From: ausfire2 (Original Message) Sent: 6/3/2008 9:44 PM
I dont quite know how to explain this so I hope you can understand what I'm asking.

If you take an image.......say for example a Luxottica ad (using this as an example as I know they are nono's)......and put the face as your bottom layer, then start freehanding the face, digitally painting it layer by layer doin the smudging, highlights etc etc EXACTLY over the original image and when you're happy, deleting the bottom layer so that 'your' image is 100% created by you...........then is this allowed and can you claim copyright to it. Say for example the only thing you changed was the pattern of some material say on a dress or a ribbon in her hair .....or a flower in her hair?

Its not something I've come across in my group yet but I've suspicions on another image I saw somewhere else. They'd changed the colour of the dress and mirrored the original pose .

Because its been 100% created by yourself then theoretically its yours, but it would also be recognised (or if good enough) mistaken for the original that someone else created.......that would be more plagerism(?) wouldn't it?

I thought to be able to put copyright on it of your own it would need to be a % different to an original.

Does anyone understand what I'm saying and what I'm asking lol