paulsy

28th August 2006 02:20 UTC

avs for artwork
have read some of the forums, need some confirmation, i'm an multimedias artist, painter, composer, writer blah blah, have composed some of my own music, written words etc, and will create my own avs presets using tutorials and nullsoft, then would like to use them as a layer in another multimedia artwork piece that i am creating,

so if i have created the avs components, are there any copyright issues?


am working towards art installation piece for gallery or exhibition, usually struggling artist story,..

finally i would give credits to nullsoft winamp program.

Warrior of the Light

28th August 2006 11:22 UTC

From the AVS editor window:
Help > About...

"You are welcome to use AVS at parties, clubs, concerts and whatnot. Just give credit where credit is due."

That's all that is stated about it for as far as I know.

PS: note that I'm just another artist and not a Nullsoft employee.

Tuggummi

28th August 2006 12:21 UTC

Just as long as you don't use the work of another artist you should be fine. ie. use components from any other avs preset.

paulsy

31st August 2006 23:55 UTC

thanks for the responses. I have downloaded a large tutorial on the program, that is how to make presets with explanations of the maths etc, so will create my own from scratch and probably create some images in photoshop , etc and tweak them , then drop them in, ... I would not copy anyone else's. I understand how important it is to respect someone else's creative work. That really brings up another discussion about what is original. ideas of how we are all ultimately influenced in some way by other works... i'm especially interested in experimenting with fractal geometry and fibicinni's spirals etc all found in nature, which we all ultimately copy either consciously or unconsciously.

jheriko

5th September 2006 13:35 UTC

Sounds interesting. Just a warning tho, fractals and spirals generally make poor avs presets. Fractals are especially troublesome to render in AVS at interactive rates without them looking like total poo. Almost all of the fractal presets around rely on piles and piles of hax to work.

paulsy

9th September 2006 10:17 UTC

thanks for the advise about the fractals, perhaps simplicity is better, less distracting in design. especially if the music is complex, makes a nice contrast.

sometimes we can get carried away with what's possible without stepping back from it and asking why.

appreciate your responses.

jheriko

14th September 2006 15:54 UTC

BTW: Here is the license agreement for AVS:

http://www.1014.org/code/nullsoft/avs/

This deals with the plugin itself but still might be useful.