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GeriBP
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Hi, I was wondering what's the license on generated images. Mostly of images generated with community made filters.
I made many images for game vfx and I'm considering selling them. Thanks |
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| Posted: November 18, 2021 2:43 pm | ||||
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Rachel Duim
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There is a discussion here. As long as use your own images and not the presets you are fine.
Here are the Filter Forge Terms of Use. The EULA is contained in your installation folder as license.rtf Math meets art meets psychedelia. |
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| Posted: November 18, 2021 6:57 pm | ||||
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GeriBP
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Thanks, I was feeling pretty lost. The key seems to be this phrase "Except as otherwise provided, the Content published on this Website may be reproduced or distributed in unmodified form for personal non-commercial use only".
So in case I want to sell said images I must modify what the filters are generating. |
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| Posted: November 19, 2021 12:49 pm | ||||
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Rachel Duim
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Correct. As a filter writer myself the I view the presets as a guidepost to how to use the filter. If it is a texture filter, changing the Variation slider is one way to immediately get a slightly different look. The key here is "different". You have to use your own judgement on this one. I would err on the "safe" side out of respect to the filter writer / artist. And personally I enjoy seeing others use my filters!
Math meets art meets psychedelia. |
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| Posted: November 19, 2021 4:36 pm | ||||
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patrizza
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You can sell the output of the default filters as well as their default presets, that's what many people are doing. What you can not sell are the *.FFXLM filter files themselves created by others. If a filter creator don't want to see their filter's outputs being sold then that person should not publish the filter. The filter creator does not own any rights to your output file, that's the whole point of this software to get access to community made filters or create your own. You can use the output image of any filter for any purpose be it printing it on toilet paper, sell them as assets or use them to make game items such as Rocket League "Humble pie" decal (atteched pic). What you generate is yours, you own it. If I am mistaken then I ask the staff members to correct me and clarify but this is my conclusion of lurking here for like 7 years. |
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| Posted: November 24, 2021 11:31 am | ||||
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GeriBP
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While using Filter Forge I've recognized many filter presets from exported images I've seen over the web. Many of them are being sold as you mention. But I wanted to be sure and that's why I asked.
I completely understand that filters themselves and the node structure behind them are copyrighted. But the image exports seem to be a bit of a grey area. I think the official statement is that as long as long as the export is modified anything goes. But then, what does modified mean? Changing a color? Rotating the output? Turning it Black & White? To be safe I'm doing minor tweaks to the outputs and personalizing them to my use case just because copyright scares me shitless. But yeah, looks like even Rocket League is not following the modification rule. |
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| Posted: November 24, 2021 11:53 am | ||||
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