PERSONAL TERMS OF USE

All graphics images are copyrighted by Kim Hill / CG Essentials with all rights reserved. By purchasing a downloadable layout kit or downloading free samples you are obtaining a "license to use" these graphics images and designs from Kim Hill / CG Essentials and you are agreeing to the terms of this user license.

All graphics/images are copyrighted property and are licensed to you, not sold to you. They do not become your property; you are obtaining a license to use them. Only you are permitted to use the Content. Any additional persons who wish to use the Content must download it from the CG Essentials themselves.

This license agreement applies to all materials created by or authored by Kim Hill / CG Essentials including, but not limited to, graphics, elements images, kits, avatars, layouts, fonts, free samples, CDs, DVDs, videos, visual interfaces and text ("Content"). Content may not be used for commercial purposes without express written permission from the owner, Kim Hill (kim@cgessentials.com).

PERMITTED USES:

1. You may:

(a) use and incorporate the Content in your personal scrapbooking layouts;

(b) alter Content by changing the size, color, adding to or deleting from said Content.

(c) use portions of this kit in your layouts that are submitted to scrapbooking and/or related magazines and web sites for publication as long as proper credit is given to Kim Hill and a link is provided to http://www.cgessentials.com

(d) print a hardcopy of Content to be used in your personal scrapbooking projects.

(e) make one (1) copy of the Content solely for back-up purposes; you must reproduce all proprietary notices on this single back-up copy;

(f) create flattened layouts or greeting cards for others' PERSONAL use (also known as scrap for others);

(g) create design templates for resale to individuals for their own PERSONAL blog (also know as scrap for others).

PROHIBITED USES:

2. You may not do anything with the Content that is not expressly permitted. You may not provide a copy of the Content, or any portions thereof, to anyone or allow anyone to gain access to the Content, or any portion thereof, except as permitted above. For greater certainty, you may not:

(a) use the Content in design template applications for resale to businesses, including, without limitation, website templates, flash templates, and brochure design templates;

(b) display the Content on websites designed to induce sales of "print on demand" products, including postcards, mugs, t-shirts, posters and other items (this includes custom designed websites as well as sites such as http:// www.cafepress.com );

(c) claim Content or altered Content as your own. You may not alter these graphics and call them your own. You may not take any part of these graphics and add it to your graphic and claim the resulting graphic as your own.

(d) use the Content or any part thereof as part of a trade-mark, design-mark, trade-name, business name, service mark, or logo;

(e) incorporate the Content in any product that results in a re-distribution of the Content (such as electronic greeting card web sites);

(f) use the Content in a fashion that is considered by Kim Hill / CG Essentials (acting reasonably)as pornographic, obscene, defamatory or libelous in nature;

(g) use any image in the Content that depicts a person to endorse a business, product or service;

(h) use Content to create obscene, defamatory, or immoral works.

(i) remove any notice of copyright, trade-mark or other proprietary right from any place where it appears on or in the Content or its accompanying materials;

(j) sub-license, re-sell, rent, lend, or otherwise distribute the Content;

(k) post a copy of the Content on a network server or web server for use by other users; or

(m) transfer the rights to the Content or accompanying materials (if applicable), except as specifically provided for elsewhere in this Agreement.

(n) make any Content into tubes or brushes and redistribute them in any way.

(o) offer Content on any webpage for download, send them through a list such as a news or Yahoo group or include them in any graphics collection either on the internet or otherwise.

(p) link to http://www.cgessentials.com server - meaning you may not make the graphics show up on your website by pulling them off http://www.cgessentials.com.

ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS:

3. You further agree to notify Kim Hill / CG Essentials in the event that your work/layout is to be published in scrapbooking or related magazines (both analog and digital) in which Content and altered Content is used:

(a) by notifying Kim Hill via email submitting your full name, your email address, the name of the Publication and or web site, the date of the publication in which your submission is to be published, a picture/image of your submission, and Content used in the submission;

(b) giving proper credit to the copyright holder, Kim Hill, in the publication (example: background paper, round metal tag, ribbon and photo frame are from Kim Hill / CG Essentials and are available at http://www.cgessentials.com.

(c) providing a link to http://www.cgessentials.com in the publication.

THANK YOU FOR RESPECTING THESE TERMS OF USE.


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PROFESSIONAL TERMS OF USE FOR DIGITAL DESIGNERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS
(for designer resources and photoshop actions, only)

THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING PRODUCTS AT CG ESSENTIALS! If you have any questions that are not addressed here, please contact me at kim@cgessentials.com.

CGE TERMS OF USE
All graphics images are copyrighted by Kim Hill / CG Essentials with all rights reserved. By purchasing a downloadable layout kit or downloading free samples you are obtaining a "license to use" these graphics images and designs from Kim Hill / CG Essentials and you are agreeing to the terms of this user license.

All graphics/images are copyrighted property and are licensed to you, not sold to you. They do not become your property; you are obtaining a license to use them. Only you are permitted to use the Content. Any additional persons who wish to use the Content must download it from the CG Essentials themselves.

This license agreement applies to all materials created by or authored by Kim Hill / CG Essentials including, but not limited to, graphics, elements images, kits, avatars, layouts, fonts, free samples, CDs, DVDs, videos, visual interfaces and text ("Content"). Content may not be used for commercial purposes without express written permission from the owner, Kim Hill (kim@cgessentials.com).

***PLEASE PROVIDE CREDIT TO KIM HILL AS THE ORIGINAL CREATOR IN YOUR OWN DESIGNER TERMS OF USE PRIOR TO DISTRIBUTING YOUR FINAL PRODUCT FOR SALE.***

CGE PERMITTED USES:

You may:

(a) use and incorporate the Content in your personal scrapbooking layouts;

(b) alter Content by changing the size, color, adding to or deleting from said Content.

(c) use portions of this product in your layouts that are submitted to scrapbooking and/or related magazines and web sites for publication as long as proper credit is given to Kim Hill and a link is provided to http://www.cgessentials.com

(d) print a hardcopy of Content to be used in your personal scrapbooking projects.

(e) make one (1) copy of the Content solely for back-up purposes; you must reproduce all proprietary notices on this single back-up copy;

(f) use these items to alter your own digital designs for resale, given that my products are not the primary design.

(g) use as many of my professional use items as you deem necessary in one of your designs;

(h) modify the professional use items in any way to fit your needs in designing as long as they are not taken as is and claimed as one's own.

(i) use my professional use items as tools to create digital products for sale such as brushes, overlays, papers, etc. to include in your kits provided the textures are altered and combined with your own designs when distributed.

CGE PROHIBITED USES:

You may not do anything with the Content that is not expressly permitted. You may not provide a copy of the Content, or any portions thereof, to anyone or allow anyone to gain access to the Content, or any portion thereof, except as permitted above. For greater certainty, you may not:

(a) use the content to create professional or commercial use products for resale to other designers, photographers, or for Scrap-for-Other creators;

(b) use the Content in design template applications for resale, including, without limitation, website templates, flash templates, and brochure design templates for sale (personal use on your own blog is fine);

(c) display the Content on websites designed to induce sales of "print on demand" products, including postcards, mugs, t-shirts, posters and other items (this includes custom designed websites as well as sites such as http://www.cafepress.com); however, please contact me as this is an option with a separate paid fee and signed license agreement;

(d) claim Content or altered Content as your own. You may not alter these graphics and call them your own. You may not take any part of these graphics and add it to your graphic and claim the resulting graphic as your own.

(e) use the Content or any part thereof as part of a trade-mark, design-mark, trade-name, business name, service mark, or logo;

(f) use the Content in a fashion that is considered by Kim Hill/CG Essentials (acting reasonably)as pornographic, obscene, defamatory or libelous in nature;

(g) remove any notice of copyright, trade-mark or other proprietary right from any place where it appears on or in the Content or its accompanying materials;

(h) sub-license, re-sell, rent, lend, or otherwise distribute the Content;

(i) post a copy of the Content on a network server or web server for use by other users; or

(j) transfer the rights to the Content or accompanying materials (if applicable), except as specifically provided for elsewhere in this Agreement.

(k) offer this original content on any webpage for download, send them through a list such as a news or Yahoo group or include them in any graphics collection either on the internet or otherwise.

(l) link to http://www.cgessentials.com server - meaning you may not make the graphics show up on your website by pulling them off http://www.cgessentials.com.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO ANY OF THE ITEMS LISTED IN THE PROHIBITED USES " PORTION OF THESE TERMS, PLEASE CONTACT ME DIRECTLY ABOUT A SEPARATE FEE AND LICENSING AGREEMENT.

THANK YOU FOR RESPECTING THESE TERMS OF USE.