Technical Requirements for Submissions
Please please please read the rules
Tuesday, September 12, 2006 by Zoomba | Discussion: GUI Championships News
It seems that some people have missed the page with the competition rules and requirements before sending in your first submissions. This year, we've put some actual technical requirements on what people upload, and I'm doing some spot-checking on what comes through to make sure people are in compliance. Here are the tech requirements from the rules page:
3. Technical Requirements
The following are the minimum technical requirements for submissions. Failure to meet these basic requirements will result in immediate disqualification of the relevant contest entry.
- Wallpapers
- JPEG Files only. No bitmaps, GIFs or PNGs.
- All wallpaper submissions should be in a zip file. The zip file must contain copies of the wallpaper in the following screen resolutions:
- 1024x768
- 1280x1024
- 1600x1200
- Additional resolutions are allowed (such as 16x9), but if included, it must be noted in the description field.
- Do not submit Bryce or other 3D terrain renders as wallpapers.
- The contest organizers reserve the right to moderate the wallpaper submissions queue for basic quality. This is to prevent items like Bryce renders and MS Paint drawings from making it into the competition.
- WindowBlinds
- Must be created for WindowBlinds 5
- Submissions must be in .wba format
- Icons
- Must be created for IconPackager 3
- Submissions must be in .ip format
- Submissions must contain a minimum 55 icons
Any submissions that are found to not meet the requirements will be removed from the site. However, you are free to correct the error and resubmit.
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Reply #2 Wednesday, September 13, 2006 1:57 AM
Question...shouldnt that middle wall resolution be 1280x960?1280x1024 is a non standard resolution and would distort any images originally made at 1600x1200.
Good luck to all the artist(your gonna need it
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Reply #3 Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:42 AM
1280x1024, while not the same aspect ratio as the other two, is a fairly often used middle-sized screen resolution. For example, many LCDs in the 17-19" range list 1280x1024 as their optimal screen resolution.
The listed sizes requires artists to provide images that will work across most types of monitors without distortion. If you run 1280x960, the 1600x1200 will scale down properly.
Reply #4 Wednesday, September 13, 2006 12:19 PM
..Just one question. In the Windowblind section is it possible to update w/blinds after initial upload for the competition? I ask this since I only can test my w/blinds skin on my own pc. Sometimes what look good on my pc might look odd on someone else. This thing happened. So is it possible to update?
Reply #5 Wednesday, September 13, 2006 3:40 PM
Reply #6 Wednesday, September 13, 2006 3:46 PM
basj - I'm looking into how to update submissions currently, I'll get back to you on that.
Bandit - It's still in the queue, you'll know if it gets rejected. I'm not the one moderating the queue at the moment so I can't promise how soon it will be for your entry to be processed.
Reply #7 Wednesday, September 13, 2006 8:27 PM
)so I just included both 1280 resolutions in my upload.(over 4mb 
)thanks for your work here
Reply #8 Thursday, September 14, 2006 1:55 AM
D'oH! *smacks forehead!*
Well that'll teach me to RTFR next time! LOL
Reply #9 Thursday, September 14, 2006 8:33 AM
Reply #10 Friday, September 15, 2006 1:46 PM
...Just checking...on the rule and regulations mentioned "You may not obtain permission from other artists to incorporate their work into your own submission. Everything submitted, every element must be entirely the creation of the submitter. "
with this..I am asking about font usage pack together with W/blinds skin. The font belong to others but its confirm a freeware. Will this act be against the rules? Would like to know about this.
Thanks.
Reply #11 Sunday, September 17, 2006 3:35 AM
| Do not submit Bryce or other 3D terrain renders as wallpapers |
so this means that i can't even submit a wall with some abstract objects? i mean, the wall that i did was created a 90% in Corel Draw and the other 10% was created in 3ds max...
Reply #12 Sunday, September 17, 2006 9:23 AM
hmmmm...Reply #14 Monday, September 18, 2006 1:52 AM
| bryce generates some of the crappiest 3D work I've ever seen |
mmh, well, thankx for the reply and i understand your point but.., u shouldn't overestimade this tool(lol.., dont get angry please!)..., have you ever check this thread?
Bryce vs. Vue
Reply #15 Monday, September 18, 2006 10:56 AM
I'm sure it's capable of wonderful things. It's just too easy to generate a low-quality 3D render with a few simple clicks, and that's what we tend to get the most of. A truely inspired Bryce render is often impossible to identify as coming from Bryce. I'm using this rule to cull the low-quality images.
basj, I thought I had responded to your question about fonts already, but I think the forum ate the post. Fonts from other sources are allowed so long as you have permission to use them. The rule is aimed at image assets, so people don't just take images and work from other artists and reassemble it into an entry.
Reply #17 Friday, September 22, 2006 9:47 PM
That I can do? or ¿as I can send it?
Thanks!
Reply #18 Friday, September 22, 2006 11:04 PM
I'm working on a very traditional blind that's 100% original except I'd like to use an MS flag logo I made on the start button. Is this acceptable?
Thanks in advance.
Reply #19 Monday, September 25, 2006 8:12 AM
In all my wallpapers I will be placing a small copywrite (GUI Championships 2006 © www.guimagic.com) at the bottom. Someone in the comments has mentioned that this is advertising. I assured him that it wasn't. That if it 'was' it would have never been posted. Am I right to think this or are you posting submissions that will be disqualified later?
Since every website has their own idea of what is and what isn't. What is this websites position on it? Better yet, what will the judges position be?
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After posting this, I reread the rules and it make no mention of advertising. So this might be a moot question.
Reply #20 Monday, September 25, 2006 9:18 AM
BIODIGITZMAN-
I'll check on the size issue. What do you have in that .wba file that's taking up so much space? Chances are you'll be able to trim the size down a lot.
navigatsio-
The Windows flag is a bit of a weird grey area. If you do use it, don't use any stock images, try and build your own version.
Z71-
The watermark, so long as it isn't obtrusive or otherwise damage the quality of the wallpaper is fine. It's your work, you should be able to claim it.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, September 13, 2006 1:56 AM
Question...shouldnt that middle wall resolution be 1280x960?1280x1024 is a non standard resolution and would distort any images originally made at 1600x1200.
Good luck to all the artist(your gonna need it