{"id":259,"date":"2025-03-21T09:54:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web3d.siggraph.org\/2025\/?page_id=259"},"modified":"2025-04-09T11:00:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T11:00:05","slug":"submission-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web3d.siggraph.org\/2025\/call-for-papers\/submission-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Submission Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Author Instructions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This information will help you to prepare your work for submission to a SIGGRAPH-sponsored event, for both the review process and for the final submission, should your work be accepted for presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/web3d.siggraph.org\/2025\/call-for-papers\/#papers-and-submission\">All about Papers &amp; Submission<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"\/2025\/call-for-papers#important-dates\">Important dates<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-2 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-2--3\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The ACM Article Template<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure all ACM publications have a consistent look and feel, ACM has developed a template, one for LaTeX and one for Microsoft Word, to be used in the preparation of your work. While there are some variations for specific publications and communities, this template is your starting point to prepare your documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LaTeX and Overleaf<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are using LaTeX \u2013 either locally or through Overleaf \u2013 you can prepare a variety of possible documents, from a two-page abstract to a full-length conference proceedings paper or journal article. The only differences are the document style and the length of the document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some commonly used document styles \u2013 this is a parameter to the&nbsp;<strong>\\documentclass<\/strong>&nbsp;command \u2013&nbsp;<strong>\\documentclass[style]{acmart}&nbsp;<\/strong>where&nbsp;style&nbsp;is one of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>acmtog<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 this is used for full-length technical papers submitted to the SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia Technical Papers program \u2013 both the \u201cjournal\u201d and \u201cconference\u201d tracks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>acmsmall<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 this is used for submissions to the PACMCGIT journal publication.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>sigconf<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 this is used for conference proceedings papers, and abstracts. The majority of programs at SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia use this template style.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>manuscript<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 this is used for initial submission and produces an easy-to-read single column document as output.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-default has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1b07670a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#21253008;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Download links:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The ACM article template can be used from within Overleaf, or locally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overleaf.com\/gallery\/tagged\/acm-official#.WOuOk2e1taQ\">Overleaf template<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/portalparts.acm.org\/hippo\/latex_templates\/acmart-primary.zip\">LaTeX template for local use<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are preparing a submission to the SIGGRAPH or SIGGRAPH Asia Technical Papers program, this template is set up for an anonymized version \u2013 see the \u201cSubmission in a Nutshell\u201d section, below, for more information on this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siggraph.org\/sites\/default\/files\/sample-SIGGRAPH-techpaper-submission.zip\">anonymized Technical Papers template<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Microsoft Word<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are using Microsoft Word, you need to use the provided submission and master templates, and when your document is delivered to TAPS (see below) for processing, the appropriate template style will be used to prepare the PDF and HTML versions of your document for publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-68a6995b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#21253008;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Download links:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/binaries\/content\/assets\/publications\/taps\/acm_submission_template.docx\">Windows\/Macintosh Submission Template<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/portalparts.acm.org\/hippo\/enhanced_word_templates\/Windows\/windows.zip\">Windows Master Template<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/portalparts.acm.org\/hippo\/enhanced_word_templates\/MAC_2016\/mac_2016.zip\">Macintosh \u201cOffice 2016 \/ Office 365\u201d Master Template<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Examples<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Please find several examples, most with source materials, of the ACM article template and the resulting PDF output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LaTeX full-length paper, using the \u201csigconf\u201d template style: [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siggraph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sample-six-page.zip\">ZIP<\/a>] and [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siggraph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sample-six-page-sigconf.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LaTeX full-length paper, using the \u201cacmtog\u201d template style: [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siggraph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sample-six-page-acmtog.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LaTeX full-length paper, using the \u201cmanuscript\u201d template style: [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siggraph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sample-six-page-manuscript.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LaTeX two-page abstract, using the \u201csigconf\u201d template style: [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siggraph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sample-two-page.zip\">ZIP<\/a>] and [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siggraph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sample-two-page-sigconf.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Microsoft Word full-length paper, using the \u201csigconf\u201d style: [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siggraph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/craigboris25-50.docx\">Word<\/a>] and [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siggraph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/craigboris25-50.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Submission in a Nutshell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With one major exception, SIGGRAPH follows ACM guidelines for initial submission: authors should prepare a single-column document in Microsoft Word or LaTeX (in LaTeX, use the \u201cmanuscript\u201d&nbsp;template style) and print that document to a PDF for the initial submission to a sponsored event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exception is the initial submission to the SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia Technical Papers program. Here, authors must prepare a fully-formatted technical paper for review, using LaTeX and these specific commands:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\\documentclass[acmtog,anonymous,review]{acmtog}<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\\acmSubmissionID{paperID}<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>where&nbsp;<strong>paperID<\/strong>&nbsp;is the submission ID provided by Linklings (conference submission system).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:3rem\">Citations and References<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>ACM SIGGRAPH uses the \u201cauthor year\u201d style for citations and references, not the \u201cnumbered\u201d style. Unless specifically told to use \u201cnumbered\u201d citations and references \u2013 this happens only when an event is co-sponsored by SIGGRAPH and another SIG and the organizers prefer the \u201cnumbered\u201d style \u2013 authors must use the \u201cauthor year\u201d style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In LaTeX, add&nbsp;<strong>\\citestyle{acmauthoryear}<\/strong>&nbsp;to the preamble of your source document.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Microsoft Word, select the \u201cauthor year\u201d option \u2013 2 \u2013 when preparing your document. (See the TAPS documentation, below, for more information on this matter.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;If your event requires the \u201cnumbered\u201d citation and reference style \u2013 this happens, occasionally, when an event is co-sponsored by SIGGRAPH and SIGCHI:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In LaTeX, do not include&nbsp;<strong>\\citestyle{acmauthoryear}<\/strong>&nbsp;to the preamble of your source document; the \u201cnumbered\u201d style is the default.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Microsoft Word, select the \u201cnumbered\u201d option \u2013 1 \u2013 when preparing your document.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TAPS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>TAPS is ACM\u2019s system for generating fully-formatted PDF and HTML versions of an author\u2019s source material, prepared in either LaTeX or Microsoft Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TAPS is used for nearly all programs at SIGGRAPH-sponsored conferences, and is also used for PACMCGIT issues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this time (early 2025) TAPS is not used for the SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia Technical Papers Program\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Journal<\/em>&nbsp;track (though it is used for the&nbsp;<em>Conference Papers<\/em>&nbsp;track). It is also not used for conference programs for which the author is not specifically directed to prepare a two-page abstract of their work \u2013 the SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia&nbsp;<em>Computer Animation Festival<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Art Gallery<\/em>&nbsp;programs are two such examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information about TAPS can be found at: <a href=\"https:\/\/homes.cs.washington.edu\/~spencer\/taps\/index.html\">https:\/\/homes.cs.washington.edu\/~spencer\/taps\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rights Management<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You must complete the ACM Rights Form for your work after it is accepted for presentation. This is a prerequisite for presentation and publication. The rights text that is added to your documentation is generated from the rights choices you make on this form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When completing the ACM Rights Form, it\u2019s very important to keep this in mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ACM requires<\/strong>&nbsp;that the information for each author and paper title on the ACM Rights Form precisely match what is on the final version of your paper. The information includes each author\u2019s name, each author\u2019s affiliation, each author\u2019s email address, and the order of the authors on your paper. For Proceedings, Conferences, and Journal publications, the edit screen allows the corresponding author to make any updates to the author information and the paper title to match what is on your final paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding authors after acceptance is not allowed, and the information from the rights form will be used to render the title \/ author \/ affiliation information on the PDF and HTML versions of your work in TAPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are using LaTeX, you are provided with the appropriate rights commands to add to your document\u2019s source. If you are using Microsoft Word, the appropriate rights text is added to the generated PDF and HTML versions of your document in TAPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ACM OPEN and Article Processing Changes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If the corresponding author of your ACM work is affiliated with an institution that is a part of the ACM OPEN program, the article processing charge for the work is waived. Information about the ACM OPEN program is available at https:\/\/libraries.acm.org\/subscriptions-access\/acmopen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Third-Party Material<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are using in any material in your documentation or in your presentation that you or your co-authors did not create, you must identify that material:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On the rights form<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the documentation of your work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You must also provide documentation of your ability to use this material. Based on the way in which the material is made available, you may need to do one of the following things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Obtain permission to use it from the owner, and provide documentation of that permission on the rights form.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>identify it as public-domain or appropriately CC-licensed, and provide documentation that supports this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At the risk of stating the obvious, just because something is available online does not necessarily mean that you can use it without obtaining the permission of the owner of that material.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Material in the public domain must be identified on the rights form and in your ACM work; there\u2019s no exception to this requirement for public-domain material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of special note is Wikipedia \/ Wikimedia Commons: these sites cannot be used as the source for third-party material. 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