
A foto often offers more viewpoints of reality. This effect can be used and strengthened due to digital editing. In this international contest fotocommunity and Wacom are looking for your most creative before - after images. Show us what you create from an original image of your choice. We want your entry with the before and after within this one image. What you'll change is totally up to you and your phantasy. Faces, rooms, landscapes, the motif is free! We are very excited and eager to see the most astonishing images.
- uploading will start 25th of January and end 25th of March 2008
- each account may upload two images maximum
- only entries showing the before AND after on the same image can be evaluated!
- photos may be entered only without comments, that means if you have an image uploaded already you will have to remove it and upload it new to the contest channel.
- we do assume the acknowledgement of parents for minor participants
- entries not matching these conditions will not be evaluated in the contest
- with publishing of the winners, the authors of each image will be seen
- with uploading you confirm that all copyrights are held by you and that the image is free of third person's rights.
- copyright is handled as stated in terms of use of fotocommunity
- voting will be done in two steps. In the first step by members, in the second step by a n independent jury.
- contest is without possibility of recourse to legal action
- participants have to be registered at fotocommunity, free membership is possible.
- members of Wacom and fotocommunity and their dependents may not take part in this contest.
- on equal vote the older entry wins
voting procedure:
most contests at fotocommunity have the so called 2 phase voting. That means:
1. during the whole upload time images can be voted by full members on a scale from -5 to +5, which means that -5 results in 1 point, +5 will give 10 points.
2. after the end of user voting - which can last 1 to 2 weeks after upload phase - the best 100 to 200 images will be evaluated by a jury. Each jury is put together by experts for the referring contest theme.
Prizes:
1. Prize

Cintiq 12WX
Instant Creativity.
All over the world, creative professionals use sketchbooks to express their first ideas. This is why the Cintiq 12WX was developed as if it was a sketchbook: With a smooth, flat surface. And with a light weight that enables you to use it on your knees and to show it around to others. As you would do with paper – digital paper.
No matter whether the Cintiq 12WX is on your desk or in your lap – just plug in and visualize your thoughts immediately with Wacom′s patented pen technology on a high-resolution LCD monitor. Which can be part of a multi-monitor environment, too.
2. Prize:

Intuos 3 A5 Wide Special Edition
Now, on the occasion of its 25th birthday, Wacom is introducing Intuos3 Special Edition. Available in the popular sizes A5 Wide and A4, the Special Edition sets itself apart from the other Intuos3 models with its smart black finish and the enclosed Intuos Airbrush input device.
Bamboo Fun Medium
Creativity is about expression. And what better way to express yourself than by creating your own world - your own photographs, drawings, collages or letters. Offering almost unlimited possibilities to express yourself in a simple and intuitive way.
The vision to bring man and technics together by providing natural input technologies and devices has made Wacom to the leading manufacturer of pen tablets, interactive pen displays and interface solutions.
