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07/18/2006 04:58:41 PM · #1 |
Sorry for being incredibly blonde, but I've looked for twenty minutes and couldn't find definitive answers on these. Because I'm at work, I'll need to rely on the kindness of the forum members before I have to fire myself ;)
For the contests:
Are model releases required for recognizable human faces?
Do I retain all my rights by submitting? Or can DPC use it anyway they want (sell it for stock, prevent ME from selling it for stock elsewhere, etc.)?
In Basic Editing contests, can I CROP the image as much as I want? It will still be 640 wide without enlarging.
Thanks!
Chip
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07/18/2006 05:11:57 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by rob_banks:
For the contests:
Are model releases required for recognizable human faces? |
No. But yoiu should try to avoid entering shots that might not sit well with the subject, or get their approval. Especially if they are friends or family. Saves you having to ask for removal later :-P
Originally posted by rob_banks:
Do I retain all my rights by submitting? Or can DPC use it anyway they want (sell it for stock, prevent ME from selling it for stock elsewhere, etc.)? |
DPC can use it for site purposes, includig promotion. We cannot and will not sell or otherwise comprmise your rights. You retain *all* rights to your images. In a few cases, photogs have sold images with exclusivity to another party and had to remove them from DPC. That rarely happens.
Originally posted by rob_banks:
In Basic Editing contests, can I CROP the image as much as I want? It will still be 640 wide without enlarging. |
Yes, you can crop pretty much all you want. That said, if you cropped to about 4x4px and then blew it back up to 640x640px you might get DQ'd... don't laugh, it's happened.
Message edited by author 2006-07-18 17:12:25. |
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07/18/2006 05:43:43 PM · #3 |
| Thanks!!! As far as the model release goes, he's far enough away I doubt it would be an issue. He's also showing off, so I think he'd be thrilled if he found out ;) |
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07/18/2006 06:01:58 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Yes, you can crop pretty much all you want. That said, if you cropped to about 4x4px and then blew it back up to 640x640px you might get DQ'd... don't laugh, it's happened. |
Not quite -- I think in the case you're thnking of, the problem was that the original was resampled-- not cropped -- down to 4x6 pixels, and then upsampled back to 640x480. I believe that cropping to 4x6 pixels and upsampling would be technically legal, though perhaps a violation of the "spirit of the rules" and almost certainly not well-received by the voting populace. |
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07/18/2006 06:13:27 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by kirbic:
Yes, you can crop pretty much all you want. That said, if you cropped to about 4x4px and then blew it back up to 640x640px you might get DQ'd... don't laugh, it's happened. |
Not quite -- I think in the case you're thnking of, the problem was that the original was resampled-- not cropped -- down to 4x6 pixels, and then upsampled back to 640x480. I believe that cropping to 4x6 pixels and upsampling would be technically legal, though perhaps a violation of the "spirit of the rules" and almost certainly not well-received by the voting populace. |
I hate to beat a dead horse, but...
That's creation/removal of a major element, is it not? It's almost exactly the same as resampling and then upsizing. In both cases, it totally obliterates the photo and creates something new.
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07/18/2006 06:31:38 PM · #6 |
In that case, wouldn't some instances of cropping, by themselves sometimes remove major elements? It seems that if cropping is legal then extensive cropping and then resizing has to be.
I'm not trying to argue this, it's just that I've read the prior conversations about this and have had this in my mind and am wondering if I am right. |
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07/18/2006 06:43:15 PM · #7 |
| Whatever's outside the cropped area has never been considered an element (major or otherwise). As for the resampling, my interpretation is that if the original scene is still basically recognizable in the entry, then it's legal. If not, then you've removed/obscured prominent features of the photo- a major elements violation. |
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