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Some of the Annual Competition winners from last year: Kim Stevens, overall winner, Joyce Goldschmidt (Monochrome) and
Anna Engelhardt (Portraits).

Annual Competition entries now open on Photovault

The CTPS 2025 Annual Competition entries are now The use of AI generated images is strictly forbidden. All
open on Photovaultonline. elements must be your own (see more below).
Members may enter up to two images in each of the 8 A winner and two runners up will be declared in each
categories, making a total of 16 possible entries. It is not category and the overall winner will be the photogra-
necessary to enter all categories. Any image, regardless pher earning the highest number of points.
of when it was taken, is eligible. It need not have been The points will be allocated as: winner 3 points, 2nd
entered in a monthly competition. place 2 points and 3rd place 1 point. The winner of each
The only restriction is that no image may be used that category will receive a silver medal, and the overall win-
has been entered in a CTPS annual competition before. ner will receive a gold medal. Certificates will be award-
The categories are: Open colour, Open monochrome, ed to 2nd and 3rd places.
Nature, Photojournalism, Art photography, Portraiture, Images must be entered using the Photovaultonline up-
Scapes, Macro and Close up photography. load portal. Images should be sized as for monthly com-
Please note that, in the Nature and Photojournalism cat- petitions, i.e. 1920 x 1080 pixels, and a maximum of 2MB.
egories, no manipulation is allowed as per the PSSA cate- Entries close on the 21st of September. The winners
gory rules. These may be found on the PSSA website here will be announced at the annual awards function on 30
and read more about manipulation in Nature on p30. October — when we celebrate our 135 birthday.
th

AI clarified: only your own work allowed in a photo

PSSA prohibits images where all elements have not been Text-to-image: images are generated from scratch based
created by the author by photographic means. Images on text entered into a prompt description.
created, or modified, using Generative AI technology are What is allowed?
not allowed in any PSSA-affiliated event.
The following Generative AI technologies are prohited: • The Content-Aware Fill function in Photoshop is per-
In-painting: AI fills in generated elements not captured missible as it utilises pixels from the user’s own pho-
by the photographer, or replaces elements in a photo- tograph to seamlessly complete the rest of the image.
graph with AI-generated content. • Authors are permitted to use the standard round brush in
• Flares or similar pre-made elements in Photoshop (e.g. Photoshop, adjusting its properties as needed, they are
replacement skies) are prohibited as they are consid- not allowed to use pre-made custom brush sets. Authors
ered the addition of external components that are not are permitted to create their own background in Pho-
part of the original photograph. It is permissable If au- toshop using either the standard round brush or cus-
thors create the flare effect from scratch, or use a sky tom brushes developed by themselves
they photographed themselves as replacement. • DeNoise AI and Sharpen AI are not classified as genera-
Out-painting: AI extends beyond the original bounda- tive AI. Rather than creating new content, they refine
ries of the photograph, using elements it generated. and enhance pixels within the original image.
Image-to-image AI: AI transforms an entire photograph • Photoshop Plugins can be viewed as recipes for more
based on text prompts or style references. efficiently modifying an image and automating tasks.

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