The Cover Challenge (PLEASE READ THE THREAD RULES IN POST #1)

[Toni Ahlgren]

I don't care if something looks blurry as long as it's an entry.

 

[Zorka]

Anyone got any tips for uploading in better quality?

The end result always, ultimately, depends on the QUALITY of the image you start with. For example, I just checked our @Paul Lintag's last entry (a spectacular one, btw! ), and was amazed that the first one is 4962 × 6332 pixels and 1.7 MB because the tFS upload rules clearly state:

Upload a File (Max 1 MB )
Max image width: 4,000 pixels
Max image height: 4,000 pixels

So, to answer your question (although it is extremely subjective, because due to the nature of what I do for living, I work on an iMac 2019 (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 5120 x 2880 pixels resolution with support for one billion colours), where every (even the smallest possible one!) imperfection is noticeable), I think that you should not have to go above 1500 pixels width, which brings us back to my initial sentence - if you start with an UHQ image of 6000 pixels width, you can always reduce it to 1500 pixels width and you will have crystal clear image as end result; on the other side, if you start with a photo of 600 pixels width and enlarge it to 1500 pixels width (even using Photoshop's upscaling algorithm known as Preserve Details 2.0), your larger version will inevitably end up looking soft and blurry or chunky and oversharpened.

And last but not least, try to save it as JPEG (maximum quality, never below 10, with possible embedded colour profile sRGB IEC61966-2.1) instead of PNG whose image size is significantly larger than other image file types.

 

[caioherrero]

Please, do the Margot / Barbie theme haha

 

[Toni Ahlgren]

So anyway... As always, it was a great round everyone. As for the winner, thank you @vogue28, your WSJ cover was exactly what I wanted to see. Congratulations!

 

[vogue28]

Oh wow. Thank you ever so much @[B]Toni Ahlgren[/B] for choosing me as the winner of this round. I am very flattered. Thank you.

New Theme… Movie Magic!

Inspired by @[B]caioherrero[/B] and the on-going Cannes Film Festival, let the new theme be dedicated to the silver screen and all-things cinema. You may dedicate your cover to the upcoming Barbie movie or any movie of your choice for that matter. You may simply give the cover to your favourite actor/actress. The choice is yours entirely.

 

[crmsn]

NON ENTRY PAN HAOWEN BY ESTELLE HANANIA

VOGUE FRANCE'S BEAUTY ARTICLE​

 

[Toni Ahlgren]

NON ENTRY PAN HAOWEN BY ESTELLE HANANIA
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VOGUE FRANCE'S BEAUTY ARTICLE​

It's gorgeous but why non-entry? Our winners pool is already small enough.

 

[Paul Lintag]

#1
Halle Bailey by The Morelli Brothers

TFS by Zorka

 

[Zorka]

Entry #1



Fan Bingbing by Arnold Jerocki
Source: gettyimages.com (Retouched by me)​

 

[crmsn]

It's gorgeous but why non-entry? Our winners pool is already small enough.

Thank you for your concern.

I'll have to admit that organizing a theme has been a struggle of mine everytime I win a challenge, and it usually shows with the numbers of cover entries in my winning weeks. The last time I competed, the themes that I had in mind were Barbie and The Little Mermaid, and since we currently have a movie theme this week, I think it would be better if I just upload non-competitive entries for now to get this thread going, post and page numbers-wise. Is it okay to ask for whatever themes the members would like to have for the following week even though it would delay the announcement of the succeeding challenge's theme?

 

[0st3nd]

Entry #1
Zendaya & Anne Hathaway by David Sims
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(facebook/bulgari)

 

[0st3nd]

Entry #2
Stephanie Hsu by Ryan Pfluger
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(nytimes)

 

[0st3nd]

Entry #3
Lucas Bravo and Lise Bosch by Kosmas Pavlos
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(numeromag.nl)

 

[justaguy]

Entry #3
Lucas Bravo and Lise Bosch by Kosmas Pavlos
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(numeromag.nl)

WOW...Love this so much!

 

[Toni Ahlgren]

Entry #1

by Daniele Venturelli
teenvogue​

 

[0st3nd]

WOW...Love this so much!

Thank you so much

 

[Paul Lintag]

#2 (re-entry)
Aubrey Hill, Niamh Maye, and other models by Mert and Marcus
From Gucci's "Exquisite" campaign, a tribute to Stanley Kubrick's films

gucci.com

 

[vogue28]

A very big thank you to ALL who participated this round, I am so grateful. Each and every one of you have created such beautiful covers, and as per usual, put the major fashion titles to absolute shame.

The winner is... @Zorka!

Massive congratulations to you. You're the winner of this round, with such an impressive and extremely well-executed Fan Bingbing cover for the Cannes Film Festival.

 

[Zorka]

Oh, W-O-W!!!

Didn't expect it at all. Thank you SO MUCH, my precious @vogue28, as well as all participants in this round.

P.S. The new theme will be posted till the end of the day; currently I'm trying to post as much new contents as possible…

P.P.S. And, [B]@vogue28[/B]:

 

[Zorka]

Okay, my precious people! This week's theme will be the two latest Louis Vuitton ad campaigns:

Louis Vuitton 'Horizons' 2023 : Gisele Bündchen by Glen Luchford

Louis Vuitton 'By The Pool' 2023 by Steven Meisel

HQ source images could be found here, here & here, and *ALL* fashion magazine's titles is more than welcome!

Good luck!