Is it illegal to post digital paintings using photoshop brushes made by other people?

[Mick2006]

I buy the magazine AdvancedPhotoshop in my local shop every month it comes with a cover CD with textures and brushes. I need to know before I start using these custom brushes is it legal to make a digital painting in Photoshop using these brushes and then post my digital painting on ConceptArt.org? And if not does this rule also apply to using custom brushes on websites?

[Elwell]

Why do you think they would make brushes available if you weren't allowed to use them?

[Hyskoa]

Why do you think they would make brushes available if you weren't allowed to use them?

http://downlode.org/Creative/Writing/Notebook/Illustrations/itsatrap.jpg

[Grief]

god forbid you even install brushes you didn't personally create, nonetheless use them. same goes for sketchbooks, youre violating the blank paper and it is illegal to use something in your own way in which you paid money for, or recieved for free. in fact you should pobably not use the food in your kitchen and pantry due to copyright issues from other people who own the right to eat. and youre really boned when i get my patent on breathing air, don't even think of using that shit again.

[Ilaekae]

...n...o...

You can also post images safely if they were done while you were wearing your spouse's underwear...like...who gives a flying fuck?

[Mick2006]

...n...o...

You can also post images safely if they were done while you were wearing your spouse's underwear...like...who gives a flying fuck?

Ok guys the jokes on me:dur: I was just a bit cautious you know with all of these brush using rules on the magazine cover CDs

[Elwell]

god forbid you even install brushes you didn't personally create, nonetheless use them. same goes for sketchbooks, youre violating the blank paper and it is illegal to use something in your own way in which you paid money for, or recieved for free. in fact you should pobably not use the food in your kitchen and pantry due to copyright issues from other people who own the right to eat. and youre really boned when i get my patent on breathing air, don't even think of using that shit again.
Greif knows better than to to be violating the copyright on capital letters...

[KonnA]

Greif knows better than to to be violating the copyright on capital letters...

Lmfao.

[ladydove7]

I know the biggest no-no is to redistribute brushes as if you had made them yourself. Most brush creators ask that you at least credit them, but sometimes this is tough when you use so many brushes in a painting and forget where they come from. I have to admit I've posted a painting without crediting the creator of the brushes because I simply forgot who made the numerous brushes I've used. I haven't gotten in trouble for it though and I think as long as you're happy to credit them, should they recognize their brushes, than you should be safe. Try to give credit where you can, but I don't think it's a capitol offense if you accidently forget.

[Qitsune]

I never forget to credit Liquitex and Tri-art and Windsor and Newton for the paint, unfortunately there were no names on the canvas and stretchers, so I couldn't credit the makers of those, should I also credit Canon for making the camera I used to make the reference pics and Philips for making the floodlight bulbs I use when I paint?

Seriously, I'm all for giving credit where it's due, and respecting copyright, but it seems many people are going to extremes, either being completely paranoid or pirating whatever whenever and passing it for their own. Be reasonnable!

[sketchfreak]

Come on...who care about illegal brushes while digital art-works reproduced all the times like Giant-Online-Reproductive-System!?...GORS!

Have fun with your brushes...and Don't do anything illegal...at least here!

[Kilowatt]

Greif knows better than to to be violating the copyright on capital letters...

ahahahahaha

[J Wilson]

I would assume they are safe to use, but if you are concerned you can try to make a few custom brushes yourself, using the idea from the downloaded brushes for inspiration. You can learn a lot about Photoshop's brush engine from creating your own brushes, and sometimes being able to modify your brushes on the fly is very useful.

[Elwell]

Taking this seriously (for a change), a lot of the "custom brushes" out there are little more than the digital equivalent of rubber stamps, image files in PS brush form that are meant to be used as is. You'd probably get some flack for using something like that around here in place of actual drawing and painting, just like if you used the included Photoshop grass or leaf brushes. They are too easily recognizable, and can take the viewer out of the picture. Brushes like that can have their place, but it's more in a graphic design than digital painting context.

[OmenSpirits]

I hold copyright on air!

...so, stop breathing what you haven't given me credit for or PAID ME!

:D

[Yng]

If you get hold of a brush that makes you feel like you can work much easier, giving credit to whoever made it would be nice of you.
Aside from that, I don't think it's completely necessary to give credit for each brush you use. I know I wouldn't care if people didn't give me credit when using brushes I've made. It's not like brushes are the product of several hours of hard labor or anything.

[Saturns Gate]

Here's a brush I made earlier.

[r.mccabe]

here is my digital painting I just made using brushes. hehe

[kab]

Some people do make brushes available for download for "personal, non-commercial use". I don't really see alot of people going "yeah, and when painting this I used some of *dude*'s brushes, that you can download from his site, here ->*link*.

Still, if he made it, wouldn't his copyright on those pixels be just as real as the copyright on any of our artworks?

I'm sure there are people out there who put alot of time and effort into photographing, editing and tweaking interesting textures into good brush-sets, if they make them available and want to be credited... maybe you should, or don't use their work.

[Flake]

Very useful brush, thanks for sharing.

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[r.mccabe]

touche.

[Black Spot]

I like playing with the Boris Johnson brush I made.

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[TheComicFilmBoy]

Greif knows better than to to be violating the copyright on capital letters...

best....
response...
ever!

ha! how do ya like me not usin' capital letters elwell? eh? lowercase on your name man... eat it!

oh, and i had 2 do my very first digital painting. and i'm not kidding, this is my first actual digital painting submitted. thanks to saturnsgate for the brush, and thanks to waffles for being the inspiration

[UnidColor]

Thanks for sharing the brush it works great!

[Frublz]

It does show the complications of intellectual property though.

Just how much can you use from other material? From Brushes to outright redistributing an unaltered work. Some-where between it is the point where you can't any more, but where?

[aefx]

It does show the complications of intellectual property though.

Just how much can you use from other material? From Brushes to outright redistributing an unaltered work. Some-where between it is the point where you can't any more, but where?
If you were creating music instead of paintings then you would have to pay copyright royalties on samples you used in your song, no matter if you processed them so much they no longer resembled the original sound. I suspect that the case is not the same for digital paintings and brushes at the moment because people aren't getting rich from show casing these works of art to the masses. If they did then I bet you'd start getting lawsuits from brush makers looking for easy money just like you do in the music industry.