Is this a recolor?

[ApothiX]

Me and a staff member of mine just had a confrontation because I wouldn't use one of the bodies that he made for me, because I thought it was a recolor of a Graal Kingdoms body. He argued against me for some time stating that it is not a recolor, and that 'the pixels are completely different.'

I was under the impression that adding a few lines and changing the shading style of a graphic does not make the graphic 'completely different'

So I just wanted to ask you, the graphics community, what you think of this matter. Is this graphic a recolor? (I have attached both the GK version, and the version that he made.)

[Curt1zzle]

100% Recolor. Adding dots does not make it your own.


You are correct, good sir.

[excaliber7388]

I'd call it a recolor, the outline's the same, just a few details changed. Although it's a good recolor. Maybe they should change the outline of the body a bit

[alarid0]

I've got a few questions...

What's the dispute over? Where's he using it? Does he want to use it on some server other than GK? (sorry, I don't know what PW your associated with) If he submitted it for GK hoping it would get uploaded, why not allow it? There's nothing wrong with recolors in that case. Somebody might want a light green shirt. Don't need to come up with something completly new just to get that done.

Also... is he trying to take all the credit for it? Or does he just want the credit that he edited it? Either way, if it is for GK, it shouldn't matter much. I'd put it up anyway.

[CidNight1142]

Thats about the definition of recolor.

[Elk]

Recolooooor <3

[Tom]

That's defernately a recolour, besides the few few creases in the body.

[Zero Hour]

Or not.

[Curt1zzle]

Originally Posted by Zero Hour

Or not.

He cut and pasted and moved a few pixels. That does not make it an original work. It's a recolor.

[Zero Hour]

Yea, totally.

[excaliber7388]

the outline is the same, so it''s technically a recolor. It's nicely done though XD

[Zero Hour]

Yea, someone take the outline of the Mona Lisa and put some airplanes and baseball bats in there.

We'll see if it's a recolor then.

I don't care if the content still directly relates to the original or not, it's changed dramatically (more than a "few pixels"). It's not a recolor.

[CidNight1142]

Originally Posted by Zero Hour

Yea, someone take the outline of the Mona Lisa and put some airplanes and baseball bats in there.

We'll see if it's a recolor then.

I don't care if the content still directly relates to the original or not, it's changed dramatically (more than a "few pixels"). It's not a recolor.

I think the differences here are dramatically less then the ones you describe in your mona lisa example.
Its really a judgment call I suppose, without zooming in to %500, most cannot tell the difference. Thats a problem if you ask me.

[Zero Hour]

Originally Posted by CidNight1142

Its really a judgment call I suppose, without zooming in to %500, most cannot tell the difference. Thats a problem if you ask me.

Let's not forget that the images in question are all quite small.

To make any definitions it must be done by magnifying.

[Curt1zzle]

Recolor. I'm sticking to it.