The New Blood
Well-Known Member
I have seen pattern maker who intend to sell their patterns get ripped off because without permission someone traced their work. I have seen various ways people have done to prevent this, and I am here to share what ways of protecting your work is effect.
1. Don't show the whole pattern.
Only show what you need to show enough that it at least let's people know what character the pattern is referenced from (especially if you are a well known pattern maker)
2. Don't warp/skew each part of the pattern, not all in one go. I have seen people skew their patterns and being a smart alec, managed to un-skew the pattern (not saying how).
3. Don't make the image of your pattern huge. The more pixelated the image is, the more difficult it is to make accurate tracing.
4. Doesn't hurt to blur the image slightly. Generalizing pixels makes it also difficult to see where or what to trace.
5. Its always good to watermark the pattern as well.
Take this with a grain of salt, this is just my advice to pattern makers out there wanting to profit from their talents. Pattern makers like me aren't as well known, so people like me don't have to worry about tracers just yet, but the well known/popular pattern makers please take notice and I hope this helps you guys out!
Leave me your thoughts guys! Also If you have your own ideas of preventing a pattern to be traced but have it be viewable feel free to give your advice!
1. Don't show the whole pattern.
Only show what you need to show enough that it at least let's people know what character the pattern is referenced from (especially if you are a well known pattern maker)
2. Don't warp/skew each part of the pattern, not all in one go. I have seen people skew their patterns and being a smart alec, managed to un-skew the pattern (not saying how).
3. Don't make the image of your pattern huge. The more pixelated the image is, the more difficult it is to make accurate tracing.
4. Doesn't hurt to blur the image slightly. Generalizing pixels makes it also difficult to see where or what to trace.
5. Its always good to watermark the pattern as well.
Take this with a grain of salt, this is just my advice to pattern makers out there wanting to profit from their talents. Pattern makers like me aren't as well known, so people like me don't have to worry about tracers just yet, but the well known/popular pattern makers please take notice and I hope this helps you guys out!
Leave me your thoughts guys! Also If you have your own ideas of preventing a pattern to be traced but have it be viewable feel free to give your advice!
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