CGSociety, together with the Chaos Group, is sponsoring the 'A Decisive Moment' competition with the V-Ray  render engine at its focus. A decisive moment is the split second when everything changes. It could be an instant from history that altered everything on Earth. Or a pivotal point in time that changed you personally. Perhaps a knockout punch in a heavy weight championship or the last block placed on the Pyramids.

If you want to participate, you have to create an image to tell that story. Use any application to model and V-Ray to render, so the goal is to illustrate a blink-of-an-eye moment that changed the world - a moment that changed the big picture or had an impact on a person’s life. All industries using V-Ray can fit into the Challenge theme and are welcome to participate.

The challenge ends at 15th of July.

Prizes are really interesting:

1st prize:

• 3DBOXX 3960 XTREME Workstation (NVIDIA Quadro + Tesla)
• $3000 cash prize from Chaos Group
• MAXON - CINEMA 4D Visualize or Broadcast
• A V-Ray license of choice
• CGWorkshops - Your choice of 1 CGWorkshop
• Pdplayer
• 3DConnexion - SpacePilot Pro
• V-Ray anniversary sweatshirt
• V-Ray anniversary T-shirt

2nd prize:

• NVIDIA Quadro 5000 professional GPU
• A V-Ray license of choice
• MAXON - CINEMA 4D Prime
• CGWorkshops - Your choice of 1 CGWorkshop
• Pdplayer
• 3DConnexion - SpaceMouse Pro
• Ballistic Publishing - 3 Art Of The Game Books
• V-Ray anniversary sweatshirt
• V-Ray anniversary T-shirt

3rd prize:

• A V-Ray license of choice
• CGWorkshops - Your choice of 1 CGWorkshop
• Pdplayer
• 3DConnexion - SpaceNavigator
• V-Ray anniversary sweatshirt
• V-Ray anniversary T-shirt

For more info, including some useful inspiration, visit: CGSociety

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