terms of use

***PLEASE NOTE***

-Download links expire 120 hours from time of purchase (or after 5 attempts). If you fail to download your item(s) within the time frame allotted there will be a $7 re-send fee for EACH item that needs to be re-sent. Thank you for your understanding!

updated as of April 5, 2011

Gradybug Designs
www.gradybugdesigns.com

Gradybug Designs retains and reserves the right to change, modify or update the Terms of Use. This includes the Terms of Use for all Gradybug products and designs. We reserve the right to change modify or update the Terms of Use with or without notice. It is the consumers responsibility to check for changes, modifications or updates. The current Terms of Use can be found on our website: www.gradybugdesigns.com

All template designs are copyrighted with all rights reserved, this also includes the look and the feel of the templates and products. By using these templates and products, you are agreeing to the conditions and terms set forth by Gradybug Designs. Any and all violations of these terms and conditions will result in punishment to the maximum extent of the law.

Please have a working knowledge of Photoshop including but not limited to: working with layers and clipping masks, text etc. We will answer questions but we cannot teach you to use Photoshop. All template files are delivered in PSD format. You must have Photoshop installed on your computer to work with our templates.

How you may and may not use these templates:

YOU MAY:

- use the purchased templates and products with your own images and sell to your clients in the form of a flattened .jpeg or .png where the client has no way of altering or editing the final product or you may present the client with printed product

- use our products to promote your photography or small business (you may not promote a design or template business with our products or templates) as long as the products are flattened and non-editable or in a printed product

- show examples of our products and templates with your own images, that are flattened and non-editable, in online galleries, forums or discussion groups with proper credit given to ‘Gradybug Designs www.graydbugdesigns.com’

- make copies of our products and templates to any external hardrive, computer, DVD’s or CD’s for backups, that are owned and used solely by you or immediate family (spouse, children living in the SAME household)

- your assistant or employee’s may use these templates and product for the purpose of YOUR business as long as the do not make personal copies

- refer your friends to us, “like” us on Facebook and follow our blog for the latest updates on products and fun giveaways

YOU MAY NOT:

- share these templates or products

- sell or redistribute our templates or products in anyway (sharing, loaning or pirating). All downloads and purchases are tracked by IP address

- claim them as your own design (altered or unaltered)

- upload our templates to any webpage for download and send them through Google, Yahoo or other “list” groups

- advertise templates for sale to general public. You may not offer these templates to clients who give you their personal photograph and deliver a flattened image or a printed product. You must only use these templates with the images that you have personally taken and created.

- use our products for scrap for hire businesses, all scrapbook items are personal use only.

- use our templates, products or images on our website/blog inappropriately. This includes any site containing or promoting child abuse, pornographic material, racism, drugs or any illegal activity

PLEASE NOTE:

- Due to copyright laws, fonts are NOT included with the templates, however a font list will be given of fonts used.
- Each product download will state which photo lab the products’ template is from.
- It is YOUR responsibility to check and double check all bleed lines and guides and spelling/grammer AND printer profiles before printing. Gradybug Designs will NOT be held accountable for any printing errors.
- Gradybug Designs does not guarantee that the templates or products will be error-free. You agree that software in general is prone to flaws and bugs to an acceptable level set forth by the industry.
- Please download your templates when you purchase them. We do NOT re-issue templates for any reason due to but not limited to the overwriting, deletion of files, computer failure or your failure to download your templates or products before your download link expires We strongly recommended that you make a backup of your templates (to be used by ONLY you)
- Gradybug Designs liability will be limited to a maximum of the original purchase price of the template or product.
- Gradybug Designs is free of liability and obligation due to any ‘Act of God’ such as fire, flood, war, earthquake or any other unforeseen or uncontrollable event.
- All files are delivered in a ZIP folder. Please be sure you can open a zip file.
- By downloading products and templates you are agreeing to all these terms and conditions.
- Should you have any problems with our templates or products we encourage you to contact us directly to help you resolve the issue. Please do not immediately go and post about the problems you are having on any forums/ boards or social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter.
- Due the the nature of these products NO REFUNDS or RETURNS are given. ALL SALES ARE FINAL. If you should have any questions about any product or template we encourage you to contact us before purchasing.