Advanced Film:
The competitor has shot more than 150 rolls underwater both wide angle and macro shots are accepted in this category.

Novice Film:
The competitor has shot less than 150 rolls underwater both wide angle and macro shots are accepted in this category.

Advanced Digital:
The competitor has shot digital more than 1 year OR has shot more than 150 rolls of film underwater.
Two competition categories:
1) Traditional - The "traditional" categories allow for the adjustment of brightness, contrast, color, and sharpness. Cropping, cloning, and other digital manipulation is not allowed in the traditional category.
2) Unrestricted - "Unrestricted" categories have no such rules regarding manipulation, anything goes.

Novice Digital:
The competitor has shot digital less than 1 year AND has shot less than 150 rolls of film underwater.
Two competition categories:
1) Traditional - The "traditional" categories allow for the adjustment of brightness, contrast, color, and sharpness. Cropping, cloning, and other digital manipulation is not allowed in the traditional category.
2) Unrestricted - "Unrestricted" categories have no such rules regarding manipulation, anything goes.

Video:
A 30 second edited video. There is no restriction on editing process (in camera, non-linear, etc).

All images or video footage must be shot between 00:00 – 24:00 hours on Saturday, August 14th, 2004.

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Film Entry Deadline:
All competition rolls of film are due to contest officials by 6:00PM on SATURDAY, AUGUST 14TH BY 6:00PM. Processed slides can be reviewed and entered into competition between from 7:00AM – 9:00AM on SUNDAY, AUGUST 15TH at the MONTEREY CONFERENCE CENTER.

Digital / Video Entry Deadline:
All competition entries are due to contest officials from 7:00AM – 9:00AM on SUNDAY, AUGUST 15TH at the MONTEREY CONFERENCE CENTER. Video entrants must leave a miniDV or 8mm tape labeled with the contestant name. Digital still entrants must leave a media card labeled with the contestant name. Digital still files must follow contest file naming conventions to qualify for judging.

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Digital Still File Naming:
Between each component of the file name, you must have an underscore. Please note that this is NOT a dash. Use the shift key to make an incorrect dash (-) into a correct underscore (_).

Category_yourname_imagenumber.jpg

Please use the following abbreviations for each category:

AT = Advanced Traditional
AU = Advanced Unrestricted
NT = Novice Traditional
NU = Novice Unrestricted

Example File names:
You will be able to enter three images per category, thus the files must have a unique name and number. If you have a very common first and last name, please include your middle name to avoid conflicts with other contestants.

AT_JaneDoe_1.jpg
AT_JaneDoe_2.jpg
AT_JaneDoe_3.jpg
AU_JaneDoe_1.jpg
AU_JaneDoe_2.jpg
AU_JaneDoe_3.jpg

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