929638e/5253

- what this note mean ?:"Designs must not include third party copyright materials"

Answer: This means, don't use textutures, material or other 3d objects that you don't have the rights to use. If you download anything from the internet, make sure that it is royalty free or that you have pay for the rights to use it. 

Hope this helps. 

Marion

[MarionLandry · Accepted solution]

HI, 

That will be close enough. We suggest you keep both the model and the photo edited file as if you win the competition, you will need to provide all original files. You might also be ask to slighly adjust the size dimention to comply to the magazine need or other advertisement need. But for the competition entry, the size that you have it great. Those are all small details that will be easy to adjust once you have won the competition 🙂

Good luck! 

Marion

[MarionLandry · Accepted solution]

HI,

I am not sure either.. all the jury will be looking at the competition entry from their own personal laptop. Most likely the colour will all be slightly different. 

I don't see that the slight variation can be a problem in defining the quality and originality of your entry. 

Good luck

Marion

[seghierk]

thank you 🙂

i use portrait orientation but i don't show all the car in the view and some details are hidden

[MarionLandry]

HI,

You have the option to change the camera angle or the cameras lens to show the car the way that you want. 

Having that said, showing a detail of the car can also be an artistic choice. 

Good luck

Marion

[seghierk]

my idea need to don't show all the car , and i want get big view to the car ( perhaps the half of the photo )

many thanks Marion 🙂

[MarionLandry]

Great! Good luck with your entry, I am looking forward to see it. 

Marion

[GermanoVieira]

Hello! My name is Germano Vieira and i posted my entry to the Morgan Motor Competition on Area Autodesk but nothing appears on my portfolio and it says nothing posted. Is it still pending for approval or there was an error and i have to submit it again? Thanks.  

[seghierk]

hello , you must see this message after submitting your entry

[kcpr.pl]

Dear Marion,

I've got a question: Can I resubmit corrected artwork?

Can I do it by Deleting and then submit again?

I've noticed one thing which isn't perfect and I want to correct this, but I don't want to lose ability to take a part in competition when I couldn't resubmit image after deletion the old one.

[kcpr.pl]

Dear Marion,

I'm still looking forward for your answer, and I'm not sure how much time left for deadline.

Could you please provide me with some info?

[MarionLandry]

Hi,

I am trying to find out the answer for you. I am not familiar witht this process. 

Marion

[kcpr.pl]

Dear Marion,

Thank you very much for your effort!

Fortunatelly I've managed to solve my problem by contacting Talenthouse support.

So, everything is OK now 😉

Thank you again!

Best Regards,

[MarionLandry]

Oh great.. I was getting stressed as the voting starts in few minute and I knew the window was really small.. I am glad you figured it out. 

Sorry for the delay. 

Marion