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<p>DrawShield works by taking existing SVG images and placing, scaling and colouring them to assemble a complete image. The source images that are used in the creation of content are subject to a variety of license conditions, however the majority of these are released under Creative Commons licences, hence the final image as produced by the DrawShield program is released under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA licence. You may therefore do anything with that image as permitted by that licence and you should refer to the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons License page] for more information on what these permissions are - it is very short and easy to read so please check it out, it should answer most of your questions. If you enter your blazon in the "Create from Blazon" page then the appropriate artists are listed in the Notes section below the image.</p> | <p>DrawShield works by taking existing SVG images and placing, scaling and colouring them to assemble a complete image. The source images that are used in the creation of content are subject to a variety of license conditions, however the majority of these are released under Creative Commons licences, hence the final image as produced by the DrawShield program is released under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA licence. You may therefore do anything with that image as permitted by that licence and you should refer to the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons License page] for more information on what these permissions are - it is very short and easy to read so please check it out, it should answer most of your questions. If you enter your blazon in the "Create from Blazon" page then the appropriate artists are listed in the Notes section below the image.</p> | ||
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Revision as of 22:03, 2 June 2023
Can I Use Content Created in DrawShield for....(whatever)?
DrawShield works by taking existing SVG images and placing, scaling and colouring them to assemble a complete image. The source images that are used in the creation of content are subject to a variety of license conditions, however the majority of these are released under Creative Commons licences, hence the final image as produced by the DrawShield program is released under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA licence. You may therefore do anything with that image as permitted by that licence and you should refer to the Creative Commons License page for more information on what these permissions are - it is very short and easy to read so please check it out, it should answer most of your questions. If you enter your blazon in the "Create from Blazon" page then the appropriate artists are listed in the Notes section below the image.
If you intend to use 'any coat of arms in an official or commercial situation you are strongly advised to take legal advice as in many jusrisdictions arms are protected by legislation in addition to copyright.
How Do I Achieve ...(whatever).. in DrawShield?
You have a number of options to find answers:
- Use the search bar in the Navigation Menu to see if you can find the topic in the user manual
- Look through the gallery to see if you can find a similar effect the click on the gallery image itself to see the blazon and how it has been constructed
- Ask a question on the DrawShield Discord server
- Use the Contact menu to contact the Author, although I might not always be able to respond very quickly due to other commitments
Can You Please Add...(whatever)...to DrawShield?
How Much Does DrawShield.net Cost to Run?
DrawShield development work is carried out for free by its developer community. We do gratefully acknowledge the support of JetBrains who provide a free licence for their development toolset, primarily PHPStorm, in which most of the development work is done.
DrawShield does receive donations towards the running costs from its user, for which we are very grateful. Any excess donations above the monthly charges are passed on to our contributing artists if we can identify them.