Zodiaq~ Zodiaq~

Very Upset...

Very Upset...

I'm feeling extremely upset. Another skinner from this site (you know who you are) stole one of my graphics from my "Blue Pearl" skin and is using it. I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to say any names, just looking for advice on the matter.

I would never make such a controversial statement unless I was 100% sure. I have taken and reproduced the stolen graphic many times, the pixel pattern is almost exact, it can be reproduced quite easily with just using layer styles in Photoshop.

What can I do?
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Reply #101 Top
Hey Zodiac, it's just a stupid button that looks simular and probably is not a rip especially if you and the other author were using the same graphic software. How would you like it if Apple decided to sue you for using a button that is simular to the buttons on the Mac OS X interface?
Reply #102 Top
No need on commenting to him anymore...he obviously took his skins and went home.
Reply #103 Top
HELP! The thread has been hijacked by chocolate custard and ice cream (with cream) loving dutchmen!



Reply #105 Top
WHOOOAAAAA!!!!
People clear house very quick around here.
Hmmmm..... Maybe I should clear my library too........



.....NOT!!!!
Reply #106 Top
Ok Chocolatte is good, but does anyone has Vanilla??
Reply #107 Top
True - another hijacking of a thread. We have moved from "uh oh" to cocoa.
Reply #108 Top
Ok, ok... forget about Vanilla.... how about some Butter Pecan??
Reply #109 Top
Never beat Cheese Cake
Reply #111 Top

I dunno about all the chocolate vla - whatever....but I do need to point out to all and sundry....anyone not aware....that MadIce is NOT a brown-nose of any variety.

Matthijs done and contributed more to this [and other] skinning communities than a paltry '7 skins and 2 walls' and doesn't deserve personal insult.

I'm not bothered that my opinion is considered not sufficiently 'professional', as I doubt I could convince the stubborn otherwise.

Zodiaq~...if you wish, I'll approach these three mentioned 'Professionals' for their opinion, however I know the outcome already....I'll have my opinion supported thrice, and I'll be quizzed as to why I thought I should need to ask their opinion anyway, and treetog will call me names claiming I am French and cannot speak Spanish...[it's a long story].

Putting this whole, [originally anonymous] debate in the public forum is all part of skinning and the education of those new to the 'game' of issues/problems that arise from time to time.

The clear and present danger of doing so can write one 'side' or the other into a corner from which there is no 'easy' escape.

It takes a bloody big person to publicly admit an error of judgement.....but, when they do [as one has done just recently directly to the admins], they are simply seen to be even bigger for doing so.

With the short attention-spans of a gnat, and the general willingness to move on to the next contentious issue, people will soon forget all about this, so there is not actually any real necessity to leave the site for whatever perceived reason.

Just stay, put this all behind you as a learning experience and, as I think MadIce said once or twice....'skin something'.

Think of your remaining here as a pay back for all the time various Admins have expended in determining the veracity of the whole situation...

Reply #112 Top
Ok, time machine is fired up and ready to go.
Who's coming back to the Skinz days with me?
Reply #113 Top
Who's coming back to the Skinz days with me?

all your Turkey are belong to us
Reply #114 Top
I thought I was feeling a bit of deja vue.
Reply #115 Top
Who's coming back to the Skinz days with me?


I been a lurker for many years in the 'skinning community'. The way I see it, WinCusto IS Skinz, minus a few odd people. Half of the regular names I see here, I used to see on Skinz, I see way way less on the other 2 big skin sites. Only difference is, this is Skinz with quite a few more people. Just my opinion though, I could be wrong...
Reply #116 Top
All this time I've been lying to myself. It turns out that I'm not a professional graphic designer after all, and these past few years have been spent blindly pressing buttons on a computer and somehow producing work. Thanks for opening my eyes Zodiaq.

I also apologise for my sarcasm, and agree with you wholeheartedly that your button was ripped. Dark Mist was so clever that he realised that he could cover his evil deed by modifying every single pixel in the final image so that it bore no resemblance to the original. Why spend a day creating your own button from scratch when you can spend two modifying someone else's beyond recognition? Sheer brilliance!
Reply #117 Top
My secret is my sheer talent


Reply #118 Top
Oh 116 & 117...grayhaze & DM......I had a tough day, and wanted to read the latest on this thread...and I must say, I quite loved and admired your most 'humble' words... Warmed me up all over!!
Reply #119 Top
Well I'll be buttered on both sides ....
Both PSP 7 and PSP 8 have a heap of 'ready made' buttons!
Who is into PSP 8 as a matter of interest?
First impression of the retail version is the same as the betas, far too much 'photo correction' .... IMHO.



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Reply #120 Top
#115 by Sir Hus - 6/4/2003 3:37:48 PM Only difference is, this is Skinz with quite a few more people.


And lots more melodramatic whinging whiners on the messageboards....


Reply #121 Top
"And lots more melodramatic whinging whiners on the messageboards...."

Ding...ding...ding...we have a winner. Thanks for playing, we have some lovely parting gifts for you.
Reply #122 Top
English Translation:

Vla = Custard





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Reply #123 Top

Zodiaq~, I hope that you realize that you do not need to leave the site.  This entire situation went badly.  *But*, this is nothing new.  Many people have left and come back and then realized that the one thread or reason that made them go away was really no big deal and was forgotten very quickly. 

Please consider publishing your work again (I think that we can just make them public again for you) and just continue life as usual around here.  This whole things has become a silly mess that should just be forgotten.


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Reply #124 Top
"all we are saying, is give peace a chance"



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Reply #125 Top
I think zodiaq isnt with us anymore
Prove them their wrong and they leave....