What is the difference between a star rating and a love?

Images in live contests are rated on a 3-star scale – the better it is, the more stars you can give it. 

If you come across an image whilst browsing through Photocrowd you can also love it by simply clicking the heart symbol. Loving an image does not have any impact on how well an image performs in a contest though - that's purely determined by the 3-star ratings.

Images that you’ve loved using the heart symbol will be saved in your ‘Loved images’ page here.