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The Prizes
There are three categories of prizes. First of all, each month 16 prizes are given to the best images in each contest topic. After the contest ends, another 16 prizes will be given to the best people across all contest topics. Finally, there are two consolation prizes that will be given to people with the least points across all three contest topics.
The jury will give certain points to some images, then the points will be summarized and a ranking will be created. The creator of the image with the most points will be assigned a prize according to the wishes that he mentioned in the contest gallery. Then the second best image will receive a prize and so on. So the more points an image received, the more likely it is that it will get the prize that its creator wants.
Here are the prizes that can be won:
Prizes for Each Contest Topic
3 x Paint Shop Pro 9 (Win) |
6 x Paint Shop Pro Studio (Win) |
| Whether it’s a photo, graphic, or digital art, Paint Shop Pro 9 is going to help you get that vision out of your head and onto the screen. Your pocketbook doesn’t have to suffer for your art and you don’t have to settle on the pricey standard for quality. What you need is right here.Worth $120 each. | Taking pictures is only the start. With Paint Shop Pro Studio, you can easily create digital photos your camera can’t! If you’re ready to do more with your pictures, then you’re ready for Studio. Worth $70 each. |
12 x Paint Shop Pro Photo Album (Win) | 3 x Thumbs Plus (Win) |
| Paint Shop Photo Album is simply the easiest way to do more with your digital photos. Now you can organize, fix, share, and protect photos with one easy-to-use tool. Finally, the digital camera software you’ve been waiting for is here. Worth $45 each. | ThumbsPlus is a highly customizable image database / graphics editor application that makes it easy to catalog and locate, as well as, maintain and modify all your graphics and multimedia files. Worth $45 each. |
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| Extensis Mask Pro 3 combines a powerful, intuitive toolset with advanced color matching and decontamination technology to deliver superior, real-world masking results down to the finest detail. Worth $200 each. | 55mm is the definitive set of digital optical filters meant to simulate popular glass camera filters, specialized lenses, optical lab processes, film grain, matte generation, exacting color correction as well as natural light and photographic effects--all in a controlled digital environment with either 8 or 16 bits per channel processing.Worth $150 each. |
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Optipix 3 is a suite of tools designed with the digital photographer in mind. The core plug-ins in the Optipix suite solve common problems that photographers face, with an emphasis on integrating into an automated workflow. Worth $150 each. | Digital Photography Techniques is an inspirational guide to making the most of your photos with Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, and other leading image-editing software. Whether you're looking to create stunning visuals, master digital darkroom effects, or make gifts and cards from your photos - Digital Photography Techniques is for you! Worth up to $100 each. |
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3 x Neat Image Pro+ (Win) |
| The DIGITAL GEM Professional Plug-In provides two unique and powerful algorithms: Noise suppression; and Grain suppression. Each algorithm is customized for different types of image noise and grain, and each has separate controls associated with it. Worth $100 each. | Neat Image is a digital filter designed to reduce visible noise in digital photographic images. It is a tool for owners of digital cameras, flatbed and slide scanners; and is for use by both professional photographers, and digital image processing enthusiasts. Worth $75 each. |
| ColorWasher is a plugin for correcting the colors, contrast, exposure and saturation of 8bit and 16bit photos. It is a Photoshop-compatible plugin which can be used in dozens of graphics applications including Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop Elements, PhotoImpact, Photo-Paint, IrfanView and many others. Worth $50 each. | FocalBlade lets you sharpen your photos for screen display and print as well as produce great looking blur, soft focus and glow effects. It is a Photoshop-compatible plugin which can be used in dozens of graphics applications including Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, PhotoImpact, Photo-Paint, Fireworks and Photoshop Elements. It works with 8bit and 16bit RGB images.Worth $50 each. |
Prizes for the Best Contest Participants
2 x Paint Shop Pro 9 (Win) |
4 x Paint Shop Pro Studio (Win) |
| Whether it’s a photo, graphic, or digital art, Paint Shop Pro 9 is going to help you get that vision out of your head and onto the screen. Your pocketbook doesn’t have to suffer for your art and you don’t have to settle on the pricey standard for quality. What you need is right here.Worth $120 each. | Taking pictures is only the start. With Paint Shop Pro Studio, you can easily create digital photos your camera can’t! If you’re ready to do more with your pictures, then you’re ready for Studio. Worth $70 each. |
3 x Paint Shop Pro Photo Album (Win) |
nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 Complete (Win/Mac) |
| Paint Shop Photo Album is simply the easiest way to do more with your digital photos. Now you can organize, fix, share, and protect photos with one easy-to-use tool. Finally, the digital camera software you’ve been waiting for is here. Worth $45 each. | nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 photographic filters offer features and functionality that are designed to make digital photographic enhancements not only easier, but better. The three filter collections from nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 provide you with a wide range of filters and effects that make enhancing and transforming your images better than ever. Worth $300. |
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Mystical Lighting (Win/Mac) |
| Using a proprietary process, Sharpener Pro optimizes sharpening for the various print processes, including Offset, Inkjet, Color Laser, and Photographic Printers, and includes a separate sharpening calculation engine for sharpening internet or screen-viewed images. Worth $329. | Mystical Lighting lets anyone apply photo-realistic lighting and shading effects to digital images. With this software you can enhance the ambiance of your images and improve its beauty. Mystical Lighting includes 16 visual effects, over 400 presets for instant results and an infinite variety of looks. Worth $179. |
Mystical Tint Tone and Color (Win/Mac) |
3 x Genuine Fractals (Win/Mac) |
Mystical Tint Tone and Color is a suite of 38 color effects that are both easy to use and provide you with professional results in seconds. The effects are applied by brushing on or removing the effect from the desired area. Mystical Tint Tone and Color provides the professional an efficient workflow for combining multiple editing steps into a simple dynamic interface with unlimited undo and redo, layers, visual presets and a robust set of tools. Worth $179. | An indispensable tool for photographers, graphic artists and digital imaging professionals, Genuine Fractals enables you to create resolution-independent images from any size file and lets you print superior quality enlargements without any degradation in image quality. No matter how you use digital images, LizardTech's Genuine Fractals makes using them easier. Worth $159 each. |
Consolation Prizes
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| Digital Photography Techniques is an inspirational guide to making the most of your photos with Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, and other leading image-editing software. Whether you're looking to create stunning visuals, master digital darkroom effects, or make gifts and cards from your photos - Digital Photography Techniques is for you! Worth up to $100 each. |
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