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Sixty Squares
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Hi, I have a question: If you make a game and create textures for it in Photoshop, would you be allowed to sell what you made? Are you allowed to sell Photoshop textures if it uses all sorts of filters and stuff?

Thanks.

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Yes.

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indi
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as long as you own the program its fine.
It does not grant you usage of copyright material however already in the digital domain.
If however its substantially altered and changed it becomes a new artwork.
This does not apply to bastardizing a corporate logo etc..

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Thanks for the responses.

So, if I made something from a blank canvas using the layer styles that the program provides I would be able to sell the textures that were created?

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indi
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The built in textures and patterns are all part of what tools you are given within that package.
The built ins are very recognizable and probably wouldn't sell but if you made your own sure.

You can even take photos of textures and using the offset filter and some rubbing make them seamless.

You can turn learned tutorials of work you made into commercial art.

Basically, you cant re - badge others work in the public domain.

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Absolutely, but don't use Google Image Search and steal a map from National Geographic and erase the copyright info on the corner. As long as you create it, it's just fine. I'm sure though you could take that same map and use it for a base, and totally edit it beyond recognition though without a problem.

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In some countries, artists can change a well known piece to describe an alternate view.
Usually about 25% change is all that is required to get away with it.
However you take more pride from something made from scratch and feel better about your work.
and yes stay away from google in commerce projects except for reference images of the subject at hand.

istockphoto is a great resource for some jobs.

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Sixty Squares
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Okay thanks a bunch


I've got another question, now on the topic of music. If I were to create a song using pre-determined music loops with a music making program would that be able to be sold if I had bought the program and the loops?

Thanks again

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if the loops are royalty free then yes.

eg: soundtrack pro on the mac gives you 4000 royalty free loops with the package.

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Wow that was quick! The loops I have came with the program. How can I tell if those are royalty free? (sorry for having so many questions)

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what program is it?

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Sony ACID XMC 6.0

for the PC.

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The only way you might get in trouble is if you try to sell a straight loop, like if it was too alike the original loop.

For example, if you grabbed a drum loop and a bass loop, you could'nt mix them together and sell the results, you'd have to make a full song and sell it as a full song.

Same applies to images, you can't just make a minor change and sell media, media has to be original. A good example might be taking a lot of digital photos and fixing them to be seamless, this is the sort of media people are interested in - a swirly filter in PS is no big deal, a seamless wall texture is infinately more sellable.

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Thanks!

So you are saying that if I were to take a bunch of synth and drum loops and then put them in a song together unchanged that would not be sellable?

However if I were to change the pitch of the loops themselves and put them into a song full of other loops that would be sellable?

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Not quite - your free to use the provided media to make songs, and sell them - you just can't make a short loop using the media and sell it again as a loop. If it sounds the same as the original loop, then you can't sell it, same applies to mixing a couple of loops together - but writing songs would involve using the loops to make original music and would not sound like the copyrighted loop anyway.

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Oh ok thanks! It helped a bunch

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