Rules

UPDATED APRIL 28, 2016

 

 

 

SHORT VERSION

The Project Soane rendering competition (“Project Soane”) is operated by CG Architect Digital Media Corp (“CGarchitect”) (projectsoane.com) and sponsored by those businesses found on our sponsor page (“Sponsors”). With the exception of CG Architect, Sponsors are not responsible for operating, managing, administering, or otherwise running Project Soane. Any questions or concerns that Participants have about Project Soane should be directed to CGarchitect.

 

The second phase of Project Soane is a rendering competition to create imagery, film and real-time submissions using the models created of Sir John Soane's Bank of England. While there is a very basic overal context model, the only areas that should be considered are the areas with full details. Those areas are the Consols Transfer Office, the Bank Stock Office, Tivoli Corner and the exterior facades on Lothbury Street and Princes Street.

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Submission Deadlines

Call for submissions: February 8 to June 6, 2016 (12:00 Mountain Daylight Time / GMT-6)

            •           Internal Review: June 6 –16 (10 days)
            •           Judging Round: June 17-30 (14 days) (Phase 1: 1-2 weeks Phase 2: Phone call)
            •           Winners will be announced on July 14, 2016 at the RTC North America event and on Project Soane Twitter & Facebook pages; on @NVIDIA_MFG Twitter; Autodesk 3ds Max Facebook and Twitter pages, Autodesk Media & Entertainment Facebook and Twitter pages.

REMINDER YOU MUST SUBMIT AT LEAST ONE WIP (Work In Progress) before May 23 (2 weeks before the submission deadline). Those who do not submit a WIP before the deadline will have points removed when scoring is completed by the judges.

 

 

General Rules

1. Participation in Project Soane is open to all visitors of http://projectsoane.com that become registered members.

2.  All submissions must use Autodesk software with any rendering engine or any GPU-accelerated renderer as part of the rendering production process. If a Participant does not currently own an Autodesk or NVIDIA software product, Participant can download a trial version:

Autodesk 3ds Max [LINK]

Stingray [LINK]

NVIDIA Iray for 3ds Max [LINK]

Examples of GPU Rendering Engines:

NVIDIA Iray, mental ray, Chaos V-Ray RT, Otoy Octane Render, Arion, FurryBall RT, Redshift, moskitoRender, Indigo Renderer, Thea Presto etc.

Examples of CPU Rendering Engines:

Chaos V-Ray, mental ray, Maxwell Render, Final Render, Corona etc.

 

3. If the Participant is an individual, Participant must be 18 years or older to enter this competition.

4. Project Soane Sponsors/Partners will have usage rights to all submitted materials as agreed to by the Participant when entering the competition. NVIDIA intends during the submission period to publicize through social media a selection of incoming GPU-based submissions with attribution to the applicable Participants.

5. Any attempt to circumvent any of the competition rules or voting and fraud systems will result in the Participant(s) involved and their company being disqualified and permanently banned from all future competitions.

6. Any award category that does not receive sufficient applicable entries will be removed from the competition or merged with another applicable category at CGarchitect's sole discretion.

7. Participants may not enter if they work for any of the Sponsors or expert judges involved in Project Soane. 

8. Some physically shipped prizes may incur taxes or import duties depending upon the winner's country of residence. The winner is responsible for all such fees and duties. Due to embargoes and import rules, some prizes may not be able to be shipped to the winner's country of residence. Participants will be notified if they reside in an embargoed country. In such an event, there will be no cash or alternate prize awarded. Prizes are subject to change or substitute without prior notice.

9. Images must be a minimum of 1500 pixels in the smallest dimension. All film/animation and real-time  submissions must be submitted in QuickTime MOV or MP4 format minimum 1920 x 1080 resolution. Images and videos must not be watermarked with recognizable company logos or names. If the creator is discernible in a watermark, the image or film will be disqualified.

10. Participants may not submit more than 5 submissions per category.

11. Real-Time submissions must be sent as QuickTime MOV or MP4 Videos. Participants should use software like FRAPS or other screen recording software to record the interface and navigation of any real-time scenes.

12. For the Best GPU-based submission categories, post production is defined as any alteration to the physical appearance of the image or frame that was generated within the rendering engine frame buffer. Example: color grading, color changes, use of image editors like Photoshop etc. Participant’s submission must be exactly as it appeared in the frame buffer, ie. final image must come directly from the 3D application. Winners must provide their scene file for verification by category judges.

13. Participants may be asked to provide original files as proof of entry eligibility.

14. CGarchitect reserves the right to remove any category, at its sole discression, should there not be a sufficient number of entries in that category.


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Category Types

The Project Soane rendering competition has five (5) separate categories. In order to submit a final submission to any category, Participants must also have prior submitted a minimum of one Work In Progress (WIP) images or films to the entry category at least 2 weeks before submitting their final valid entry. Those who do not submit a WIP before the deadline will have points removed when scoring is completed by the judges.

- Best Image Submission
- Best Film/Animation Submission
- Best Real-Time submission
- Best GPU-based Submission (Post Production Allowed)
- Best GPU-based Submission (No Post Production Allowed)

It is very important that Participants submit their work to the correct category to ensure their entry is not disqualified.

 

Prizes

Prizes will be awarded to winning Participants, as determined by a panel of judges and/or public vote, based on the following criteria/categories.

- The People’s Choice Overall
- The Best Image Submission

- The Best Film/Animation Submission
- The Best Real-Time submission
- The Best GPU-based Submission (Post Production Allowed)

- The Best GPU-based Submission (No Post Production Allowed)

Specific prizes are detailed on the website awards page [LINK]

 

 

LONG VERSION

 

The Project Soane rendering competition (“Project Soane”) is operated by CG Architect Digital Media Corp (“CGarchitect”) (projectsoane.com) and sponsored by those businesses found on our sponsor page (“Sponsors”). With the exception of CG Architect, Sponsors are not responsible for operating, managing, administering, or otherwise running Project Soane. Any questions or concerns that Participants have about Project Soane should be directed to CGarchitect. A person or group that participants in the competition is referred to as a “Participant”. Participant means you or your company as context requires.

 

Eligibility

Project Soane is open to only registered members of projectsoane.com. If the Participant is an individual, Participant must be 18 years or older to qualify for prizes. Project Soane is subject to all federal, provincial, state and local laws and regulations where Participant is located or resides and is void if prohibited by your local laws or regulations. Participants from countries that are currently on any embargo lists from the United States or Canada are considered automatically disqualified and any entries from such Participants will be rejected. Participants agree to abide by the terms of these official rules and by the decisions of CGarchitect which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to Project Soane. CGarchitect reserves the right to disqualify any Participant that it determines, in its sole discretion, is ineligible to participate in Project Soane.

 

Summary

In order to participate in Project Soane, Phase 1 (rendering competition), Participant must register on projectsoane.com (no purchase necessary). Valid entries will be collected for the specified period of Phase 2. At the end of Phase 2, an independent panel of judges selected by CGarchitect and Sponsors will decide the winning project Participants. The decisions of these judges are final and not appealable in any fashion.

 

Representations

By entering Project Soane, Participant warrants to CGarchitect that: Participant meets all eligibility requirements of Project Soane and Participant understands and agrees to the rules of Project Soane; AND Participant is complying with all applicable statutes, regulations, and other laws; AND; Any projects the Participant submits are the Participant’s original work and do not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of other parties. Any entry found to be plagiarized or that is proved to be an infringing work will be automatically disqualified and may subject the Participant to criminal and civil liabilities. If the Participant is a company, the person entering a contribution to Project Soane on behalf of their company represents and warrants that he or she is an authorized representative of such company, and that he or she has the power and authority to make such statements, enter Project Soane, bind the company, and conduct such actions on behalf of such company.

 

Cost

There is no cost to participate in Project Soane. No purchase is necessary.

 

Judging Criteria

By entering Project Soane, Participant agrees to the following judging criteria: Judging will be performed by a panel of expert judges selected by CGarchitect and Sponsors. A single prize is awarded to winning Participants. If a winning Participant is a company, school, or group, that organization is to determine how their prize should be allocated.

 

Use of Entries and Participant Information

To the maximum extent permitted by law, by participating in Project Soane and opting into the terms in this section (“Use of Entries and Participant Information”) through the relevant check-box on the Project Soane registration page, Participant agrees to the following (provided, however, that to the extent any conditions in this section are prohibited by law, such conditions shall be void): By submitting Participant agrees that, CGarchitect and its designated Sponsors may use its submission(s), fully credited, for promotional purposes on their websites and/or marketing collateral. Each Participant consents to the use by CGarchitect, Sponsors, or any third party chosen by CGarchitect or Sponsors, of the submission related to Project Soane, including but not limited to project information, explanatory material, images, photos and/or videos, as well as any personal information obtained through Project Soane, for advertising, marketing, PR and other similar purposes. CGarchitect and Sponsors are not required to return to the Participant all or any part of a Participant’s submission to Project Soane.

Each Participant grants CGarchitect or any third party chosen by CGarchitect the non-exclusive right to make audio, video, photographic, or other recordings of the Participant (collectively, the “Renderings”) which may feature or simulate Participant’s name, voice, likeness, image, gestures, mannerisms, signature, written or spoken words, biographical information, or other aspects of Participant’s persona (collectively, the “Depiction”) and to use such Renderings and Depiction in connection with any or all of CGarchitect internal or external advertising, marketing, promotional, PR and/or sales materials in all media and by all means (now known or hereafter devised).
By accepting a prize for winners, a Participant consents to publication in any media form of such Participant’s full name, voice, photograph, biographical material, and likeness by CGarchitect, Sponsors, or any third party chosen by CGrchitect or Sponsors, on any winner list, advertising, marketing, and other materials without additional compensation or notice. Other than as set forth herein, CGarchitect and Sponsors will individually treat any personal information supplied by Participants according to each of their respective privacy policies, available at [here].

 

Important Dates

Project Soane will begin on February 8, 2016 and will end no later than June 30, 2016 at 5:00pm PDT (GMT-7). Winners will be notified no later than July 14, 2016. Winner announcements will be made no later than December 2016.

 

Prizes

The first place winner will receive prizes as detailed on our awards page

 

Release

To the maximum extent permitted by law, by entering Project Soane, Participant agrees to release and hold harmless CGarchitect, Sponsors, prize manufacturers, and their related companies and representatives from any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind in connection with or resulting from participation in Project Soane and/or acceptance, possession, or use of any prize(s) including, without limitation, intellectual property infringement, lost or incomplete entries, personal injuries, death, property damages and any claims by third parties or otherwise based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy. Participant acknowledges that CGarchitect and Sponsors have no liability for nor make any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, with regards to any prizes. Participant agrees to pay for any damages, losses, liabilities, costs, penalties, and expenses, including without limitation attorneys’ and experts’ fees and costs, incurred in connection with any claims brought against Cgarchitect or Sponsors in connection with Participant’s participation in Project Soane.

 

Limitation of Liability:

PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT, With the exception of CGarchitect, Sponsors are not responsible for managing, administrating, or otherwise running Project Soane.

If for any reason Project Soane is not capable of running as planned, including but not limited to such issues as computer viruses, participant fraud, technical failures, or any other cause that could affect the integrity of Project Soane, CGarchitect reserves the right to terminate, suspend, or otherwise modify Project Soane. CGarchitect reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any Participant who violates the rules of Project Soane. CGarchitect assumes no responsibility for any lost Project Soane entries, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, technical malfunction of servers/software, or unauthorized access and alteration of Project Soane submissions. All limitations of liability in the cgarchitect.com Terms of Use apply. PRIZES WILL BE AWARDS “AS IS.” NEITHER CASE NOR SPONSORS MAKES AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, REGARDING ANY PRIZE OR PORTION THEREOF, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON- INFRINGEMENT.

 

Jurisdiction

Any dispute that may arise hereunder shall be brought solely in the appropriate provincial or federal court sitting in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and participants consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of such court.