Properties of animation:

• Software for creating the animation - Synfig Studio
• Animation duration - 3 minutes or less
• Render Setting Quality at - 8
• Canvas size (Resolution) - 720 x 480 px
• Frame rate - 24 fps

• Create a folders with the name of your Team-ID.
• The folders should consist of the following files:
• Source files generated in Synfig Studio - .sifz/.sif
• The video output  (Avi/Mov/Fla/Ogg/Mp4) 
• Source files of artwork, illustrations, images, editing files, fonts etc.
• Compress the folder and upload in zip format.
• Name of the zip folder should be <Team-ID>.zip ONLY. Any submission not following this convention is not acceptable.
• The last date of submission is  25 Feb 2023  till midnight. The participants can modify their submission anytime within this deadline.
• Create the animation using Synfig Studio only.
• All animation related work such as creating graphics, image manipulation, music, background sound, editing files etc should be done only using open source software.
• Use only scheduled Indian languages (22) mentioned below:

(1) Assamese, (2) Bengali, (3) Gujarati, (4) Hindi, (5) Kannada, (6) Kashmiri, (7) Konkani, (8) Malayalam, (9) Manipuri, (10) Marathi, (11) Nepali, (12) Oriya, (13) Punjabi, (14) Sanskrit, (15) Sindhi, (16) Tamil, (17) Telugu, (18) Urdu (19) Bodo, (20) Santhali, (21) Maithili and (22) Dogri.

• The animation video should be edited only using open source software.

Story Selection:

• A team can choose any subject from the given list and create animation.
• The participants are free to interpret the stories according to the current situations happening across the world. For example: climate change, elections, pandemic situation, air pollution, etc. Please make sure that the moral of the story is not changed.

Example for file and folder structure before submission - 

1. Create folders (add team Id with the folder name): -
   Doc , Graphics,  Clips , Audio, Edit,  Output.
2. Place all your files and creations in particular folders
3. Make .zip files of  folder 
4. Submit .zip files

Steps to submit your animation

• Login at https://learn.fossee.in/login/ (if that doesn't work, then cut and paste the address into the address line at the top of your web browser window) using the credentials mentioned above. You will be prompted to change the password after logging in for the first time.
• Click on the “All India 2D Animation Hackathon - FOSSEE ” at the bottom of the Welcome page under Course overview.
• Click on “Click here to submit your 2D animation” to submit your files for the hackathon.
• Click on "Add submission".
• Read the submission guidelines before you proceed to submit the file.
• Upload the file and click on "Save changes".

If you face any issue while logging into the portal, mail us at contact-moodle@fossee.in

Rejection criteria

• Using proprietary software to create the animation.
• Partial submission of files mentioned in the Submission checklist.
• Any form of plagiarism.
• Narration in any language other than the scheduled 22 Indian languages.
• Content depicting violence/abuse/improper use of illustration/nudity & sexuality/hate towards any specific religion.

Grading criteria for submission:

• How is the story and animation presented ?
• How is the open source software used by the participants?
• How did participants follow the submitting (uploading) guidelines?
• The submissions will not be accepted till you post and tag one of the social media pages of Indian Culture given below. The post to be used is as follows: 
• Happy to share that I have submitted my animation titled “__name__”, in the 2D animation hackathon organised by @iitbombay @fossee @_IndianCulture @spokentutorials. TQ @MinOfCultureGoI for this opportunity.
• You can use short forms of the words if there is a limit to  number of characters to be used in the post.
• Social media handles
• Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/indiancultureportal/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/_IndianCulture
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/INDCulturePortal