{"id":5763,"date":"2025-06-13T12:23:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T01:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/?p=5763"},"modified":"2025-06-26T17:00:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T06:00:42","slug":"announcing-the-leap-keyshot-challenge-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/dx\/announcing-the-leap-keyshot-challenge-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the LEAP KeyShot Challenge Winners!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5763\" class=\"elementor elementor-5763\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fe98dc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8fe98dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d222e73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d222e73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Throughout May and June 2025 the KeyShot community in Australia and New Zealand were invited to take part in the LEAP KeyShot Challenge &#8211; submit their very best renders to win fantastic prizes. Now that the entries are all in and have been assessed by our expert judging panel, it&#8217;s time to announce our winners!<\/p><p><span data-teams=\"true\">Huge congratulations to the 1st place winner in our commercial\/professional category: Sebastian Medrana Casas, Industrial Designer at BCI Furniture!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86b3454 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86b3454\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Render-Post-horizontal.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5766\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Render-Post-horizontal.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Render-Post-horizontal-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Render-Post-horizontal-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Render-Post-horizontal-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Render-Post-horizontal-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Render-Post-horizontal-2048x1280.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81be7a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81be7a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Commercial Prize Winner: Sebastian Medrano Casas, Industrial designer at BCI furniture<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6eb8ab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c6eb8ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-899eb1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"899eb1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sebastian&#8217;s entry entitled <strong>Mural \u2013 Spray Gun <\/strong>is a personal project he originally developed as part of the Australian Good Design Awards. <span data-teams=\"true\">After 3D CAD model was imported into KeyShot, rendering and lighting was performed using both a blue and and fuchsia light sources, and material textures applied to enhance realism.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40d5d6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40d5d6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-teams=\"true\">Next up, congratulations to the winner of 1st place in our academic\/student category: Samuel Elvey, Student at Monash University<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b0bde9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b0bde9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/B-Still-1-edited.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5775\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/B-Still-1-edited.png 2500w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/B-Still-1-edited-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/B-Still-1-edited-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/B-Still-1-edited-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/B-Still-1-edited-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/B-Still-1-edited-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbede38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbede38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Academic Prize Winner: Samuel Elvey, Student at Monash University<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34c5ae3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"34c5ae3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a252e27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a252e27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Samuel designed and modelled this unique watch specifically for this competition to showcase what he believes are the best materials and features in the Keyshot software.\u00a0<\/p><p>Not included in the submission material given to our judging panel for assessment, but very cool nonetheless, Samuel also provided us with a post production animation which he further enhanced by adding out to the video using Adobe Premiere Pro. Check out Samuel&#8217;s exploded view animation below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78fbc27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"78fbc27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Samuel-Elvey-Leap-Keyshot-Challenge-Animation.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70f1472 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70f1472\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With so many amazing entries, picking winners was no easy task, so we extend a big thanks\u00a0 to our judging panel who had high praise for the level of talent and creativity on display in the competition submissions.<\/p><p>\u201cHappy to see that entrants implemented technical details such as the use of exploded \/ cutaway views, depth of field, material details and lighting of the scenes. In particular I liked the captivating use of material effects in the brush detail in one entry, and the hyper-realistic studio lighting effects for the spray gun.\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monash.edu\/mada\/design\/people\/robbie-napper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robbie Napper, Associate Professor at Monash University<\/a> Art, Design &amp; Architecture Department.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.waikato.ac.nz\/pierre.lubis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Pierre Lubis, Teaching Fellow &#8211; Industrial Design at the University of Waikato<\/a> adds, \u201cI was impressed with the quality of the entries, especially from those new students and professionals who are relatively new to 3D Rendering. The winning entries showcased admirable skills in KeyShot such as applying realistic lighting effects, material accuracy, and the use of depth of field. The best entries also exhibited a balanced composition and use of different materials and textures to provide a truly photo-realistic rendering. In one notable example, the material accuracy really stood out to me, especially with the addition of scratches and dents on the casing which helped achieve an exceptional level of visual realism.\u201d<\/p><p>Jans Helneck, Senior Director, Sales at KeyShot was impressed by the detail expressed in many of the renders saying, \u201cExcited to see the wide range of entries and from both novice and experienced KeyShot users, from across Australia and New Zealand. I really enjoyed the photorealism that was achieved and the story-telling that was evident in some of the winning entries, especially when using challenging material effects such as the fuzzy brush, and also the spray gun that demonstrated evidence of wear and tear from previous use (rather than pristine models that are often seen in 3D Renders).\u201d<\/p><p>Ed Ko, Associate Lecturer &#8211; Industrial Design at UNSW adds, &#8220;Great to see such diverse entrants. Really goes to show that keyshot is a great tool for communication at all levels of the design and development process. I was particularly impressed by the art and light curation in some renders and the technical execution of procedural textures in others.&#8221;<\/p><p>The team at LEAP along with the competition sponsors, KeyShot and 3Dconnexion thank everyone who participated in the 2025 LEAP KeyShot Challenge. Congratualtions to all involved.\u00a0 And not to be left out, here are some honourable mentions who narrowly missed out on taking out the top prize.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-400605e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"400605e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/D-Still-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5801\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/D-Still-3.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/D-Still-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/D-Still-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/D-Still-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/D-Still-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/D-Still-3-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be1aa37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be1aa37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Edward Poropat, Industrial Designer at Alchin Long Group<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0abb426 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0abb426\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/C-Final-Shaving-entry.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5802\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/C-Final-Shaving-entry.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/C-Final-Shaving-entry-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/C-Final-Shaving-entry-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/C-Final-Shaving-entry-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/C-Final-Shaving-entry-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/C-Final-Shaving-entry-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8889e7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8889e7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Edward Poropat, Industrial Designer at Alchin Long Group<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee5e61d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ee5e61d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-LEAPChallenge-EiffelTable.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5803\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-LEAPChallenge-EiffelTable.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-LEAPChallenge-EiffelTable-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-LEAPChallenge-EiffelTable-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-LEAPChallenge-EiffelTable-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-LEAPChallenge-EiffelTable-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-LEAPChallenge-EiffelTable-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5763"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5876,"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5763\/revisions\/5876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}