legalities for making animation
i'm just curious. and before i start playing around with it too much. i was wondering if there is anything stopping me from making animated movies videos for personal use even though i don't have the licensing to make money doing it. i mean i know i can't sell anything i make because of licensing. but, i'm not sure if it's ok for me to make stuff and learn how to do it, and say post what i make on my personal facebook page to share with friends and family type thing. anywho i just now for the first time am playing around with the timeline and ani-blocks. through few ani-blocks together and rendering just to see what it looked like since open GL seems to render in a couple seconds. figured i'd try to render out a few second avi. i spent waaaaay to much on daz to just want to chance anything i'm not completely sure of. and figured i should ask for some clearity on posting what i make with daz outside of still renders.
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The interactive license is only for 3D products like games in which the actual mesh and textures are potentially exposed to users. The standard license covers any rendered work.
i thought the standard liciense ONLY covered still image renders. meaning, that's all i can make money on anyhow. did they change that over the years? not that i plan on making money on anything. haven't even made a dime on still image renders. invested $thousands$, haven't made a single cent with it. but to get this right, anything i create in the actual daz program i can share, or even have rights to sell my animated movie/skit. saying i actually make one. knowing this, i might just slow down on making still images and start dabbling with making some animated stuff. TY
What is an animation but a series of still renders?
The Game developer and Interactive Licenses have always been for including the 3d content (and/or textures) in a game or app. Games or apps that use sprites or prerendered images or animations do not require the additional license, nor do stand-alone images and videos.
The only products to be cautious about using in renders, still or animated, that are published - are those that were released with the editorial licenses. Daz3d won't bother you AFAIK, but there are other companies that might take exceptions ;-) [this is not legal advice, just my 2 cents]