leahcimi wrote:Yes, the script works well too.
I don't use frames very much and the main reason for downloading Akvis Frames was to use the new paid for Steam Punk Pack. I make blank message cards with images on the front and my wife makes jewellery and we both attended craft fairs at Morwellham Quay in Cornwall. It is Victorian themed and attracts lots of local stem punk enthusiasts.
https://www.morwellham-quay.co.uk/
I see. If the free packs don't provide what you need for the cards then you'll have to continue using the paid ones in the AKVIS program. If the free packs did work for your needs, the more I think about it the more I'm not sure that they couldn't be used in PSP to produce what you make instead of the AKVIS program. My thinking is that if AKVIS is not placing any restrictions on the use of the free frames for commercial reasons, and given they don't make any money from the program itself or the free frames, then they don't lose any money regardless of how you use the free frames to achieve the result you want to achieve.
Similarly, they obviously make their money from the program by the sale of the paid frames. And once you have purchased the frame packs then they have received the compensation they expected to receive and how you process your images with them doesn't deprive them of anything. So, again, they shouldn't care how you use those frames.
I suppose one could argue that the frames themselves won't necessarily look quite the same when processed in PSP. But on the other hand one could argue that the paid frames become a more attractive alternative given the versatility they provide. Specifically, as in your case, if you find that you cannot use their paid frames to achieve the product you wish to produce within AKVIS Frames then you will stop purchasing their frames, and they will be deprived of that potential income. But if you were able to take those same paid frames into PSP where you could use them to produce your product to your needs, then you would be encouraged to pay for more frames that might add further variety and value to your product, so both you and AKVIS win in that situation.
AKVIS does not increase its income from their Frames program regardless of whether you frame your images or create your cards in that program rather than another one. Even once you have created your card in AKVIS with a paid frame there is nothing stopping you from opening the result in PSP and doing more post-processing, like cropping, resizing the whole image plus frame, etc.
But one doesn't know exactly what their thinking is, of course.
Without specific restrictions in a software's EULA, these types of questions continue to be a grey area in my opinion. And I generally take the position that if your use of software and its accessories doesn't deprive the developer of expected benefits (income, etc.) and your use of them does not defeat the INTENT of the EULA then the developers are unlikely to care one way or another.
