[QUOTE=Dark One;44485693]to put it simply if you change something by 10% you own it because that item is something new of course that doesn't mean you own the original item copyright, it just means you've created something new from something existing and as a result you can claim that new item.
if you look at the general profile, then yes it looks the same.[/QUOTE]A 10% change is not nearly enough to make it yours. If it's supposed to resemble something copyrighted, it won't work.
It's not even possible to change something by 10%, if it resembles something it resembles something.
Team Captain and Deep Cover Operator may be references to popular franchises, but they're still items that fit the characters and aren't exclusive to their respective universes. A Darth Vader helmet is far too iconic and unique, and I'm assuming that device you're doing only appears in whatever game that is.
[QUOTE=Grandzeit;44485646]What about this, though?
[t]http://i.imgur.com/xQDLvS5.png[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/Ml7ece0.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
There's a very unthin line between a reference and a ripoff. The Team Captain is clearly the former seeing as how it's based on an actual hat and the emblem isn't a skull.
That leaves me to the question. Where exactly does my item stand? I didn't mean to railroad the thread like this sorry.
I really just saw your hat as a blank hat with an R on it.
[QUOTE=InfectedPotato;44485820]I really just saw your hat as a blank hat with an R on it.[/QUOTE]
Welp. Good enough for me, thanks.
[QUOTE=dolphin;44477797]Better? Square re did the Camo.
[IMG]http://puu.sh/7ZxHb.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Try Digital Camo instead of splotches.
Digital camo wouldn't fit it tbh.
[QUOTE=ikes;44485388]Shit really/ I might have to change my design a bit, but regardless i will make this flaming peasants hood. PEASANTS QUEST MUST BE REVALIDATED
I mean, already my design is much more closed, rounded, and overall more peasant-y. his seems more thievish.
[B][I]also mine will be on fire.[/I][/B][/QUOTE]
What.
[QUOTE=joungster009;44485229][url]http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=187934274[/url][/QUOTE]
Stop.
Even if you don't intend it in a mean way, don't make items relate to eachother. It discourages whoever is making the item.
Not only that, nobody owns the rights to making hoods.
[QUOTE=ClauAmericano;44482978]The back of the hair in the first picture, the color doesn´t match.[/QUOTE]
I'm aware of that, but it will get fixed, nothing to worry about
[QUOTE=Vipes;44485775]That leaves me to the question. Where exactly does my item stand? I didn't mean to railroad the thread like this sorry.[/QUOTE]
I think taking off the R would be better, even though their actual hats don't have the R's on them that's what gives the strongest impression, it's Rocket's most iconic feature
It also kind of looks ugly, but then again without it it might be boring
[QUOTE=Dark One;44484939]another option to photoshop is a program called gimp, its pretty user friendly.
[url]http://www.gimp.org/[/url][/QUOTE]
Gimp allows PSD files? I already have gimp but I didn't know that.
[QUOTE=Metaru;44485234]i'd avoid posting texture skins. they're generally quite bad and mostly not welcome around here.[/QUOTE]
Usually I don't do texture skins, but when I do them, I just make they to fit the color scheme ([URL="http://tf2.gamebanana.com/skins/131652"]like this one[/URL]) or other fixes. I almost never do skins.
I would post here my alternative paintable areas, which I've edited the alpha mask of some textures to have a different paintabillity. I would also post some fixes, like the [URL="http://tf2.gamebanana.com/skins/125042"]Lone Star blue team fix[/URL].
This is an example of paint alternative I've made: [URL="http://tf2.gamebanana.com/skins/129210"]Fixed Chieftain's Challenge Paint[/URL]
I've also created other misc stuff, which one of them is to allow more backgrounds in the main menu (by editing the ChapterBackgrounds.txt in the scripts folder), and the other is to add more characters into the main menu as well.
[QUOTE=Grandzeit;44485646]What about this, though?
[t]http://i.imgur.com/xQDLvS5.png[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/Ml7ece0.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
If I remember correctly, there is a copyright law that allows you to create something based on someone's else's IP as long as your's is different enough in design, such as your example. While the Team Captain is probably supposed to reference that hat, it's also different enough to not be copyright infringement.
Besides, it's a red peaked cap with a winged crest. They weren't exactly uncommon in military settings around the world. It is possible that it wasn't made as a reference, but people took it that way because it looked similar.
[QUOTE=gabrielwoj;44487618]Gimp allows PSD files? I already have gimp but I didn't know that.[/QUOTE]
if a sarcastic sure is alright then yes, i haven't used it in a very long time but i'm fairly sure you can import psd files if it can't there is always a plugin.
[QUOTE=Dark One;44487709]if a sarcastic sure is alright then yes, i haven't used it in a very long time but i'm fairly sure you can import psd files if it can't there is always a plugin.[/QUOTE]
Ok, I'll take a look at that later. Thanks. I tried with a paint.net plugin for .psd, but some layers was missing. I already have updated one of my stuff and when I'm done with the skin banner, I'll post it here.
[QUOTE=Jacen;44487622]If I remember correctly, there is a copyright law that allows you to create something based on someone's else's IP as long as your's is different enough in design, such as your example. While the Team Captain is probably supposed to reference that hat, it's also different enough to not be copyright infringement.
Besides, it's a red peaked cap with a winged crest. They weren't exactly uncommon in military settings around the world. It is possible that it wasn't made as a reference, but people took it that way because it looked similar.[/QUOTE]
It was done on purpose as far as i can remember, especially considering the original mod name was, "The Peak of Copyright Infringement"
I think Valve would have a better time shooting an email to Capcom, a fellow gaming company, about a somewhat-referential item for their own game, vs. trying to email Disney/George Lucas/etc., all corporations much larger than Capcom, for a more direct item reference/ripoff.
[QUOTE=Jacen;44487622]If I remember correctly, there is a copyright law that allows you to create something based on someone's else's IP as long as your's is different enough in design, such as your example. While the Team Captain is probably supposed to reference that hat, it's also different enough to not be copyright infringement.
Besides, it's a red peaked cap with a winged crest. They weren't exactly uncommon in military settings around the world. It is possible that it wasn't made as a reference, but people took it that way because it looked similar.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=kibbleknight;44487785]It was done on purpose as far as i can remember, especially considering the original mod name was, "The Peak of Copyright Infringement"[/QUOTE]
Yeah, not to mention the entire "Our lawyers say 'YES! YES!' " description.
[QUOTE=kibbleknight;44487785]It was done on purpose as far as i can remember, especially considering the original mod name was, "The Peak of Copyright Infringement"[/QUOTE]The in-game description also references it.
[QUOTE=InfectedPotato;44484362]A bit too detailed. Look at some of the hair models already in game, like the Greased Lightning. It uses simple lines to show detail.
[/QUOTE]
Alright, How's this? To many lines? too little? Different color?
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/sFaWYEt.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Teh_Doorman;44488182]Alright, How's this? To many lines? too little? Different color?
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/sFaWYEt.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
The hair is just a weird shape
I understand what you're going for but it's like someone stepped on his afro
it makes the scout look like a disgusting guido
Hey guys! I just made my first concept in a while. It's one of these trenchcoats back in the WW2 era:
[t]http://i.cubeupload.com/tzsn1i.png[/t]
PM me and/or post here if you want to claim it.
[QUOTE=Jacen;44487622]If I remember correctly, there is a copyright law that allows you to create something based on someone's else's IP as long as your's is different enough in design, such as your example. While the Team Captain is probably supposed to reference that hat, it's also different enough to not be copyright infringement.
Besides, it's a red peaked cap with a winged crest. They weren't exactly uncommon in military settings around the world. It is possible that it wasn't made as a reference, but people took it that way because it looked similar.[/QUOTE]
It is mostly the quote. I would say that the more it copies from a game, the more obvious it is. So the Rocket Cap is so obvious because of the red 'R' on it. You would need to remove that and make it a normal flatcap in order for it to look normal.
Take the stupid reference image I made for heinous' picture when we last argued about copyright in games and the TC, both posts supplied below. While it clearly looks like the legs if you take a close enough look, It also looks like the Spy is a huge perv and wants to show off his frog legs in the game. That and I left the Camouflage markings out of the image and I just could add hair to the picture. I don't know. But if I added, say, her hair and hat to the image, Then it would clearly look like Copyrighted.
[QUOTE=heinous;44259987]wrong game
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/0OsR6rQ.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=StormBlink;44261162]Here, Have this that I whipped up from boredom
[t]http://i.imgur.com/d39mxJF.jpg[/t]
[sp] Slap my ass [/sp][/QUOTE]
I think i accidentally made a mini-gun design:
[img]http://puu.sh/80W4y.png[/img]
Electric Cello Minigun
Is there another max quality config like chris' thats updated? When someone dies from a spy-cicle, it doesnt have the ice texture, but instead an uber-like looking texture.
is this because im using directx 98 instead of 95? is there a difference?
[QUOTE=dongalator;44489020]Is there another max quality config like chris' thats updated? When someone dies from a spy-cicle, it doesnt have the ice texture, but instead an uber-like looking texture.
is this because im using directx 98 instead of 95? is there a difference?[/QUOTE]
[url]www.tf2cfg.info[/url]
Not 100% sure if this is updated, that's what I used to make my config though.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/d39mxJF.jpg[/t]
LOL
[QUOTE=Ascar;44489192]-snip-[/QUOTE]
Uh hey, I see you're new, and that's OK. But around here people simply use the Ratings when a post doesn't contribute to the topic at hand.
Simply click the "Funny [t]http://i.imgur.com/saGgtdf.png[/t]" next time.
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