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IMPORTANT! Wallpapers used in screenshots MUST be 'sufficiently' obscured....

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IMPORTANT! Wallpapers used in screenshots MUST be 'sufficiently' obscured....

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This took about 10 minutes to 'extract' and clean up to re-use as a 1024x768 bitmap of reasonable quality......would have been faster except I forgot there was a cursor to be removed....

Because it is quite simple to 'get' the wall from an unobscured screenshot, and IF the wall is not your own photo/art then it is arguable that even 'fair use' does not cover the image's inadvertent re-distribution by way of a desktop screenshot.

Don't be fooled by arguments about image 'quality'.....this 'altered' screenshot is third generation jpeg.....the extracted 'wall' is quite acceptable resolution/quality.

Any screenshots where it is deemed a simple matter to extract the wall image will be rejected, unless it is stipulated with the upload that it is the artist's own work.

Crediting an author will not absolve you or free you from this issue as the original artist has no direct control over your screenshot upload, ergo it violates his inherent copyright....

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

As long as we're not too anal about it. I agree that someone who just uplloads a screenshot of their dekstop that is basically a wallpaper being an issue.

But if they have some stuff on it, that's fine.  The booby girl screenshots I saw I would say are perfectly acceptable screenshots.

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yes, they are....as they do obscure the walls appropriately.

The amusing thing was that 2 different people obscured 2 different parts of the same wall which nullified the effort, really....

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Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Its alot easier to obscur a wall when you make a color suite
Then people want different resolutions then the upload is 12mb lol.
I wonder if there is a free app I could refer to when ppl want smaller resolutions, one that can resize and sharpen the image also, so that it wont get too blury when shrunk...
Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top
looks like the copyright folks should be worrying about Admin Jafo.
Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I agree with what jafo is saying, but the problem is what amount of the wallpaper should hidden to make the wallpaper unextractable. What one mod thinks is acceptable, another may not. Some may take the time to examine the location of things obsuring the wallpaper and deem if a good extraction could be made, whereas another may simply glance at the screenshot deeming it unaceptable immediatly.
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Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top
A little time and photoshop skills can be used to steal someones work. Make sure its obscured pretty damn well guys -)


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Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've never posted a desktop screen shot here, but was planning to to exhibit my new icons. Now I think I can't maybe?
I downloaded the wall paper off this site I am totally confused here now, does what you posted here mean I can't post it? I created the icons using the wall paper as a theme background. The Icons blend and work with the wall but now I'm afraid to post it since I think I could probably extract the wall again with about 30 mins of work.
Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Mel D: Just slap a big fat Explorer window in the middle of the screen. Make it big enough to cover all/any essential parts of the wallpaper but small enough to show off the icons and whatever you want to show off.
(Its easy.....)
Reply #37 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ah Well Snowman thanks anyway, I tried that and just ruined the whole design, so I gave up and created my own wall.
I don't like a windows looking desktop (if I did, I wouldn't have bought Windowbinds ) I prefer one that is an extention of my desk.
When I can figure out how to upload here I'll post it.