William Overington

The original picture, and the disc version of it, are intended to be an impression of the English haiku (based on the Japanese original but not the same) of a pond, water lilies and a frog jumps into the water SPLASH! I remember the haiku from when first introduced to haiku at a Creative Writing class. I have just found this video. Not the same haiku as the one I remember had Splash as the final word. William

Oops, that should have been Ah, a derivative work! William

Ah, a derivate work! William

How many video adverts does Affinity have please? Is it just the one? I watch YouTube and from time to time an advert for Affinity comes on, always Hey Hey and fast moving images. Oh for a gentle Affinity advert with someone gently painting a watercolour picture, not speeded up, not fast moving, and some gentle harpsichord music. Is this the right thread for this question? William _________ MOD EDIT - Split from here.

I am not trying to find workarounds or loopholes to your rules, that is not my style. I thought that I was complying with the rules. I am simply saying that it is in my opinion unfair to criticise me for supposedly breaking rules which were unclear or non-existent at the time that I posted. I thought that the link that I posted this morning would be of interest to some of the people who read this thread entitled AI discussion. Perhaps it already has been of interest to some readers, and, unless removed by the management, might be in the future. However, I note what you have written and will abide by your ruling, notwithstanding that it restricts what people may learn and might then apply in relation to Affinity products in some way. We clearly have different approaches to how people learn and gain experience and apply experience, but it is your forum, so your way is how it will be. William

Yes, but that post was added after my post was removed so as to make the rules clear. At the time that I had posted the stated rules were different. I thanked Patrick for that post. William

Well, when I posted the post that got removed or hidden by Patrick Connor it had not occurred to me that posting into Share your work a PDF document and I think an explanation of my workflow in starting with a 1024 pixel by 1024 pixel image produced using Bing Chat AI and scaling it and aligning it to produce an A3 size PDF document ready to get a colour print from an online virtual print house facility would be regarded as unacceptable. I thought that the post might well be of interest and could be helpful to people new to using Affinity Designer. I still think that actually, but it is your forum so there we are, your rules, but the rules were not stated clearly at the time and it all seemed to be on an "understood" basis. People are allowed to start with a photograph from another website taken by someone else, but not start with an image generated using Bing chat ai, which seems to me a curious anomaly, but it is your forum, your rules. William

That is interesting because it seems to be the direct opposite of the official position taken in the Share your work forum for images unsuitable for posting in the Share your work forum where adding a link to an external website is authorized. William

No. Making art from stuff recycled from the grocery shopping. Art materials at no extra cost. William

As it happens the physical original of the first image fell on the floor this morning. But I can reconstruct it in its tray using the electronic version as a guide. William

No it is not. That is a retrospective ruling made after I posted today. I was trying to abide by your ruling. And they were unfair because the rule that I was purported to have broken had not been stated at the time when I posted. I had no idea that I was not allowed to draw the attention of Ash and Patrick Connor to my post. Patrick Connor started this thread and gave it the title AI discussion. Management must manage, I consider it unfair that rules are made up and applied retrospectively. William

Yesterday I tried experimenting with Bing Chat AI when prompted with poems that are written using localizable sentences. In case some readers might be interested, here is a link. Bing Chat AI and a poem written using localizable sentences (Page 1) — Art & Literature — Alfred's Serif Users' Forums (punster.me) William

Pledge 4 uses the word "future". it does not use the word "development". Well, seeing your comment, I ran the video again, and yes, I can just about make them out, knowing what they are already from using the software. But I had not noticed them before, all I noticed was the rapidly moving images. William

Pledge 4 wants ideas and feedback. So I posted feedback about the advertising of Affinity products. So in the middle of gentle music is this advertising video. Do those pictures actually represent use of an Affinity product? William

Well, there could be a new ambience to how things are done, seizing the opportunity that the new ownership could bring. Or that opportunity could be grumbled away. William

Because such pictures are usually of a trout removed from its habitat and harmed. If you have in mind a picture of the trout swimming in clear water then fine. William