WIN a copy of Video Studio 10

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:31 am

phpbbadmin wrote:Welcome to Ulead Forum's new contest: My PhotoImpact Blog.

We are inviting everyone to submit your own Blog that have been decorated using Ulead PhotoImpact. Include edited photos, effects, styles, lay-out, animations.

Mechanics

The contest is open to all registered user of Ulead Web Board who owns PhotoImpact.

1. Create your own blog or you can modify your existing blog if you have one. Post your URL plus a screenshot of your blog's main page.

2. Any topics or articles in your blog will do as long as the decoration matches the theme.

3. You are free to use other Ulead software to help you with the contents (Menu.Applet, Cool3D, etc.)

4. We will select the 10 winners.
1st - 5th place will receive Ulead VideoStudio 10 ESD
6th - 10th place will receive Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5 ESD

5. The contest will run from April 1, 2006 to May 31, 2006. We will have a voting period so forum members can choose their favorite.

Announcement of the winners will be on June 12, 2006.

Please check out the forum for news and updates regarding the contest.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:26 am

Sorry for cross-posting, but I am not sure how many people look at the Contest Information site.

Some people on this Board have been a little concerned about previous competitions sponsored by Ulead, and particularly what sort of criteria are used in judging the final results. The lack of transparency is a particular concern. Are there any plans to make this new PhotoImpact Blog contest more transparent that way?

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 3:28 am

Steve,
Is this another great chance to win an opportunity to spend two weeks downloading version 10 (for those of us blessed with dial-up lines) ? I can't wait...

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:30 am

JcHunter
John thank you for asking. I also discussed this issue with Ulead as there were complaints after the last competition that some winners were unable to download their prize.

Ulead have informed me that they are looking into the matter and hope to increase their bandwidth to cure this anomoly.

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:04 pm

Steve,
Ulead clearly doesn't understand the problem: They can't increase my bandwidth.

They should ship boxed versions with printed manuals! Downloading software of several hundred MB is a problem even for high speed lines. Moreover, when you transmit that much information, there is a good probability that at least one byte will be transmitted incorrectly.

We see problems that new user have with downloaded trial versions every day on this forum.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:17 pm

John
Please check your PM inbox.

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:05 pm

Steve,
The letter from Ulead does not address my concerns at all. The fact that VS10 does not yet exist in boxed form is irrelevant.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:22 pm

As far as I am aware this is only the second competition organised by Ulead.
Clearly lessons were learned from the first competition. No doubt more lessons will be learned from the current competition.

I feel though that we should commend Ulead in their efforts in providing a competition to the users of this Board. After all they are not obliged to.
By providing these competitions I feel they are creating a united atmosphere where we users can share our skills and creative abilities with other members of the forum.

Ulead are aware that there were problems with the voting procedure during the last competition. I have worked with Ulead at attempting to find a solution to that problem and have already given a response to that issue here:
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=12885

Ulead are also aware of the problems experienced by some of the winners of the last competition attempting to download their prizes.
I can assure you that Ulead are making positive steps to try and avoid a repeat of this problem.

My brother in law has a saying which may sum all of this up:

Is your glass half full or is your glass half empty?

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:20 pm

Steve,
I figure that we users on this forum have saved Ulead a few million dollars in support costs over the last several years. Fully burdened labor costs are in the range of a couple of hundred thousand dollars per man-year. We have intercepted many tens of thousands of problems that Ulead would otherwise have had to pay people to deal with.

Even if you calculate a figure one tenth of the above SWAG, you have to wonder why Ulead couldn't cough up a few dollars to snail-mail boxed versions of their products. After all, the mfg. cost is only the CD and the printed manual.

Ulead needs to be made aware that they would benefit greatly by displaying a good deal more gratitude to the volunteers on this forum than they have in the past.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sun May 14, 2006 12:16 pm

Only 2 weeks left.

Mike-Mat · Post by **Mike-Mat** » Sun May 14, 2006 2:31 pm

"Is your glass half full or is your glass half empty?"

Steve,

I'm an engineer. Any engineer will tell you......

The glass is improperly sized.

Mike

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Sun May 14, 2006 7:51 pm

Amen!

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:05 am

8 days left to get your entries in.