E30 Zone Calendar

[Lizzie]

I think that there should be more than 12 cars to pick from.

If someone prefers E30 convertibles, for example, then they could just have pictures of convertibles, or sports models, or M3's etc the list could go on and on.

TBQH, I wouldn't have admin or mods cars on unless they were really something special like Ians and Iain's cars. This would allow more member's cars to be used and this would look better too.

[Geeman]

You see it's already happening...

One calendar for all, otherwise it's a lot of work to create bespoke ones...

Anyway, who's going to do it...?

[E30Adam]

Anyway, who's going to do it...?

The billion dollar question.

Lizzie seemed quite keen as it was her idea, perhaps she might like to do it?

[Dan318-is]

lizzie good point on mods cars but adams 2.8 is a fuckign work of art imho

personanly i think dominitry, if he is up for it, should pick 12 cars from his collection, include pics of engien bay etc an obviosuly the car cos he clearly has more knowledge abotu picture quality etc than us

also less hastle that way an a much better result imho

just my two cents

[Lizzie]

That is the million dollar question. I could do it, but I think that it should probably be left to someone who has expertise in design.

I think that there should be a list of cars and they could all be put to a poll, this way we get a calendar that is designed by demand.

Which Adam are we referring to?

If you are referring to Adam on the E30zone team then including both Ian/Iain's cars then you would have 25% of the calendar being attributable to the E30zone team and I don't think that this would be fair to the rest of the members.

[Geeman]

Okay, so we should make a list of 20 or so cars, then everyone vote for the 12 they want. Leave it running for a couple of weeks or so then take what the result is and run with it.

Getting close to 2006 already!

[Dominitry]

Thing is, not all the cars listed could have good enough pictures, its a tough one.

[Dan318-is]

perhaps that is the best idea

perhaps replace the current pole on the homepage too as its been there ages, plus that way it would attract more attention??

[steedymorgan]

if you do one i'll buy a copy deffo

[Dominitry]

perhaps that is the best idea

perhaps replace the current pole on the homepage too as its been there ages, plus that way it would attract more attention??

I imagine most people use a direct link to forums via book mark anyway mate, i know i do, i check the main site every other day.

[Dan318-is]

fair play

well i think a sticky post in the e30 chat with a list of 20 cars then is the best

geeman listed twelve above, ians 332i and other ian hartge h35

any other ideas some cabbys perhaps

lizzies ?

[Lizzie]

I also like the signatures that Geeman did. They would look really cool too.

Perhaps a choice?

[Dominitry]

Agree... Craig's photo's are a must. You got lots of hi-res stuff to use?

About 2000 pics mate

Also, ones in bold is ones i have some pics of..

Jon's M3 Evo
Adam's 2.8
Bootyman's machine
Daryl's M3 - Though his mag ones were mint, unsure if could use them?
Andy's 335i Touring
BillGates' Sport
Simon's M3
Player 6's racer
Steve's Touring
Andy's Motorsport
Ian's Hartge convertible
BMK's M3 convertible
Dave's (now sold) convertible
Ians 332i's Sport
Ianh35's hartge h35

[Chaos]

im biased as ive owned both of them, but i love these 2 pics craig took







my point is that if u have a few more cars than months you can always use a pic of several together

[Geeman]

If we go to the Donny show, you could set up a photo session... if you're coming and not too busy. Maybe we could arrange for the 'photo-worthy' cars to come along purely for this purpose...

Just an idea...

Lizzie, what about the sigs? What had you got in mind...? They are only lo-res images. no good for printing out.

[Lizzie]

The cars look great, but I don't think much of the background.

Would be better to have something other than houses, or buildings.

[Chaos]

The cars look great, but I don't think much of the background.

Would be better to have something other than houses, or buildings.

lol


i was using it as an example hun.
its a cracking shot of several e30's together.

that way more than just 12 cars can be used.

[Dan318-is]

i agree with lizzie

a nice background is a must imo

re: photo availability

emailing the users who ya dotn have photos of shudnt be a problem

we cud jus rob up the photo threads lol

[Dan318-is]

also chaos, superb idea but group meets wud be needed

jon and darryls m3 and simons in one shoot = best picture ever

[Geeman]

To print out a decent image, they need to be AT LEAST 20cm square at 150dpi. Any lower than this and there's no point in using the image... I'm sure Craig will agree with me as this being the minimum spec to use...

Giles

[Dominitry]

Few pics of examples..

my tech 1 sport





Nemo's SE





A mates 205 in the Welsh hills, just an example..




Simons M3 & E36





Good examples of the kind of pics i have on the pc.

Also with Geeman, if this is not gonna happen for a while im sure i could take some pics of a few cars in high res (5MB per photo)

[Dan318-is]

are we sticking to a computer calender layout yes?

sjoerds photoshop skills may come in handy wen designing the calender layout

just a thought

[Dan318-is]

dom get those e36s off

[Dominitry]

dom get those e36s off

lol just examples mate, giles would be best bet for the design to be honest, he's been doing it for 12 years, also i love his sig design

[Geeman]

I'm afraid Photoshop skills aren't very useful for producing layouts and artwork generation... You need a vector based program, like Freehand, to produce the artwork for a PDF document... then they can be scaled up to whatever size you require without any distortion / pixelation.

Bugger... am I talking myself into doing this calendar thing? Oh well... Best get my diary out and make sure I get all the dates right...

Oh, and talking of sigs... Sorry I haven't been doing any lately... busy. busy, busy... can anyone who's asked me to do them PM me and I'll get on with them... sorry!

[Dan318-is]

o ya

forgot about giles whoops

but he gets my vote for a new mod also well helpful guy

PDF file is it going to be?

i wud love 12 1024x768 images so each month we can have a diff pic on our comp backgronds as welll as printing it of

[Geeman]

Okay... how about making this even simpler...

We could release a new calendar page every month as a desktop image, say a maximum of 1600 x 1200 down to an 800 x 600 image. Then we don't have to worry too much about large image sizes...

This way there's not a mad rush to get the whole calendar ready for the New Year...

Also, thought about doing E30Zone wallpapers too... a definite Craig photography skill involvement!

[Dan318-is]

good idea G but

wed have to make sure we do it , well that u guys do it

good idea tho mate!!

[Lizzie]

Geeman

That sounds like a brilliant idea!

WRT Signatures - I just like the montages that you do - makes just a simple photo of a car look far better, even though we are talking about E30s!

[craigieeb]

Jon's M3 Evo
Adam's 2.8
Bootyman's machine
Daryl's M3
Andy's 335i Touring
BillGates' Sport
Simon's M3
Player 6's racer
Steve's Touring
Andy's Motorsport
Ian's Hartge convertible
BMK's M3 convertible
Dave's (now sold) convertible
Ians 332i's Sport
Ianh35's hartge h35

i feel all left out

[Geeman]

I knew there'd be people that would be upset in being left out...

So add yourself to the list for people to vote on...

[Dan318-is]

whos going to compile/post the list as a sticky on the forum?

[Dominitry]

Im pissed that my sport isnt in there either! the peoples walls need a tech 1!! lol kidding, i like the wallpaper idea, less stress and more time so the this can be done properly

[Geeman]

A Mod would have to... I have no knowledge of this

Craig, the wallpaper thingy is cool as you've already got some decent shots of E30's on your puter, and when we need more, it gives us / you time to take some more fantastic photos...

[Dan318-is]

dom i agree there needs 2 b a tec1 in there