EasyComp is a single program with two parts to run Projected Digital Image competitions.
The first part helps you gather entries. Your entrants can send their entries by email or deliver them on CD or memory stick. To speed the process even kiwigambling.co.nz further you can ask them to construct the image file names so that EasyComp can process them automatically. So for example, you might ask them to submit
"Tulips from Amsterdam" by Phil Stapleton in Advanced.jpg
The second part displays the images and records the judge's scores.
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If you have a broadband-speed internet connection, you can watch movies showing you how to build and run EasyComp competitions by clicking on the links below. Make sure the sound is turned on on your computer!
Building an EasyComp PDI competition
Running an EasyComp PDI competition |
The following table compares the features of EasyComp with some of those of its big brother, PhotoComp...
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EasyComp |
PhotoComp |
| Receive entries via the World Wide Web | | Yes |
| Receive entries on CD, memory stick, or as e-mail attachments | Yes | Yes |
| Maintain a list of club members | Yes | Yes |
| Send e-mail acknowledgements of entries automatically | | Yes |
| Use file names containing author and title | option | option |
| Have more than one class in a competition | | Yes |
| Have print and slide classes | | Yes |
| Have a Portfolio class in a competition | | Yes |
| Record scores using the keyboard | Yes | Yes |
| Print paper score sheets | Yes | Yes |
| Resize images to fit the screen | option | option |
| Handle embedded profiles ("colour-aware") | Yes | Yes |
| Show scores, titles, authors on the screen | option | option |
| Record scores from multiple judges | | Yes |
| Record scores using a keypad per judge | | Yes |
| Show images in random order | Yes | Yes |
| Show images in entry order | Yes | Yes |
| Show images in predetermined order | | Yes |
| Run through the images automatically | Yes | Yes |
| Hold back and show held-back images | Yes | Yes |
| Show the top scoring images | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-screen support - e.g. projector and laptop screen | Yes | Yes |
| Send a competition by e-mail or CD for review or judgment | | Yes |
| Run inter-club competitions | | Yes |
| Print results | Yes | Yes |
| Automatically send results to competitors by e-mail | | Yes |
| Send results to a web site in HTML | | Yes |
| Maintain and publish a league table for club members | | Yes |
