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Published: 2010-08-08 09:40:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 8926; Favourites: 129; Downloads: 704
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It's important to credit artists for their hard work and most require it, however it seems a daunting task sometimes. This tutorial shows you how to keep track of your sources and how to add credits to your finished art work easily.© Sybille Sterk - do not republish without written permission from me. However, feel free to link to this page.
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rightly done, and rightly said. Thank you for posting
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Kudos to you! I'm definitely all about crediting. I tend to go about it differently - I just keep a folder for the WORK itself, under the work's title. I then dump all of the stock elements I think I'll be using within it, and sort them back out later based on category after I'm through with the work.
I work on a mac, so I also give the files I've used a color label within the folder after I've opened them in my image editing software. Depending on mood, it'll either be a red label or an orange label to get my attention later.
Your organizational tips are GREAT, and it's something I've been doing too when the files aren't in use within a manipulation.
The grabbing a google image bugs me to no end, also. Actually, I've seen people put together "stock packs" off of google images. VERY frustrating to a manipulator who wants to see REAL and VALID stock to use. lol.
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I think everyone has to find their own way of organising the art/stock image that suits them. My way is just how I do it and the way it works for me, however the important message is that it needs to be done and that crediting is important.
I have a lot of friends who found their art work in Picasa and other web albums without any links to their websites or even their name next to them. Although most of these sites will take down the images if it is requested by the artist, by the time you find them you often don't know where else they've been copied to. Google and others of those sites do have notices saying that you should only upload/save images in their albums etc if you are the copyright holder or have permission but most people don't bother, which is why I have watermarks with my name on each image I upload to prevent my image to be propagated across the net without any reference to me the artist. The watermark may be annoying and ugly BUT it shows that I take my art seriously and that I take my rights seriously.
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I totally understand the organization being up to the user.
I've been inspired to add a pretty watermark to all of my pieces from your tutorial, or at the least, on the older ones to add a Deviant Art watermark to them. I definitely don't want people running around claiming my artwork as their own.
I've noticed sometimes some of mine get downloaded, and usually I don't know if that means that they viewed the full-view, or if they really downloaded it. If they downloaded it, I don't know where it's going. So I totally agree with you on that!
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Exactly! In fact, creating a pleasing water mark that doesn't detract from the work is an art form in and of itself!
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Couldn't agree more!
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Thanks, this will be very useful for me later on, do I need to credit you for helping me with credits? XD Just kidding.
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LOL Nope, just credit everyone else.
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oh, i thought this was on how to make sure people are obeying copywrite laws...
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It is to a degree as crediting is part of obeying copyright laws. This is a tutorial on how to make this easier for those that take art and artists seriously.
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Is there anyway how you can put a code in your art. OWN art so that no one steals it? like it automatically emails you if it's being used? I'd be impressed with that.
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There is something a bit like this - Digimarc - but it's not cheap. See a review here [link]
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thanks. oh and it's a god idea for a DD, lets hope for people actually use it...them filthy liars.
then again I'm not too mad because artists steal from artists all the time.
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LOL Let's hope the filthy liars know how to become 'good people' now. ROFL
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Well, Like i said, I'd be more interested in artwork tracking and other tracking rather than knowing where i got my ideas from.
James cameron used the shape of the AH-64 apachie as the dropship in aliens.
Battlestar galactica got it's fame from starwars.
I mostly get my ideas from things I look at, doesn't make me a thief.
but I understand the use for this program. Oh and btw, where did you go? we had such an interesting conversation then you poofed now i'm sad...a sad panda.....
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LOL Sorry. Life is getting in the way of living... I'd love to have artwork tracking too, however, I believe what we need more than that is to educate people using the net to harvest images.
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does myfreecopyright really work? i've had people stealing some of my ideas from my animated series divided worlds/ xc
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It works for me although I'd suggest you use the DA watermarking (and any other website auto watermarking) and when you put your images on your personal website or blog you add your own watermark. It makes a huge difference if anyone who wants to steal your images sees a big © + your name on the image and a MFC number underneath/beside it. Yes, the image looks nicer without it BUT I don't want people to steal my art and at least thieves know I am serious about copyright. MFC helps if someone does steal your art as you have a time/date stamp for when your image was first created/uploaded to the MFC website which helps with ascertaining ownership, it is not the same as sending it to the copyright office in the US, however in the EU and many other countries copyright is assigned automatically.
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I have a law degree myself and I use and swear by MyOWs/My Original Works which is free and it really works quite well. When you upload an original work to MyOWs a copy of that work is time and date stamped with a 100% tamper proof hash/number sequence that not even the staff can alter. In addition to helping you create proof that you are the author of your Original Work via your time/date stamp; MyOWs will also help you pursue offenders and implement effective deterrence measures such as providing a legally binding cease and desist letter, send DMCA take-down notices and helping to get unauthorized copies removed and by helping you build a copyright infringement case file for court should legal action need to be taken.
I have used this service since their inception and have even needed to use their cease & desist letter at one time. Thankfully, the letter alone scared the thief enough that legal action was not required.
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Have you downloaded it? It's a PDF file and anyone should be (so far has been) able to read it.
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i cant view the tutorial T.T is there any way you can help?
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ddid you hit download?
if you did and it doesn't work, right click the download button, and hit "save as". that usually works for me, if it doesn't, i dont know what can be wrong.
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I actually use the "note/comment" feature in Photoshop, does anyone else use this? Stick a little note next to whatever stock you used in the image with the credit information. This is saved within the PSD file and you don't have to worry about it showing up in the final image.
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I just save the info for each layer that uses a stock image in the layer description. That way the info is saved with the PSD as well.
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I guess we are thinking in different terms, because I use other things such as stock styles, patterns, and brushes. If I use five different stock brushes in a layer, I'm not sure the layer name info will fit everything in. But if I stick a comment next to where I used it, I'll remember.
I have not heard of a "layer description" if that is separate from the "layer name?"
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I did mean the layer name. I often use several brushes in one layer too, in which case I just put the names in the description. Where are the notes/comments? I've not found them. Might be useful for those cases when I do use more than one on a single layer.
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Well, sure! Hmm, mine appears to be under the eyedropper tool. Bizarre, huh? Then (for me) it was also on the right side by "layer comps."
Then to show or hide, go to View -> Show -> Notes
But your method seems to be fine as well.
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Cool, just found it.
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My hat of to this. It's not that hard to credit stock. It takes two seconds.
I hope that this being featured on the DD page will make more people aware of the issue and credit the resources because often this is the stock provider's term for letting people use it. And after all, you get to use it for free so the least we can do is to give credit
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Oops! I didn't realise it had been featured. LOL Thanks. Fingers crossed people will take crediting more seriously. I've always believed that if I want people to take my (artistic) rights seriously I need to take theirs seriously, and you're right it isn't hard, however, I come across so many images where people don't credit.
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I know, it's quite sad. But either they're just not aware of crediting, or they just don't care. It's about respecting other artists as well as following policy, because a stock provider's terms of use IS indeed a part of policy.
Congrats, dear!
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I couldn't agree more and I feel that if a stock artist is kind enough to allow me to use the images they took then it's the least I can do to provide a credit. We all make mistakes now and again or we think we know the rules but they've changed since the last time we used images from a stock provider, but even so, if nothing else, credit should be given.
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Exactly. It's not that hard either.
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Nope it's not hard at all, but it takes time and effort....
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I don't find it troublesome at all. I guess you just need a routine and a habit of doing it, that's all.
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I upload my images to several sites at once each with different formatting (or none as the case may be), so it often takes me an hour and a half to upload a single image with all the credits... It IS trouble, but it's worthwhile trouble because it's only fair to credit, especially when your sources are free.
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It's sad that this has to be said at all. Even some "professionals" could use some pointers in this. Nice work, though! Congrats on the DD!
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Thank you.
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In my experience, most of the "professionals" (and I use that term very lightly) are the worst about using images without crediting and thinking they are entitled to use our freely provided stock and that are doing we stock providers a huge favor by using our "mediocre" work in their masterpiece!
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