The 2008 GUI Championships are Underway!

It's Go Time

Monday, October 13, 2008 by Zoomba | Discussion: GUI Championships News

Welcome to the fourth bi-annual GUI Championships!  The GUI's is the ultimate Windows Graphical User Interface (GUI) competition.  Graphics designers from around the world will be competing in three primary GUI categories; WindowBlinds, Icons and Animated Wallpapers.  This year's competition has a prize pool of nearly $15,000 with prizes from AMD/ATI, Wacom, Corel, TechSmith, DeviantArt and WinCustomize!

Starting today, October 14th, 2008, skinners will be able to submit their work to the competition website (http://www.guichamps.com/), with the first events being judged in mid-November, and the overall "Best Skinner" crowned in late December.  The deadline for all submissions is December 14th, 2008.

The 2008 GUI Champs is brought to you by the following sponsors:

This year, there are some outstanding prizes up for grabs across 11 separate events.  The top skinner from the 2008 GUI Championships will win a Wacom Cintiq!  Here is what skinners can get their hands on in this year's competition:

  • A Wacom Cintiq 12WX Graphics Tablet/Display
  • Sapphire Radeon HD4850 512 MB Video Cards
  • Corel PainterX
  • CorelDRAW X4 
  • TechSmith SnagIt
  • TechSmith Camtasia Studio
  • DeviantArt Subscriptions
  • ObjectDesktop 2008
  • WinCustomize Subscriptions
  • Cash & More!

Fire up those graphics programs and get started!  Take a shot at being crowned one of the best skinners in the entire community.

For complete rules, schedule and prizes, please visit www.GUIChamps.com  

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