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  1. Reminder for NEW graphics forum rules
    27th May 2009 12:40
    15 years, 6 months & 5 days ago
  2. Graphics terms
    22nd May 2009 12:42
    15 years, 6 months & 10 days ago
Reminder for NEW graphics forum rules
15 years, 6 months & 5 days ago
27th May 2009 12:40

1.STEALING

A stolen graphic pertains only to those stolen from Marapets members.A graphic stolen from a site outside of Marapets should be reported to that site. We will only be dealing with member to member theft. Please remember ideas cannot be stolen.
Self-written tutorials may be sold but please remember a lot of members create these for free so you will probably not find many buyers.

If someone has stolen your graphic then send in a support ticket. If there is someone regularly stealing and/or repeatedly buying graphics to sell on please mail me and I will deal with it.

PUNISHMENT FOR STEALING
1.Minimum-graphic removed, fine and profits removed
2.Minimum-graphic removed, larger fine and profits removed, forum ban over a few hours
3.Minimum-graphic removed and profits removed, one day underaged
4.Minimum-graphic removed and profits removed,1 week underaged
5.Minimum-graphic removed and profits removed,underaged indefinately

2.KEEPING YOUR WORK SAFE

We need evidence before we can stop graphics theft. Times and dates are important. Please use one of the following to protect your work-
Watermark it
Upload it to another site and send the link to yourself in mail at the end of sale
Mail yourself daily with a list of who you have sold to and describe the graphic

There will be NO paid protection teams of any sort from this point onwards to chase after stealers or to defend you if you are being harassed.Report to staff instead,its what we are here for. The report button is there for a reason.

3.CRITICISM OF OTHERS WORK

Please be polite when offering opinions on others work. There are people behind these monitors! Where possible try to offer something positive too, people are far more likely to pay attention to someone who makes them feel they have a chance.Even "Good effort but...." is far more likely to make them take notice and want to improve than a comment of "You suck" We will not tolerate members being persistently spiteful to others about their work.

If someone tells you how you can improve constructively that is not a reason to report them. If you do not wish for comments then state it in your first post.

4.WORKING TOGETHER

We ask that while browsing the forum you add a post to someones topic that might be near the bottom that hasnt been seen. It doesnt matter whether they are well-known or not in the forum, everyone appreciates a little acknowledgement. If you believe someones topic has been ignored because their work isnt very good then a passing comment to encourage and tell them how they could improve would be a friendly gesture.
We are not asking people to do this constantly, just when you have the time while browsing.

We ask that members make only one rating topic per day unless its for a totally different item,a layout and a siggy for example. You can edit the topic to add a new graphic if you need to. If people post more than one please politely remind them of the limit.If they create a third then report the second and third posts.

No groups or Queens/Gods/Rulers of the Graphics Forum are allowed. We want the forum to be one big community for everyone that posts. We are aware some people have felt the need to take it upon themselves to try to improve the forum but with these guidelines and a bigger staff presence that should hopefully be unnecessary now.

5.THE FUTURE

We have heard your requests for sub-forums and a Graphics Mod and are considering the possibilities.What happens in the future is largely dependent on how things work out with the new guidelines. We need to take this step first before further decisions can be made.

Graphics terms
15 years, 6 months & 10 days ago
22nd May 2009 12:42

Tablet- A tablet is a computer device that allows you to hand draw... you know how hard it is to draw with your mouse? Tablets provide you with a "pencil and paper" feel. That's how Laimay draws all the stuff

Filter- A filter is used to easily do an effect to an image.. meaning it does it for you and you jus have to run it over the image. Filtrs come in all different types. Van gough, blocks, weave, crayons, etc. Depending on which one you choose, it will make your image look similiar to that.

RGB- As odd asit sounds it really stands for Red-Green-Blue. It can be used to produce any color.

Hue- A specific color. You know yellow, orange, purple. It changes your images color =D

Alpha- A 4th color component in the RGB model that represents opacity (the transparency of an image). By changing Alpha Values, you can make an image completely transparent or opaque.

Image Map- Basically just an image containing multiple hyperlinks.

Bevel- Bevel is usually used to give an appearance that te graphic is raising out of the service, even though it is really flat.

Gamma- An adjustment that makes the tonal distribution lighter or darker. Gamma adjustments are made to monitors, scanners or during an image editing process.

Dodge- Well, you see it when you go change the preferences of a layer it is used to lighten a part or the whole image.

Auto Trace- A function in graphic design software that automatically traces images. Paths are created along the edges of a scanned sketch. The paths are then cleaned up and the scanned file are discarded off. Now you have an outlined sketch of the image you scanned.

WIP- Work in progress

Pixel- Smallish sized images made by using small pixels to draw images

Siggy- Signature used in forums.

  1. Reminder for NEW graphics forum rules
    27th May 2009 12:40
    15 years, 6 months & 5 days ago
  2. Graphics terms
    22nd May 2009 12:42
    15 years, 6 months & 10 days ago