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Originally posted by Fukeneh
if i am paying you to develop a design for me, i would expect the PSDs, with NO flattening, PERIOD!
if i want to diseminate my product that I purchased then that is my prerogative. i can do anything i want with it, including making galleries, banners, etc, based on layers and styles nabbed from the tour design. i own the likeness rights to my design correct? therefor i can use its likeness in anyway that i see fit.
i never even knew there were designers that didnt give up PSDs, as you on contracted to do the work, therefore the work you do is property of the client. i always assumed everyone knew exactly what OldJeff stated.
If i payed a coder to develop a script or application for me, i would expect full sourcecode as well. Granted i can change that too, but that again is my prerogative as i am the owner of the product.
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Actually it is not your perogative. You paid for a site design...not the right to disect the design to create banners, galleries, and possibbly other sites. You're taking a paycheck away from the original designer. If you are not talented enough to do the original work in photoshop, then tough. You'll have to pay someone that has that talent. Of course all of this should have been outlined in the contract.....
I've worked as an art director in the commercial non-adult industry for years. We have never supplied clients with the PSD's for any project. Our PSD's would give the client the potential to create several variations by making changes with the text, hue, saturation, etc....basically creating new designs that they would have never been create without that file.
Unfortunately, it appears few designers are using contracts here....big mistake. Our contract clearly states what the client is buying...whether it's a logo, a layout, a billboard, whatever. However, we also provide the rider that we'll be happy to do minor retouches on the work to suit the needs of the client. If those "changes" however are going to be more of a redesign that's when they pay. We never give out raw materials for projects...exactly for the reasons discussed in previous posts, the client with little to no talent would then be able to take our work and rework it into a new design. I'm not going to allow someone to take $$ from me.
If a client wants minor changes to their design we're more than happy to provide it. However, if the work goes above an hour we charge, it's only fair, designers are trying to make a living too...trust me, it ain't easy.
I've seen several posts comparing a designers PSD's to a programmers script. That's not a good comparison...a better one would be a photographer taking some exclusive photos for you. If you decided you wanted to change something would you expect the photographer to supply all models and props to you?
(Wouldn't it be great if they did?)