Use this once a paper is accepted — at Round 1 outright or after the Round 2 decision — to turn the reviewed submission into the version of record. WACV publishes dually (CVF open access and IEEE Xplore), so camera-ready has both a CVF and an IEEE side. Facts are the WACV 2026/2027 cycles as read on 2026-07-09; confirm the exact camera-ready deadline, page allowance, and forms on the current Author Guidelines (some items are 待核实).
| Step | What changes | Watch for |
|---|---|---|
| De-anonymize | Add author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, funding | Do not also re-break a claim reviewers accepted |
| Incorporate final edits | Fold in required revision changes, fix typos | Stay within the page allowance (待核实 if extra page granted) |
| Add real links | Project page, code repo, dataset now permitted | These were banned at review — add them only now |
| IEEE + CVF forms | IEEE copyright, PDF validation, metadata | Author list and title must match OpenReview exactly |
| Registration | At least one author registers per paper | Miss it and the paper can be pulled |
The camera-ready is the first time author identity, acknowledgements, funding, and real repository links are allowed. Add them — but do not use the de-anonymization pass to quietly strengthen a claim the reviewers accepted in weaker form; the accepted content is what was reviewed. Restore only identity and the links that review forbade.
Where a WACV paper lands after camera-ready:
CVF open access (openaccess.thecvf.com) → the accepted version, free, with a watermark
IEEE Xplore → the version of record (indexed, citable)
Both come from the same camera-ready package; there is no article-processing charge, and the
conference is funded by registration. Cite the IEEE/CVF WACV proceedings, not an arXiv id.
If a dataset or code was claimed as a contribution, the camera-ready is when it must be
genuinely available: public repository, stated license, and (for datasets) any consent or
collection basis documented. Turn the anonymous review artifact into the public release (see
wacv-artifact-evaluation), and make sure the paper's links point to it.
WACV is a winter conference (January 2027 window; exact dates/location 待核实). Once accepted, prepare the assigned format — poster or talk — and plan for the venue and travel. Because applications work is judged visually, a poster or talk that shows the system working under its real constraint lands better than one that only reports a table.
[De-anonymized] names/affil/acks/funding added; claims unchanged: yes/no
[Links] real repo/project/dataset links added (were banned at review): yes/no
[Forms] IEEE copyright + PDF validation + CVF metadata complete: yes/no
[Release] dataset/code public with license by the obligation: yes/no
[Registration] at least one author registered per paper: yes/no
[Presentation] winter talk/poster prepared for the real-constraint story: yes/no