I've recently entered the graphic design scene and I want to promote my services on some social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook. I know that it is okay for me to publish some of my works that I have done for previous clients. But is it okay for me to publish works that have not been approved by my client?
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I'm a student and I started my first portfolio. I'm doing some "fake jobs." I can do 3D and 2D (I'm not so good at drawing [yet]). In the future I hope to work with designing album covers, posters, and such.  What are some good projects for my portfolio?
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I would say most websites with a somewhat thought-through graphical design use social media icons (i.e Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc) which are altered to fit the theme and design of the site.  Now, my boss insist we only use the ones provided by say Facebook or Twitter themselves (in fear of getting sued or lose credibility), but sometimes it just doesn't look very good on the site.   What is the common practice for these things? What do you risk by using an altered logo? What should I tell my boss?  I'll provide a few examples, what'd happen if I put any of these on a site?
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I'm writing an application that generates a spec sheet for a publication.  At the top there will be a list of the various components (ads, articles, etc.) and how many there are for each status type:  Pending (pending content) These elements are missing the content necessary to begin working on for a few different reasons:  It is an ad space that hasn't been sold yet It is an ad space that has been sold, but the advertiser hasn't decided what to do with it yet The content depends on something that hasn't happened yet (eg. an interview that's scheduled for some time in the future) The copy text and/or photographs for the element haven't been provided yet  ??? (ready to be worked on) These elements are ready for placement into the publication, but they involve a bit of touching up.  If photographs are provided, only the best can be chosen to appear in the publication as space is limited Some photos require alteration A place must be found for elements without a predefined page number If the element is an ad and the advertiser does not provide an ad design, we design an ad for them  If there's too much content for the number of pages that have been allocated to the publication but not enough to justify adding additional pages, then non-advertising elements need to be trimmed down.  If there's too little content or we've decided to add additional pages, then non-advertising elements need to be fluffed up a bit (extra photos chosen, pull-quotes added, etc.). Published (laid out for publishing) These elements are locked into the publication and cannot change.  Once all elements reach this state, it goes to the printer for publishing.  I'm looking for a word to say &quot;these elements are ready to be worked on&quot;.  It would be extra awesome if it could be used interchangeably to say &quot;mark this element as ready to publish&quot;. The word their current application uses for this state is Approved.  The Approved state is really only relevant to ads where we're doing the ad design (ie. the advertiser has approved our ad design) and not a general label for all elements on the spec sheet. Words I've considered:  Processing (makes sense as a label for a collection, but not much sense for changing the state of a single element) Completed (sounds too similar to &quot;Published&quot;) Queued (sounds weird on a design document)  A single word would be best since spaces require extra work to deal with in the application, but if there's an exceptional short phrase I'm willing to make an exception.
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If you design a piece for print. It gets reproduced several times over the course of a few years. Then the client doesn't return for any work for a few more years. And suddenly you are contacted asking for native files (Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop). As the client puts it, "We just want to be able to make minor changes, we aren't designers."  Now, there is absolutely value in the native files. They are my "secret recipe" as a designer and anyone asking for that recipe should provide compensation for the ease of reusing, repurposing, and altering the recipe.  How do you explain to this client that there is value in the native files?  How do you counter the "But we already paid for the design." argument?  Note: I know I own the files. I know my contract states I own the files. Heck even without a contract, US Copyright law states I own the files.  What I'm seeking is an elegant, less argumentative, method of explaining the file ownership to the uneducated client. Reciting legal statutes and contract clauses doesn't often make for friendly client relations. My goal is to find a method of explaining so it is fully understood by the client without the appearance of a contract clause which forces them to do something against their will. I want the client to respect and not resent these types of contract clauses.
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In my blog I publish articles with date below under it.  My questions are:   Using dates will have positive impact or negative impact? After few years of publishing the post, since my post age is old will it remain in same position of search results or it will go down? Finally, should I use published dates or not?
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I'm creating the UI for a web application which will mainly run on Macs. So my goal is to preserve the look and feel of Mac OS. But since I don't use Apples Frameworks I'm not allowed to use their UI design. So my question is: how closely am I allowed to copy their design without violating copyrights?  Do you think this is still legitimate?
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This is a follow-up question to , and is somehow related to   However, my question does not concern the reviews I receive for the papers I submit, but concerns the reviews I write for papers I have been assigned. Since the whole process is done under confidentiality, it is not clear who owns the copyright on a review I wrote, and what does the review include.   For instance, let us assume that X is member of a PC of a conference Y, and assigns to me a review of a paper Z, written by A and B (assuming it's not a double-blind). Can I publish on my blog: "Here is my review for Y, asked by X, on the paper Z, written by A and B"?   I think that there are two points here:    Is it legal? (for instance, publishing the camera-ready version of a paper might be illegal due to the copyright transfer, would it be also the care here?).  Is it ethical? (who should I ask in order to do so? X? Y? A and B? everybody?).    EDIT: There is been several comments/answer wondering why I would like to publish a review I wrote. To give a bit of background of this question, I believe that the current reviewing system, created when the academic community was small and there was no Internet (i.e. no easy access to information), might not be the best, although clearly working. This is for me a very interesting debate, but somehow out of the scope the Q&amp;A format of Academia SE, which is why I tried to focus on my question on whether it was possible to do so, not if it was the best thing to do in the current system (and just to be clear, I don't plan to do it, but I just like to know what are my options). Anyway, thanks for the answers bringing a different light on this debate.   EDIT 2: After seeing the update in Jeff's answer, I just realised that I didn't make it explicit that I was talking about reviews after the reviewing process. Jeff says that it's ok if the paper is accepted, and although I clearly understand the argument of why I shouldn't publish a review of a rejected paper, the question still holds: by publishing a review of a rejected paper, I publish the information that these authors submitted this paper to this conf/journal, which is supposed to be confidential between the authors and the editors. Would I break any rule by doing so?
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I was hoping I would find some people in the industry that could help me decide what's the best price to charge to design (in this case) business cards.  What are standard prices for professional designers?  From a firm point of view? From a freelancer?  I don't want to overcharge clients but I don't want to ruin the industry by underselling my services.
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This may be seen as a bit off topic, but I'm hoping it's a question that some photographers can associalte with and clear up for me.  I'm an amateur wanting to get more serious in the new year, and aiming to build up a portfolio of work that I will showcase on my own website, which will hopefully build up a client base.  I figured that a good way to get started would be to create a few 365 style projects that I can publish on my site and on social media. However, my interests vary a great deal, and therefore my photography will more than likely range from nature and local events, to more NSFW style topics.  My problem is, how to successfully communicate with people who will be interested in certain aspects of my work, without losing touch with those interested in others.  In theory, I'd like to set up a single social media presence, preferably Twitter, where I can freely post anything I want, and connect with anyone I want. Essentailly pointing people in the direction of whatever content they will be interested in. Problem is, social media sites like Twitter publicise ALL of your posts to ALL of your followers, so people who are following for nature/local photography will possibly unfollow me for my NSFW content. At the same time, some SFW followers may be potential clients in other areas, and vice versa.  So as a multi niche photographer, how can you engage with all potential clients, and showcase all portfolio peices ( in my case all 365 project shots ) via a single or limited number of social networks? How are you doing it?
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I want to build a personal portfolio so my questions related are as follows:   What should I include in the portfolio apart from Home, About, Work, Contact? I have never worked on any real life examples so what to display in the work/portfolio page? What kind of design samples do I need to include? Ex: Website, Logo, Banner etc   Any help is appreciated.  Thanks!
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I am working on my first ever project , and I have used some copyrighted images(images taken from some other well recognized games). Is it even possible that I edit the images a little bit and then use them as royalty free images?
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I just had a quick question and wanted everyone's opinions.  I'm making a 2D demo game for a resume which I want to post online. I'm applying as a programmer position so I don't really have my own art. I am planning on using sprite sheets and tile sets from other games in order to create just one or two levels on my demo. I will give credit at the bottom of the screen and state that these sprites are not my own.  Is this a good idea or could this be potentially "dangerous" in the illegal sense?
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Can I publish without affiliation ? Now I am not associated with any university and i want to publish one publication . Is there solution of this problem ?
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I just ran into an answer in which the author included a link to a PDF book that was licensed only to them. I'm pretty sure this is copyrighted material and the author does not want copies of the book to be freely available on the web.   What is the proper etiquette in this situation? Leave a comment? (I can't yet, I just joined.) Mark as offensive? Contact a moderator?
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I'm aware that some institutions offer something that is called 'Thesis by Publication' (sandwich thesis) but that's not available to me. I'm trying to work out what pitfalls there may be to simply copying from papers that I have previously published in order to form large sections of my thesis.  The papers that I've published were largely designed to solve major problems encountered within the larger frame of research, so altogether they should follow a single coherent line of thought.  Must one's own work be cited in a thesis? This would be standard when submitting a paper for publication, but there is a stipulation when publishing papers that that work has not been already published elsewhere, and the same sort of thing does not really crop up with a thesis, does it?  Are there any other potentially pitfalls in this course of action?
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Is it possible to see what license an individual song has on Soundcloud? Some of the songs have Creative Commons but others appear to not have any license.
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I have been thinking of rebuilding my portfolio since its pretty outdated and I wanted some views on the approach I should take   Option 1 : Have an approach in which I list all the projects (major ones) on the front page and allow visitors to go through them   Option 2 : I build it like  a conventional site and allow users to learn more about me (and my design methodology) before they have a look at the projects ,so the order would be home ,about me,my portfolio and contact me  The thing is I have seen portfolios of designers who have employed either of the methods and have been successful but I get mixed signals from people about what exactly they want to see,some say that most people are not interested in who the person is and rather would just like to see the work while I have heard contrasting views from other people as well.  I also would like to hear your views on how you handle the issue of proprietary work being displayed on portfolios