Digital Projection Division
Instructions
Last Revised: January 26,
2007
A “Digitally Projected Image” shall be any image
where the image shall be displayed using a digital projector and where any part
of the process is conducted electronically including electronically recorded,
electronically scanned, electronically manipulated, or generated by a computer
or generated by a Digital Camera.
All work, computer images, photography and image manipulation must have
been created by the author.
The
Digital Projection Divisions are:
·
Monochrome
General (MG)
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Images
that are black and white with shades of gray and up to 1 additional color are
acceptable.
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Images
that are “toned” (1 color) with up to 1 additional color are
acceptable.
·
Color
General (CG)
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Any
color digital image except those images in which a wild animal, bird or insect
fills more than one-third (1/3) of the frame and there are no factors that
prevent that image from being accepted in the Nature Digital Projection
Division. Those color digital images that are NOT acceptable in the Nature
Digital Projection Division may be acceptable as Color General Digital Projection
images. Some forms of manipulation (see below), manual or digital, that alters
the truth of the photographic statement are not allowed.
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The
photographer may perform enhancements and modifications that improve the
presentation of the image that could have been done at the time the image was
taken but that does not change the truth of the original story.
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Cropping
and horizontal flipping (equivalent to reversing a slide), straightening,
keystone, noise removal, dodging and burning, exposure adjustment, color balance,
color correction, white balance, saturation, and sharpening, “HDR”
(High Dynamic Range), are examples of acceptable modifications.
-
Adding
elements to your images, combining separate images or rearranging and/or
cloning elements in your image, removing major elements from your image other
than by cropping, are not acceptable and will lead to disqualification of your
image.
·
Nature
(NA)
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Any
color digital image that contains "Nature", where "Nature"
is defined as, Nature in all its forms, including the many facets of Botany,
Geology, and Zoology. Human elements, if present, should be unobtrusive
and enhance the nature story. Those depicting cultivated plants, domestic
animals or pets, still-life studies, mounted specimens, museum pieces or
groupings, or similar subjects are NOT eligible. The presence of scientific
bands on wild animals is acceptable. Zoo shots and Game Farm shots are eligible
provided the artificial habitat is not apparent in the image. Photographs of artificially produced
hybrid plants or animals, mounted specimens, or obviously set arrangements, are
ineligible, as are some forms of manipulation manual or digital (see below)
that alters the truth of the photographic statement.
-
The
photographer may perform enhancements and modifications that improve the
presentation of the image that could have been done at the time the image was
taken but that does not change the truth of the original nature story.
-
Cropping
and horizontal flipping (equivalent to reversing a slide), straightening,
keystone, noise removal, dodging and burning, exposure adjustment, color
balance, color correction, white balance, saturation, and sharpening,
“HDR” (High Dynamic Range), are examples of acceptable modifications.
-
Adding
elements to your images, combining separate images or rearranging and/or
cloning elements in your image, removing major elements from your image other
than by cropping, are not acceptable and will lead to disqualification of your
image
·
Color
Creative (CC)
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(Anything
Goes). Any color/nature digital image that contains "Any Subject",
that is not eligible in another category. This includes images where all
or part of the image is manipulated, created, edited, fixed, duplicated, or
imported from another image (see below). All the components of the image must
be original work created by the photographer and all manipulation must have
been performed by the photographer.
-
Cropping
and horizontal flipping (equivalent to reversing a slide), straightening, keystone,
noise removal, dodging and burning, exposure adjustment, color removal, adding
one color, white balance, saturation, and sharpening, “HDR” (High
Dynamic Range), are examples of acceptable modifications. Images are not limited to only these
modifications.
-
Adding
elements to your images combining separate images or rearranging and/or cloning
elements in your image, removing major elements from your image, are examples
of acceptable modifications.
·
Special
Assignment (SPA)
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Any
MG, CG, NA or CC digital image that fits the Special Assignment topic for the
specific competition for which it is submitted.
·
Images
will be projected as received by the Digital Projection Division director. (Images may display differently than you
see on your digital projector or computer screen at home.)
·
A
maximum of three Color General entries are allowed.
·
A
maximum of three Monochrome General entries are
allowed.
·
A
maximum of three Nature entries are allowed.
·
A
maximum of three Color Creative entries are allowed.
·
A
maximum of three Special Assignment entries are allowed.
·
Digital
Projection image files must be delivered at least 1 week before the scheduled
competition date to the current Digital Projection Division director, unless
the director states otherwise at a club meeting or via Email. Email is the
preferred method of delivery for entries.
01/22/07 NOTE:
·
The current Digital Projection Division director is Bob
Dombroski (Email: zip2468@aol.com)
·
Send your files to PPSDigitalProjection@yahoo.com
·
Digital Projection competitions will be on
“slide” nights
The equipment used for judging this division uses 1024 x
768 pixels resolution. In order
to keep the vertical and horizontal images equal in size, we will go by the
following standards:
·
“Pixel Dimensions” – the value for the larger
dimension must be “768” or less. Smaller images are acceptable.
¡ “Horizontal” example
– for a standard size image, set “Width” to “768”
and “Height” will automatically change.
¡ “Vertical” example
– for a standard sized image, set “Height” to “768”
and “Width” will automatically change.
¡ For a non-standard sized image,
set the larger of “width” or “height” to “768”. The other value should automatically
change to correspond. Square images
are acceptable.
·
"DPI" – Set to "100". (This doesn't
impact the size or quality of the image when it's displayed at home or during
competition at club, but it does impact the size of the text that gets added to
and displayed with each image for the presentation of winning images for our
annual PPS banquet.)
NAME
AND SAVE YOUR FILE USING THE FOLLOWING FORMAT
·
sRGB is recommended.
·
Save
as JPEG File Format. (Use compression of 10 to 12)
·
Do
not use any special characters or periods in the filename, except hyphen or
underscore in the “Title of image” section of the filename. Especially watch out for “/”
and “\” in dates and the “#” that’s often used
for numbering. Those characters are
used by the PC and the digital projection software for special purposes and may
cause the image file to not be displayed.
·
All
entries must contain the following information in the filename, separated by spaces:
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Division:
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“MG”
for Monochrome General
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“CG”
for Color General
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“NA”
for Nature General
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“CC”
for Color Creative (manipulated)
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"SPA"
for Special Assignment
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PPS
class
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“BE”
for Beginner
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“AD”
for Advanced
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Club:
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“PPS” for
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Last
name
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First
name (Please don’t use middle initials, and be consistent. Don’t use “Joe” one
time and “Joseph” the next.)
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The
title of the image
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“.jpg”
for the JPEG file format
Examples:
MG AD PPS Yaker Judy Title.jpg
CG AD PPS Yaker Judy Title.jpg
NA AD PPS Yaker Judy Title.jpg
SPA AD PPS Yaker Judy Title.jpg