If I do a real person, celeb, TV star, whatever in the public eye, dead or alive, can I legally charge for it? Does one need to get the rights, or is it like a photo that is public domain, in a mag, for instance? Just checking. I love to do portraits and was in some of the local art fairs with my work. They were pastel portraits, and I think it would be a real challenge to get the same quality of likenesses and details from Poser. I'd really like to try it. I would post some freebies too. I won't be doing this tomorrow, but I'm thinking seriously about it for the not-too-distant future.

heyas; people have rights over their likeness and images, but i don't know the details. you might see if the grahpics artists guild has any info (www.gag.org) you can't sell the figures, of course, if you sculpted them from the default poser figures. curious labs and zygote own the meshes for them. the ethics of selling morph targets for the figures is up in the air. however, if you distribute them in an approved fashion (with morph squeeze, for example), i don't see how that could be faulted. true, you didn't build the mesh, but you spent some time working on it, and can charge for 'labor' at least. (other opinions may vary.) still, you may want to contact zygote about it, if you are using their figures.

Most photos are Not in the public domain unless it was printed prior to 1942. Celebraties own the rights to their "likeness". Magazines and newspapers are covered legally under "free speach". You could probably get away with a "one of a kind" original artwork but not mass production. Parodies (as a form of free speach) would also be OK (like you see in Mad magazine).

Morph Squeeze? What is it and where can I get it? It doesn't appear to be on Free Stufff. As far a selling modified meshes is concerned, I am currently working on an upgraded version of Objaction Mover which will include features that will make it acceptable to companies like Zygote for the commercial transfer of modified figures.

Morph Squeeze is Bushi's program. Check his site. It eliminates everything from a morph file but the "v" lines, which are all that is needed for a morph and makes the file useless as a model substitute. This format is Zygote's requirement for us to distribute morphs groups of Vicky.

Thanks Jaager.