Forum: Photoshop


Subject: Searching for Ethics in Photoshop?!

FutureFantasyDesign opened this issue on Jan 14, 2009 · 69 posts


vintorix posted Thu, 29 January 2009 at 7:14 PM

It was impossible to sleep. :)

DarkPhazeGraphix, "I think you may have misunderstood my comment"

Your orginal question was answered load and clear, but then I posed another question.

MY question was: "Is it okay to use several images to create a composition if you recreate/repaint all in a different medium?"

And the answer is that it is allowed if
"there are clear originality injected into the product"

Therefore the case I quoted above is OK, and the artist doesn't have to ask for permission.

Brian Rice: "This photo and painting show how I use a reference but I am not being a slave to the photo. You will see that I just used the photo as an idea."

http://painting.about.com/od/paintingforbeginnersfaq/ig/Painting-Problem-Solver/BrianRice-WellHouse.htm

So, by United States laws, it allowed to use several images (=anything) to create a composition if you recreate/repaint all in a different medium and inject clear originality into the product.