Need someone whos really good with photoshop!

James J · 14 Sep 2009 at 18:26

I need the following texture/image making into a full circle without any signs of it being stuck together. Im only asking as my attempt was utter tripe lol.

You win a cookie if you guess what its from! :O

James J · 14 Sep 2009 at 19:03

Marky said:
Fanks G

Also - is it from World of Warcraft?

correct!

Thanks guys, both of them are exactly what i needed! Kudos to you both!

James J · 14 Sep 2009 at 19:22

Thats your texture being used in my project! Thanks again, will put you in the creds for it on the file if you want

James J · 14 Sep 2009 at 21:10

blix said:
This you, James?

http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=10868316810&sid=1

Looks awesome.

Yeah thats me. Latest pictures are up using matching textures to everything i can see ingame. Its a shame I cant get higher res textures to make use of the source engine abit more but its shaping up alright so far.

James J · 14 Sep 2009 at 21:26

Rroff said:
I'll just mention it as an aside...

Blizzard might not be happy about your use of the textures even if they are screenshots from ingame then edited... they remain the interlectual property of Blizzard... map layout is also covered by interlectual rights although theres nothing to stop you make a map thats themed, even closely on another existing map... but you'd have to make the textures from scratch.

already covered this in the thread on the wow forums. The warcraft fan movies are made by decompiling the mpq files and changing how models behave but thats perfectly fine by blizzard. The thread has also been on page 1 of the general discussion forum on the wow europe site for 4 days now and its had a lot of blizzard staff go over it a few times but I've had no objections from then. Its just my version of fan art.

The EULA even says that drawing a picture of a wow character is breaking the law, even though blizzard has a fan art section on everyone of its websites lol.

James J · 14 Sep 2009 at 21:52

Rroff said:
Fan movies are covered differently.

As someone who has done commercial level design I know your skating on thin ice - Blizzard may consider it more effort to chase up than its worth or not even care but you never know - legally all the rights still belong to them.

As far as my understanding of the EULA though, I'd only be in the "poop" if i was selling what i made. Thats obviously not gonna happen.

James J · 14 Sep 2009 at 22:09

Rroff said:
You would deff. be in the poop if you sold anything... most you'd get for using their textures/assets in user made content, even for another game is a cease and desist. Some companies are more anal about it than others, unfortunatly due to issues related to "setting a legal precedent" sometimes they have to take action when they aren't really too bothered... can be a bit of a pain sometimes.

Ive made a ticket in game to chat to a GM about it just to get clarification really. The thread has been very active on one of their busiest forums which blizzard staff monitor 24 hours a day and thats not been deleted or an email sent to me etc. Better safe than sorry though!

Thanks for the headsup

James J · 15 Sep 2009 at 21:34

Got confirmation from blizzard and a link to their legal FAQ and im in the clear as long as I dont try and sell it lol.

Can I put my own "home-made" maps on my web site for download?

Yes, we encourage players to create maps and trade them on the Internet so long as they are not for sale or profit, nor any other commercial purpose as defined solely by Blizzard Entertainment®.

plus

Can I do a total conversion of your games?

Yes. We've seen some very polished and fun conversions for our games, and have no problems with total conversions so long as they are for personal use and do not infringe our End User License Agreement included in our games, nor the rights of any other parties including copyrights, trademarks or other rights.