• Only one entry per artist and competition allowed.
• The entry has to be delivered in .bmp, .iff, .png or .tga format, no lossy formats like .jpg please!
• Maximum resolution is 1024x768 pixels.
• The entries will be shown once on the bigscreen and uploaded to the party intranet directly after the compo, so visitors can judge the entries on their own screens.
• All entries will be shown at least twice at different daytimes to compensate for the light level in the hall.
• We will have a jury preselection before the compos. Entries that didn't make it through the preselection can't be voted for and won't be spread.
• You must include exactly 4 (four) working stages of your entry. All entries without plausible looking working stages will be disqualified, additional working stages will be removed from the archive!
• The working stages must have the filename "step1.???", "step2.???", "step3.???" and "step4.???", where ??? is the extension of whatever format you use.
• You must also include a list of the tools used, to be displayed on the big screen.
• Only still images are allowed, no animations.
• Please make sure that your entry is free of third-party rights! (For example, you may not include photographs if you don't own the copyright or have a legal license for it).
• If you have no experience on how to make graphics look good on the bigscreen, we strongly suggest reading this article by kb/farbrausch.

If you have questions or suggestions about these rules, contact the organizers at .

• Use every tool you wish, pixel, render or scan and retouch whatever, just let your creativity flow.
• If your working stages don't look plausible, your entry will be disqualified.

• The only rule is that the image must be related to a given theme.
• That theme is "scene spirits".
• If your working stages don't look plausible, your entry will be disqualified.

• Your entry has to be a photo taken by yourself.
• No plain snapshots, select interesting motives!
• Focus in this compo is on composition, lighting and atmosphere.
• No drastic retouching work allowed (i.e. it should still look like the photo you started from!)
• Please include your original photo as .jpg with decent quality settings.

• The entry has to be delivered as executable program (started with RUN), preferably as .D64 file or else on a 5.25" disk.
• Again, you must include exactly 4 (four) working stages of your entry, and all entries without plausible working stages will be disqualified. This goes for all Graphics compos, but this rule is most often violated for C64 Graphics, so we repeat it here. These working stages may be on a different disk side or in a different .D64 file.
• Please specify which tool was used to paint the image so we can check the working stages.
• All formats/modes are allowed. Please specify which mode you use, it will be displayed on the beam slide before the entry.
• Only the picture will be shown, no sound, no decrunch sequence, no credits screen.
• If your working stages don't look plausible, your entry will be disqualified.
• Scrolling pictures are not allowed.