RedBubble Beginner's Tutorial (locked)

I think it would be useful to new Bubblers if this could be kept at the beginning of the forum. Can this be done easily?

FANTASTIC! thank you….....

A note on copyrights for those concerned…

Under law in most countries, a photo or an image is automatically copyrighted to the creator of that work. This is known as ‘assumed copyright’ by law. The copyright belongs to the creator of the work, unless the creator of the work states the copyrights otherwise.

This automatic copyright remains in effect for a period of 50 years, after which time, the copyright must be reasserted by the legal copyright holder in order to retain the copyright. If it is not reasserted by the legal copyright holder after the 50 year period, then the work is legally released into the public-domain for all, or in effect, it will cease to have a copyright at all.

This does not apply to derivative works, as this is a joint copyright situation. In this situation, both the legal copyright holder of the original work and the creator of the derivative work hold joint copyrights to the derivative work. The creator of the derivative work must obtain a copyright release from the legal owner of the original work in order for them to hold all the copyrights of the derivative work to themselves.

It is a very big misconception that placing the infamous circle-C on the work, or even a watermark for that matter, that gives a work it’s copyright. If you place nothing on an original work at all that you create, the copyright is still yours irregardless of any markings displayed on the actual work.

The important thing in protecting your copyrights, is in documenting and saving the source materials used to make a work.

For a photograph as an example, this would be either the original negative from a film camera, or the original digital photo with the EXIF data intact from a digital camera ( for those that don’t know, EXIF data is added to a digital photograph by the digital camera itself at the time the photograph is taken ).

For a digital artwork as another example, this would be all the little steps used when creating the image saved as independent files that will show a progression of the work from the beginning to it’s final image. The best method here is to save the ‘layered’ files with the layers still intact, as this will be impossible to reproduce by someone stealing your final work.

Ultimately, in a court of law you will need to provide proof in the form of this kind of documentation to protect and assert your legal copyright against another claim on a photograph or artwork. Being able to produce these materials that the counter-claimant is unable to do, will make for a very short case and a judgment in your favor, including some very hefty awards for punitive damages. So let the rip-off artist beware…

So save your source materials, and enjoy displaying your artwork to others without the necessity of the infamous circle-C or watermark mucking up your work, while knowing that your work is indeed copyrighted to you!

I hope this information has been helpful, especially in relieving an anxiety over protecting ones work.

brightoak
you need to go to
my bubble>art tab>edit
when you have clicked edit on an image you need to scroll down and you will see a section
make this work available for sale-set your markup amount, this is the amount you make if your image sells.click to make available and save changes. you need to do this for each artwork you have. Hope this helps.

I’m just trying to figure out how my stuff winds up for sale. I’d like to make it all available, but there’s no “sell your work” buttons that I can see.

if someone could help I rilly need it thanks

Tyler you are not a very rare species. Idiots with multiple identities who cant be bothered to read the advice given by other members are commonplace on the internet. It’s not clever and it isn’t funny.

HELP!!!! I entered a PHOTO into a PAINTING comp!!! I can’t work out how to remove it……....................they’re gonna think I’m naughty and I’m not…please help me someone:)

I have bubblemailed you to suggest you contact the organiser of the competition so they can remove the image for you, as you can’t remove an image yourself… only replace it with another.

The information you will find contained in the TUTORIAL How to Enhance Your Profile is set out below….

1. Displaying your card, print or tee previews
2. Creating clickable text link
3. Creating clickable image link
4. Adding clickable thumbnails to your Profile Page
5. Adding clickable banners to your Profile Page
6. Creating Sets for your Profile Page