8: Entry Requirements for Competitions
8.1. PRINTS must be mounted
The maximum mount size is 500mm x 400mm except for the Silver Birches Landscape Print competition, for which the maximum mount size is 700mm x 400mm to allow for panoramic format prints. If a panoramic format print attains either first, second or third place in the Silver Birches competition, it will be eligible for entry into the Print of the Year competition.
Smaller mounted prints than the maximum is acceptable for internal Club competitions and Club exhibitions but will not be eligible for consideration for external Battles or Exhibitions unless remounted at 500mm x 400mm. Panoramic Prints entered into the Silver Birches competition will likewise need to be scaled down to fit into a 500mm x 400mm mount size to be eligible for consideration for external Battles or Exhibitions.
If the correct orientation of a print is not obvious from the subject, then the top edge on the back of the mount must be marked 'TOP'.
Prints must clearly show on the back the title, member's number and section.
Prints should also be numbered 01, 02, and 03 in order of preference.
No names are to be shown.
8.2. DIGITAL IMAGES for projection.
Check the maximum number of entries for the competition, and follow the sequence:
1. Rename and Resize Entries. Titles must not exceed 35 characters (including spaces). Quotation marks or any other punctuation characters must not be included anywhere within the above format.
Images must be numbered in order of preference, in the format 'number[space]title' e.g., 01 Title, 02 Title, 03 Title
Maximum image size in the horizontal axis is 1920 pixels and in the vertical axis 1080 pixels
Images must be saved in sRGB mode (even for monochrome images) and saved in Jpeg format at maximum quality.
2. Create New Folder and rename with your name and section e.g., Joe Bloggs Beg or Josie Bloggs Int
Sections are - Beginners (Beg), Intermediate (Int) Advanced (Adv)
3. Drag or copy your entries into the named folder
4. Send your entry to the Competition Secretary (or other designated person) to arrive by the final entry date of the competition.
For email entries, send your folder to a 'Zipped Folder' and attach that zipped folder to an email. The subject of the email should state which competition the attached folder is an entry for.
Alternatively copy your folder to a USB Memory Stick or burn to a CD labelled with your name and bring to a club meeting.
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