6Dprime opened this issue on Sep 07, 2002 ยท 57 posts
Nosfiratu posted Sun, 08 September 2002 at 3:11 AM
Hmm... how to explain this... Characters, morphs, expressions, hands, poses, etc. need other components/files in order to be usable. You cannot apply a morph to "thin air", nor can you apply a pose without a figure to apply it to. Cameras and lights, by contrat, need nothing. Anyone can create light and camera settings at any time with or without other elements in a scene and these settings require absolutely nothing "external". A CD player need a CD inserted in order to be usable, but nothing stops you from twiddling its knobs and buttons to your heart's content. So I can sell and copyright a CD. I could even sell a list of dial/button settings that will deliver a certain sound. But I can't claim ownership of the fact that the Bass Boost dial is set to +3.25. I'm the king of crappy analogies and this is far from an exception but I hope it works :-) Anthony H.