Fantastic Photoshop - Weekly Challenge #24 - Final Results!

[Cyclone Boom 17,033]

 Final Results Announced! [Link] 

Fantastic Photoshop  (Weekly Challenge #24)

Show us your creative image editing skills!

Images in our cities can look realistic, but editing them with Photoshop can make them seem lifelike. Take them to the next level, add extra effects and details which aren't possible in the games. Yes, it's time to get artistic and put your editing skills to the test...

This time we're looking for an image from any city-building game, using at least one image manipulation technique. This can be subtle or complex, it's really up to you.

There's really endless possibilities, and any scene can be used for the image. Also it doesn't necessarily have to be edited using Photoshop -- there's lots of alternatives out there (e.g. Gimp, Paint.NET, or even web-based tools). Even Word has some basic built-in tools!
 

Extended Submission Period

As there's a bit more work involved this time, this will be an "extended" challenge running for 2 weeks. It also means that (depending on the number of entries) the prize fund will be somewhat larger than a regular weekly event.

 

Submit your images in the album below

Submission Requirements

1. Going with the theme of this challenge, the image must be edited or enhanced in some form.
   This can be done by any photo manipulation software, not just limited to Photoshop. If the editing is subtle, it might be worth briefly mentioning in the description which techniques are used. For example, sharpening or colour correction.
    
2. Please submit only one image per challenge album.
    
3. For the purpose of voting, please check your image has a full title & description.
    
4. This challenge is open to all city-building games (SC4, C:S, SC13, CXL, etc).
    
5. To qualify for entry, please ensure your image is uploaded to the above album, and complies with these requirements.
    

Voting

Voting will start on the 4th of November, an announcement will be made when that is available. Votes will be cast by rating images inside the album. You may rate any image you wish at any rating you wish. Try to rate as many as you can as this will help the album ordering.

The winners will be the top 3 rated images after a 5 day voting period. Reputation prizes will be awarded based on the number of entries, and the overall average rating. See this post for more details.

Good luck everyone!
 

The Next Challenge

Leisure Activities

 

[Ke|is 3,338]

[Cyclone Boom 17,033]

@kelistmac

That was quick, thanks for the submission!

Could you please upload it to the gallery album? Here it allows all entries to be shown in the same format, and also for voting purposes.

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

Welp, nothing for me then...

[rbro125 16]

a fantastic view of this marvelous European-style city. I love the sea-wall. It makes the city even more life-like. I wish I knew how to do that with my cities.

[Cyclone Boom 17,033]

Results

The ranking has been calculated, and I'm pleased to announce the Photoshop challenge winners...

(Click each image to view the album entry)

 

---

Fantastic Photoshop   (Weekly Challenge #24)   460 Rep Prize Fund

---

 1st Place   230 Rep
Shuttle Drop on Menae - Huston

 

---

 2nd Place   138 Rep
Bassen - The Netherlands - kelistmac

 

---

 3rd Place   92 Rep
Whale Watching - SimCoug

 

Congratulations everyone!

It was a close run contest, with Huston coming out on top by 0.03 of a vote!

All rep prizes have been awarded, and the top 3 images from all challenges have been entered into the Hall of Fame.

 

As with previous challenges, the full results data can be viewed at the following link:
ST Challenges - Results Data   (Excel spreadsheet shared on OneDrive)

 

Thanks again to all contestants for making these challenges possible.

The next theme will be...

Leisure Activities

[Ke|is 3,338]

Thanks for the votes and congratulations !!