THIS EVENT IS NOW OVER! WINNERS ANNOUNCED.
We've put up $6,000 in prize money for Envato's latest most wanted file type - Footage with Transparency on VideoHive.
To celebrate, we’re running a “Best Item” contest where authors of all eligible Stock Footage items uploaded to the marketplace between April 30th and June 11th will have a chance to win awesome cash prizes.
What You Can Win
- The Best 10 Stock Footage items with transparency will win $500 each
Plus:
- $1,000 Grand Prize Bonus awarded to the very best item of the 10 winning items.
- All winners will receive the much-desired "Won a Most Wanted Contest" badge.
What We’re Looking For
We're looking for high quality, flexible, and practical stock footage items that make use of transparency. These items should be able to be easily and effectively composited with other video elements to create a convincing final product.
Footage items must meet the following criteria to be eligible:
- Footage must be pre-keyed and include an alpha channel.
- The video preview must highlight the transparency of the clip using the standard checkered background. The preview may also showcase it with other alternate backgrounds/scenes to help demonstrate compositing.
- Entries must be actual filmed stock footage only. Generated/rendered motion graphics clips are not eligible (exceptions may be made if they are highly realistic).
- Judging will take into account the quality of the keying/transparency, how well it composites, how flexible and usable the item is, as well as general creativity/innovation.
Some examples of types of items we're looking for include:
- http://videohive.net/item/female-screen-gestures/8862814
- http://videohive.net/item/slowmotion-white-pigeon/8824784
- http://videohive.net/item/touch-screen-gestures/7800909
- http://videohive.net/item/spider-pack/5822198
- http://videohive.net/item/real-plant-fern/5349249
- http://videohive.net/item/fire-pack/8114382
- http://videohive.net/item/crowd-silhouette-pack/3783938
- http://videohive.net/item/books-timelapse-with-alpha-1/2995852
It’s a Contest!
This Envato’s Most Wanted is a contest. And like any contest, you don’t want to be disqualified because you didn’t follow the rules. So as well as carefully following the procedure below, make sure you read them in full.
Here are the key details:
- Upload your items to Envato Market on or after Thursday, April 30th and before the competition closes on Thursday, June 11th at 23.59 AEST time.
- The winning files will get a share of $6,000.
- All winners will receive the much-desired "Won a Most Wanted Contest" badge.
- An author can enter as many items as they wish.
- Multiple submissions from the same author must be different to one another.
- An author can win a maximum of two (2) "Best Item" prize, for different items.
- An author can win the "Bonus Grand Prize" as well as a "Best Item" prize for the same item.
- Eligible footage must be pre-keyed and include an alpha channel.
- Eligible footage must highlight the transparency of the clip in the video preview using the standard checkered background.
- Eligible items must be actual filmed stock footage (exceptions may be made for highly realistic motion graphics)
- Final eligibility of entries is determined by Envato staff.
- Envato staff to judge "Best Item" prize winners.
- Envato & judges retain the right not to award “Best Item” or "Bonus" prize(s) at their sole discretion if they deem appropriate levels of skill have not been met.
- Prizes are payable only via PayPal or Moneybookers/Skrill.
- Only new items uploaded to the site within the contest time period are eligible.
- The entry deadline is based on the date of the final submission/resubmission leading to the item's approval on Envato Market. Not the date of final approval.
We’ll announce the winners a few weeks after the event closes, and send out the prizes several weeks after that. So, let’s get started!
How to Enter Your Items
- Upload your items according to the normal VideoHive upload instructions.
- Make sure to follow the Stock Footage Submission Requirements.
- Submit your items to the appropriate subcategory within VideoHive > Stock Footage.
- Make sure to set the "Alpha Channel" attribute to "Yes" when uploading your item.
What to Do After Your Items Are Approved
Once your items have been approved, do the following as soon as you can:
- Complete the Most Wanted Entry Agreement. By doing this, you agree to keep any winning entries online for a minimum of two years.
- Post your approved entries in this forum thread.
And that's it. Good luck!
Good luck to all 
