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Salon entry Do's and Don'ts

Please familiarise yourself with the PSSA statement on AI and
other rules for salon entries that could cost you dearly

Worldwide, the major photographic about mistakes that could get your The reason for this is that a title
organisations have adopted policies image disqualified — or worse! For search is used to count the number
against the use of AI. Some of them, example: of times an accepted image is en-
like FIAP, impose life-long participa- Changing the title: you may not tered in a salon or competition.
tion bans on anyone caught using AI change any part of the title you use Exceeding the permitted number
to create an image entered in one of to enter an image in any competi- of entries: In a national salon an im-
their competitions. tion (including international). That age may only receive a maximum
The main reason is that machine- includes adding a description like of three acceptances ... thereafter
generated images are created with "mono" or "V2". You may work on you will lose any potential accept-
material that was not photographed an image after it was loaded in Pho- ances or awards for that image and
by the author, raising questions of toVault Online (PVO), but you must they will not count for Impala or Dia-
copyright infringement, plagiarism re-publish it with exactly the same mond ratings points. In international
and unauthorised use of material. name you entered it. If not, it will be salons you may receive up to five ac-
PSSA has now also formulated a disqualified. ceptances for one image.
policy about AI — see here. Please
also read the responses to FAQ on CTPS members with other primary clubs
the page, because it explains why
certain post-production tools, which CTPS welcomes members who remain loyal to their primary clubs by en-
claim to be AI, may be used, but oth- tering in salons under their main clubs' names. We do, however, not add
ers are illegal. their points to those earned by CTPS members, because their points are
The PSSA statement says: Being a allocated to the club for which they entered the first salon of the year. All
photography body, PSSA prohibits im- clubs compete for the Premier Club Trophy, annually awarded to the club
ages that promote practices where all whose members received the most points in salons.
elements of images have not been We do, however, like to acknowledge their achievements.
created by the author by photo- In the recent Amber, PSSA, Bosveld and Hillcrest salons our members with
graphic means. Images created or other main clubs performed as follows:
modified using Generative AI Technol-
ogy are not allowed in any PSSA-affili- Francois Roux Mariana Visser
ated event or competition. These Gen- (club: Vanderbijlpark) (club: Tafelberg)
erative AI restrictions apply whether Amber salon: COM, 4 Acceptances. Amber salon: 1 Acceptance.
or not text prompts are used in the AI PSSA salon: 5 Acceptances. PSSA salon: 3 Acceptances.
generation process. Bosveld salon: 5 Acceptances. Charlene Naude
Examples of illegal Generative AI Ana Kaplan (club: SAVAS)
techniques that are prohibited are (club: Sandton) Hillcrest salon: 1 Acceptance.
In-painting, Out-painting, Image- Amber salon: COM, 8 Acceptances. Michele-Ann Nel
to-image transformation and Text- Bosveld salon: 6 Acceptances. (club: Creative Camera Club)
to-image. Several other questions Hillcrest salon: COM, 7 Acceptances. PSSA salon: 1 Acceptance.
about AI are answered also here.
The PSSA Salon committee is busy Acceptance & awards Jan - April 2025
formulating sanctions for trans-
gressions. Name Acceptances COMs Club
Some frequently asked questions
about manipulation in categories David Barnes 3 4 Tygerberg
that prohibit manipulation are also Ana Kaplan 39 4 Sandton
answered on the page here. Charlene Naude 2 SAVAS
I would also like to encourage Michele-Ann Nel 3 Creative CC
members to revisit the November/
December and January issues of Francois Roux 32 2 Vanderbijlpark
Cape Camera where Jill Sneesby and Mariana Visser 14 Tafelberg
Francois Roux provided information Total 93 10

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