NO PURCHASE NECESSARY to enter or win; purchase does not increase chances
of winning.

Eligibility: The CREATE THE COVER IMAGE Contest ("Contest") is a
skill-based contest open to legal entrants who are at least eighteen (18)
years of age at the time of entry.  Employees of Elsevier Inc. ("Sponsor"),
its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, and their advertising and
promotional agencies and participating vendors, the Contest judges, and the
immediate families and those living in the same household of the foregoing,
are not eligible to enter.  VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

Entry Period: The Contest begins at 12:01 AM Eastern Time ("ET") on
October 7th, 2009 and ends at 11:59 PM ET on December 1,
2009. ("Entry Period").

How To Enter:  (i) provide your full name and email address in the body of
your submission email (ii) attach one 6"x 5" rgb image created using pbrt,
in .tif, .eps, or .jpg format, and saved at 300 dpi (iii) deliver email and
image to both MATT.PHARR@GMAIL.COM AND HUMPER@GMAIL.COM. 

Entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account
holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of the
entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is
assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online
service provider or organization (e.g., business, educational institution,
etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain
associated with the submitted e-mail address.  Only entries submitted
electronically to these specified email recipients in accordance with these
Official Rules will be eligible for consideration.  All entries become the
exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.

Selection of Winner:  There will be one (1) winner selected based on visual
impact from all eligible entries. The winner will be determined by a panel
of judges which include Matt Pharr, Greg Humphrey, and Sponsor.

The Winner will have their image on the cover of PHYSICALLY BASED
RENDERING, SECOND EDITION.  SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CUT, CROP, OR
MANIPULATE THE IMAGE TO CREATE AN APPROVED OVERALL COVER.

Winners will get creative credit printed in PHYSICALLY BASED RENDERING,
SECOND EDITION as well as a copy of the book.

All decisions made by judges are final.

Notice to Winner: The potential winners will be notified by e-mail within
fourteen (14) days after the close of the Contest Entry Period and may be
asked to execute and return to Sponsor an affidavit of eligibility and
release within fourteen (14) days of attempted notification.
Non-compliance within that time may result in disqualification and the
selection of an alternate winner.  Return of any prize/prize notification
as undeliverable will result in disqualification and an alternate winner
will be selected based upon the judging criteria.

Limitations of Liability/Reserved Rights. Neither Sponsor, its parent,
subsidiary or affiliated companies, nor its advertising or promotional
agencies shall have any obligation, liability or responsibility with regard
to (i) entries that contain incorrect or inaccurate information or do not
comply with these Official Rules, (ii) entries, prize claims or
notifications that are lost, late, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible,
damaged or otherwise not received by the intended recipient, in whole or in
part, due to computer, technical or other error of any kind, (iii)
telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet or computer
malfunctions, failures or difficulties, (iv) any condition caused by events
beyond the control of Sponsor that may cause the Contest to be disrupted or
delayed, or (v) any damages or losses of any kind caused by any prize or
resulting from participation in the Contest, accessing, uploading or
downloading data in connection with the Contest, or acceptance, possession
or use of any prize.  Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right
to disqualify any entrant tampering with the entry process or the operation
of the Contest website or otherwise violating these Official Rules.
Sponsor, in its sole discretion, further reserves the right to cancel,
terminate, suspend or modify the Contest if the Contest cannot be completed
as planned because of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering,
unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any sort.

Release:  BY ENTERING THE CONTEST, THE ENTRANT AGREES TO RELEASE AND HOLD
HARMLESS SPONSOR AND ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARY, AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES, AND
EACH OF THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, VENDORS, AND
AGENCIES, FROM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY WHATSOEVER, AND WAIVE ANY AND ALL
CAUSES OF ACTION, RELATED TO ANY CLAIMS, COSTS, INJURIES, LOSSES,
LIABILITIES, OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH, DAMAGE TO OR DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, RIGHTS OF
PUBLICITY OR PRIVACY, DEFAMATION OR PORTRAYAL IN A FALSE LIGHT, WHETHER
INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
CONTEST OR THE ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, OR USE OF ANY PRIZE, WHETHER UNDER A
THEORY OF CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WHETHER ACTIVE,
PASSIVE, OR IMPUTED), STRICT LIABILITY, PRODUCT LIABILITY, CONTRIBUTION, OR
ANY OTHER THEORY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Right to Use Entries.  By entering the Contest, entrants grant Sponsor a
non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide right and
license to reproduce, publish, display and otherwise use their submitted
image(s), credited with entrant's full name and city and
state/province/country of residence, online and in print or any other media
for purposes of editorials, exhibition, advertising, publicity and
promotion of the Contest and Sponsor's publications and products, without
additional compensation or permission, unless prohibited by law.

Original Work of Art: Entrant represents and warrants that entrant owns the
full rights to the submitted image(s) and has obtained any and all
necessary consents, permissions, approvals and licenses to create and
submit the image(s) and comply with all of these Official Rules, and that
the submitted image(s) is the entrant's sole original work, was created
using licensed software, and does not infringe any third-party rights or
violate any laws or regulations.  Entries that contain any profane or
obscene text or images will be disqualified at the sole discretion of
Sponsor.

Rules.  By entering the Contest, entrant agrees to abide by the terms and
conditions of these Official Rules, which are final on all matters
pertaining to the Contest, agrees to be bound by the decisions of the
judges, and warrants that he/she is eligible to participate in the Contest.
The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and
regulations.

Sponsor:  Elsevier Inc., 30 Corporate Drive, 4th Floor, Burlington, MA 01803