Thank you very much.

newt

DatapawWolf

It makes sense that it is imitative. Learned and stored (and won't use it)

So, I'm curious and want to ask specifically those whose native language is english. I see this quite a lot: "...should of been..." (and similar phrases). Where does this come from? I learned at school "...should have been..." Is it incorrect nowadays? Or is it two different things?

I see! That's fine then. Regarding commercial projects, I hoped for the answer you gave

I just hope it's not too restrictive now. I mean, in the end the shop is meant to be profitable. But with too much restrictions, people may consider to not buy. I'm happy that music is not bound to a certain format. But if I read about the ebooks... Imagine a teacher having interest in an ebook to use parts from it in his class. He/she would have to buy 20 (or however many students there are) licenses of the same ebook! I think this will lead to the decision to better buy one printed book from another author in a local shop instead.

Also, the commercial project declaration is still not so obvious to me. If someone creates a game with graphics bought in the shop and then sells the game for pc, it surely is a commercial project. Half a year later, the game is so successful that additionally a free version with ingame-ads is published on (Kongregate/Armor Games/Fill in whatever you like). Now is it still 1 project? And if not: where is the threshold?

In C2 you don't need to think about such aspects, as Ashley is the traditional programmer who takes care of all this (I hope he won't argue against it^^). In C2 gloval variables exist to keep data between layouts. So use them as you see fit. If you can manage a thousand globals - then use a thousand.

[quote:17orjb1l]Allow conversion to different formats as long as its for your own purposes (i.e. pdf -> epub)? This is probably nitpicking on my part though.

Nope, it's a good point and added!

Tom

I didn't think about this before and since english is not my mother tongue I would like you to clarify this for me: I would like to offer music in 24-bit wave format and let the customer decide into what format(s) it will be converted (m4a, ogg, maybe other formats are required in the future, who knows). Is this possible with the current license aggreement?

Tom link works for me

It would be sufficient for me. An unlimited use in several commercial projects would raise the prices. A restriction to one commercial project is probably all a customer wants for music. But for sound effects or graphics there might be the need for a multi-license. So this should be considered, maybe as a separate offer?

Thank's for the info.

What about Sony vegas?

Sorry for the late reply. Sony Vegas is a video editing suite, so using it as a simple sound editor would be a bit over the top, I'd say

CS2, as far as I know, is not usable for free by anyone, only those whom actually possesed a license of it before, it just is not clear and poorly executed(as anyone can go ahead and download them from their website with nothing preventing them), but actually it is not legal to do so If I remember correctly.

Indeed, it isn't legal. Also, Adobe changed the way you access those downloads. You need to make an account now, with a lot of personal information required.

The downloads are just for those who own a licence.

I already wondered why I didn't hear from you for quite some time! Good to see how far this has been going! I wish you success for this project - and contact me if you need sounds or music for that special other one

Keep it up!

How do the pros learn expressions?

By using them. Whenever there is something that's new to you, make a small project where you play around with the expression in various situations.

I used to work for years with Cinema 4D and then tried Blender. Although I know that Blender is very powerful and can easily compete with the industry standard, I couldn't access its powers - just because of that we-need-to-be-different user interface. It complicates things, isn't intuitive, hinders you more than guiding you.

However, there's another free modeler you shouldn't ignore: Sculptris

Easy said it works quite like in real life, where you would take some clay and form your model from it. Its approach is less technical, more artistic.