Use and share
Sharing and artist credit
Choose how people may use your Pixls, understand remix credit and resolve a match with existing artwork.
Sharing makes a Pixl available for a public use. Releasing it as a free asset gives other people reuse actions as well. Those are separate choices.
A normal save creates your artwork without choosing a public placement. Public uses include putting it in the Nexus or a shared space, wearing it as an avatar or cursor, and explicitly choosing Share.
Choose a usage mode
When your unreleased artwork is about to be placed publicly or worn as a cursor, the question How can others use this Pixl? offers:
| Choice | Effect |
|---|---|
| Author use only | People can see it where it is shown; sharing does not give them free reuse controls. |
| Release as free asset | Others can save, place, wear and remix it, with artist credit. |
| Cancel | Stops this use and lets you return to the artwork. |
Choosing Author use only can leave the question appearing again on another public use. Sharing a canvas with several of your unreleased Pixls can ask once for the set.
Share in a Pixl’s row does not itself mean that you chose free reuse. Use Release as free asset when that is your intention. The artist’s row and canvas menu also offer release independently of a new placement.
A free release is permanent
Choosing release opens Release as a free asset? and the warning Releasing is permanent. You can’t take it back. Press Release to continue or Back to reconsider.
A released Pixl gets the Free badge. There is no switch to return it to Author use only. An artwork used as a profile picture cannot be released, and released artwork cannot be selected directly as your profile picture.
The product’s Terms explain the applicable terms. The usage choice here describes the actions Glob Social enables for the artwork.
Saving and remixing someone else’s work
Save Pixl adds a saved link and keeps the original artist credited. It does not transfer the original. If an artist has not released the artwork, the app can say Only its artist can use this Pixl. Ask them to release it as a free asset. Viewing it alone does not grant its reuse controls.
Remix starts a separate drawing from another artist’s released Pixl. Your new artwork carries its relationship to the source and displays remix credit. For example, you can turn a released still character into a walking animation while retaining the source artist’s credit.
Artist labels can read by @… and remix of artwork by @…. If the associated account is gone, the credit can refer to an erased account. Buying, licensing, saving and remixing do not all mean the same thing; your collection explains the displayed holdings.
If the artwork matches a shared Pixl
For a 64- or 128-pixel Pixl, sharing an exact match to artwork already shared opens This Pixl matches shared artwork. The choices can include:
- Use the original Pixl, with the original artist’s name where available. This is offered only when the original can be used in that context.
- Keep editing, to develop your drawing further.
- Discard, to abandon this share or its newly created working copy as applicable.
If the original cannot be reused, the dialog explains that it cannot be linked there. Your private artwork is kept. The app can also recognise a match to artwork you already shared and say You already shared this.
Do not use Discard as a general delete command: the effect depends on the flow. To deliberately remove a saved Pixl, use its own Delete action.
Sharing a canvas containing Pixls
The canvas share flow can show Pixls on this canvas match shared artwork. Use the originals substitutes the eligible credited originals. Share anyway continues with matching copies kept private, so other viewers may see placeholders for those copies. Cancel stops the share.
The following usage question applies to the unreleased Pixls included in the share. Check the set before releasing it: one choice can apply to several drawings.
Pictures and emoticons in chat
Drag a saved Pixl from Media onto a node room’s conversation to post an image line. Drop to post this image marks the target. Your own unshared drawing is shared before the message is sent. A failed share prevents the image post; a successful share still needs the chat send to succeed.
The room composer’s Emoticons picker also opens Pixl Studio. Use Draw a new emoticon, then Small · 16×16 or Large · 32×32. After saving, Name your emoticon asks for a unique name of 2 to 24 lower-case letters, numbers or underscores.
Free for the public to use makes that emoticon discoverable and usable by others. The dialog warns that enabling it cannot be taken back. Leaving it unticked restricts who can use the emoticon name; creating the emoticon still shares its underlying Pixl. Not now skips naming it without discarding the drawing.
The picker inserts a name such as :wave: into your message. It does not send the line by itself. These picture controls belong to the node-room composer; other conversation types can have different controls. Read pictures and reactions in chat for the complete workflow and its limits.
Names and unavailable artwork
A Pixl’s name is checked when it is about to appear publicly. If the app asks you to rename it, change the name and try again. If the check could not finish, try again later. A rename refusal keeps the old name; a drawing update may already have succeeded, which the editor’s message makes explicit.
Artwork can become unavailable or show a placeholder. Use Report image on a canvas or Report in the collection when you need to report shared artwork. For help with an unresolved problem, contact [email protected].