As the # of animated wallpapers submitted increases, we're having to establish some guidelines on what is and isn't going to be accepted:
Additional rules on fair use of video clips:
as a complete novice at .dreams am having hours of fun making them, alas most seem 2 end up in the reject bin lol it wont put me off tho and am trying to create loops, oh dear
louise...here's a good thread to help you get started. There's one link that covers looping that's pretty good. There's also a way to loop video with Windows movie maker that's pretty easy to do. I'll try to put together a quick tutorial and post it for you.
Also, if you need some assistance or a question answered, PM (private message) me and i'll try to help. Just click on my name and choose private message.
i have 2 .dreams in the gallery but i get no feedback when the others rejected. have been careful to make sure the images loop smoothly as i can - having said that i am still enjoying making them and can use them on my desktop
any help would be appreciated as i am so new to this - i have tons of vids and art work on other sites but am a novice here - great fun tho
Could you please include guidelines for submitting .swf preview? I tried several times each time making it smaller until it was 256x126. Still would not save, reverting to the same screen, each time I pushed Submit. I could see the progress bar and all. Can someone explain the proper way or size please?
skyzyk aka Gary
How strict are we on this? I've been wanting to upload a little dream I made, but the problem is that the source footage was found on what to appears to be an abandoned youtube account (only one video ever uploaded, and the owner hasn't logged in for over a year). I've emailed the owner, but I'm not optimistic about ever receiving a reply.
The thing is, though, that the footage involved was just the owner testing his/her new HD camera and uploading the unedited results... Given this situation, would there be any point in trying to submit the dream? The loop is approx. 40 seconds long. (It's not that it's incredibly fantastic or anything, but it's what I wanted and it does the job for me. Since there aren't many like it, I thought maybe it would be worth sharing despite some imperfections.)
to deviate somewhat......I'm still wondering what happened that we lost Ausvet.... having followed the thread with the gents carrying on about their copyright..and the interpretation of the conditions of use... was that ever clarified?........did all of his have to go... did we have to lose all his work and a prominent long term friendly, active member?.......
it's frustrating when there is no closure on these things....he's missed.....
Oh well. For future reference, though: would it be acceptable to submit a link to original footage along with a link to a script that would turn said footage into a dream? Seems faster than having to wait 95 years for the anonymous copyright to expire...
"Oh well. For future reference, though: would it be acceptable to submit a link to original footage along with a link to a script that would turn said footage into a dream? Seems faster than having to wait 95 years for the anonymous copyright to expire..."
Stardock's and thus Wincustomize.com's stance on 'fair use' as it will pertain to the submissions [and acceptance] of Dreams is quite specific and is as per your quote [of me] in #20.
If you comply with that condition there will be no issue of 95 years/whatever.
If you do not comply with that condition you are required to seek/obtain copyright consent or have your submission rejected.
It's quite simple....
As this site is derived mostly of artists we must maintain the integrity to protect all artists copyrights, not just the ones on the site, but across the board.
Anything less would be hypocritical.
Certainly. But the idea here was that 1) the copyright owner is likely impossible to get hold of, 2) the copyright owner is extremely unlikely to suffer any sort of harm (be that financially, artistically or otherwise) from the republication (it's just a stationary camera filming through the windscreen while the camera owner drives to work on a completely normal day, it's unedited and has been viewed a total of 260 times in the 18 months it's been available on youtube), and 3) the quote "We are allowing some leeway right now on this rule for content that is based on content distributed on the net until we determine the legality of this". As there seems to be no leeway at all here, maybe you should just remove that part as I really regret that I enquired about it now.
I fully understand the frustration of having a cool idea and not being able to implement it due to lack of ability to find original author, I had to wait 4 years to find the author to one of my DX theme port's I had all but given up hope.
The leeway was allowing even small portions of another author's originating works to be used under "fair use" for dreams, as with all other skins, no portion of another's works may be used/reproduced, redistributed without express permission from the original author.
If you had permission the 15 seconds or less rule would not apply.
you may try looping it at another point or simply use a suitable transition such as crossfade, to make your dream just use 15 sec. or less
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