Speaking of this, I have a question about the rules. Does the video have to be completely processed by the end of the contest? I'm planning on uploading this years video in 4K but that takes a lot longer to processes on YouTube. I'm wondering if I can send in the link to the YouTube video once it has been uploaded but it is still being processed?

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Also, can we submit a video that is still uploading?  YouTube gives you a link as soon as you start.  I'm not sure if there is anyway to use this nefariously.  It also kinda levels the playing field for people who don't have as advanced uploading capabilities.

It shouldn't be a problem for me, though.  My quick export does take longer than I'd like for it to render, but the file uploads in only a minute or two, unlike my typical HD export which takes several hours.

But there's no way to enforce that (unless he checks every film right when the email comes in and that would be difficult do do especially in the final hours when many are coming in)

Don't be that guy...

Just downscale it to 1080p and it'll look beautiful without having to be fully rendered out at 4K. Besides, who and the wide wide world is going to wait for a 4K video to load on YouTube? (people with ultra fast internet)

I film my videos at 5K and downscale to 1080p. It looks great even when played it 360p or 480p.

Well that is shizzle. My internet shares a close relation to a cognitively disabled vegetable, so uploading will take a considerable amount of time. I think that as long as you have started uploading the finished video within the contest's boundaries, you shouldn't be penalised. Not everyone has internet capable of uploading 4K video.

At least my computer is apt in the rendering department.

I have the computer and internet connection needed to do it. I will take about an hour and a half to upload the video which I have time for in my schedule. As for 4K monitors being expensive right not that doesn't matter. 1080p monitors cost similar amounts when SD was the standard.

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That....is absolutely DREADFUL quality.

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4K sounds fun and experimental. Do it!

Oh, and can't you have a film uploaded and viewable before it is fully processed to higher resolutions? Or is that just misconception I'm having?

But you need to think about other peoples internet. I have a beast of a computer that renders 4K videos in 15 minutes and can play Battlefield 4 on Max, but my internet is just dreadful. I have to wait minutes before I can play a 1 minute video that is at a native 4K resolution. Sure it'll work for you, but no one is going watch it in 4K on YouTube. Why? Because their internet won't be able to load the whole video in a few seconds like most people can with a video at 720p or 1080p.

Yay, it looks beautiful, but that's more of a waste more than it is a gain. You'll get a good quality video but when they play it at 720p because who and the heck is going to watch a brickfilm at 4K? But when they play that video at 720p there is going to be a lot of artifacts in the video and blurred pixels.

You're better off down scaling it