Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Tutorial: Watermarking your Morph Targets to catch morph thieves.

PheonixRising opened this issue on Dec 22, 2003 ยท 52 posts


PheonixRising posted Mon, 22 December 2003 at 7:03 PM

Morph targets are deformations of the base mesh and then loaded back onto the mesh for a desired affect. "original" morph targets are made in a program that has deformation tools. Generally, unless otherwise stated, these morph targets people make are not allowed to be used , by OTHER people, to make a new morph target for sale or distribution. Example, you can use magnets or a modeling package to make your own morphs for sale or distribution. You cannot generally, unless otherwise stated, use Dials you spin in Poser, using other people's free/sale morphs, to make a new morph target for sale or distribution. Basically it all boils does to : Do NOT use someone elses hard work to make something and then try to distribute or sell it. This, I think you would agree, is just fair and ethical. This tutorial is designed to aid those making their own morph targets from scratch(like Daz) in protecting their hard work from those who collect other people's work, mix it together, and try to pass it off as their own for either attention or money. What you do in your own home is up to you. But distribution other peoples work, in ways that allow other people access to it without sale or credit to the oroginal creator is not allowd, unless otherwise allowed by the creator. Even so, many people rip off others and then say "you can use this for free!". That is why you should avoid freesources for commercial development and why the tutorial exists. Hope that explains it.

-Anton, creator of ApolloMaximus: 32,000+ downloads since 3-13-07
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