2008 Calendar Submissions, 6gc.net calendar Options

[frosty]

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?)

[dustin15brown]

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]

That leaves me out, all my pics are 3.3mp

[GriffGirl]

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.

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]

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.

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

[BlackCelicaGT94]

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

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

[playr158]

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]

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?

[BlackCelicaGT94]

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.

[manphibian]

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.

[creis]

how about the people who's photos won for last year submit theres again, as this is an open forum the public changes and thus a new majority can result, last years pictures were great and I hope there up again to be voted on but keep in mind what won last year may not win this year. just the way it is. (my opinion)

<== will wait on final aproval before sending anything in but glad someone stepped up to get this going.

[malpaso]

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.

so we need to know how big that image we want after printing... here are some numbers (about):

200dpi 15x10 cm (6x4.5inch) print = 1200x900 image
300dpi 15x10 cm (6x4.5inch) print = 1800x1350 image
200dpi 20x15 cm (8x6inch) print = 1600x1200 image
300dpi 20x15 cm (8x6inch) print = 2400x1800 image
200dpi 25x20 cm (10x7.5inch) print = 2000x1500 image
300dpi 25x20 cm (10x7.5inch) print = 3000x2250 image
etc...

[frosty]

yep, still wanting to know what the cost was for the previous ones

[mneal2_92788]

any ideas on possible cost?

[playr158]

between $15-25 is the target area.

[j0e_p3t]

how about the people who's photos won for last year submit theres again, as this is an open forum the public changes and thus a new majority can result, last years pictures were great and I hope there up again to be voted on but keep in mind what won last year may not win this year. just the way it is. (my opinion)

agreed. the winning pics last year were great. but the bar has been raised cuz i have seen some awesome pics this year too. so i say last year's pics should automatically be entered in the final decision poll, and if they win again then great.

and i can do 15-25 bucks. i'll even add a couple bucks to help chip in for the site like the last calendar.

This post has been edited by j0e_p3t: Sep 26, 2007 - 4:11 PM

[punkuup5150]

id be glad to help with any graphic work for the calender since my celi is still waiting for paint i wont be abel to make the deadline but id like to help as much as possible

[frosty]

how about the people who's photos won for last year submit theres again, as this is an open forum the public changes and thus a new majority can result, last years pictures were great and I hope there up again to be voted on but keep in mind what won last year may not win this year. just the way it is. (my opinion)

agreed. the winning pics last year were great. but the bar has been raised cuz i have seen some awesome pics this year too. so i say last year's pics should automatically be entered in the final decision poll, and if they win again then great.

and i can do 15-25 bucks. i'll even add a couple bucks to help chip in for the site like the last calendar.

To me it wouldn't matter that last years pics would be entered again since I haven't bought any of the previouse calenders, but I know that if I did, I wouldn't necessarily want to see the same pics as before, you know?

If it were the same car and a different (better) shot, then mabey, but not the same one. (progression)

my $0.02

[GriffGirl]

Coming from a professional standpoint (I'm a graphic designer now for 13 years) the images must be 300 dpi for print to look polished and professional. For an 8.5 x 11 print size with a full bleed, 3300x2550 is going to have the best results. Remember, the image has to be able to reach 1/8" past the edge of the document area for the bleed.

This doesn't exclude smaller images, mind you. Not all of the images need to be a full bleed - they can always be placed "widescreen" style, with a black matte top and bottom, etc. Also, if the TOTAL calendar size is 8.5 x 11, then is the art just going on the top half of the page? That means the images will be 8.5 x 5 (ish), allowing for the binding. That opens it up even more!

[playr158]

The calenders will be binded with the picture on the upper page
calendar on the lower page.
(pictures will be the back side of the actual calender page if that makes sense)

look like this
http://www.carriesbearhugs.com/calendar-im...dar-january.jpg

as an example picture is top page

This post has been edited by playr158: Sep 27, 2007 - 3:10 PM