All the votes are in for the April-July 2005 round of the Internet Ray
Tracing Animation Competition, and the winners are:

   First place:   Best Intentions... (maal_bst.mpg) by Markus Altendorff
   Second place:  Wish Fullfilling Dream (wffd.mpg) by Philippe Hovaguimian
   Third place:   The Importance of Laser Safety (rusty027.mpg) by John VanSickle

And our Honorable Mentions for this round are:

   Artistic Merit:   Fireworks (firework.mpg) by Marlo Steed
   Technical Merit:  TNT (tnt_russ.mpg) by Mario Russo
   Concept/Theme:    GPC (gpc_lb.mpg) (Galactic Pest Control) (gpc_lb.mpg) by Lou Bruce

The complete tabulated results of the public vote are available:

   ftp://ftp.irtc.org/pub/anims/2005-07-15/zipped-up/results.txt
   http://www.irtc.org/anims/2005-07-15.html

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone who participated in the
competition.  Please join us for the current round!

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The IRTC Admin Team