Go Make Something

Here are some of the most commonly asked questions about the printables offered here at Go Make Something.

Click on the thumbnail of the image you want. A grey screen with a dial on it will appear—this is fondly known as a lightbox. Wait a second, and the lightbox will expand to show you the full sized image.

Point your cursor at the image, right click on it, and choose Save Picture As. Save the image to your hard drive.

When you’re finished, either click the little Close sign at the right of the lightbox, or click in the grey area outside the image. Either one will return you to the thumbnail view.

These instructions are for those of you using Internet Explorer on Windows. Those using other browsers or Macs, you’re on your own.

The majority of the full page printables are sized at 7-1/2 x 10 inches to fit on standard inkjet printers. If you’re not getting full-sized images, the problem is on your end.

Since every printer and computer is configured differently, this is also something you’ll have to work out on your end—we can’t help you with printing issues. Consult your computer and printer manuals to learn about how they’re configured, or call your local geek to help you out.

One thing that might help: don’t print from your browser. Save the images to your hard drive, and print them using graphics software.

Yes, you can use the printables to make things to swap. However, you cannot use the printables themselves as swap materials. Sending your swap partner sheets of printables is against the site’s Terms of Service, and violates the copyright notice printed on each sheet of printables. They must be made into a finished item in order to comply with the policy against redistribution.

No. Under no circumstances may any images from Go Make Something be used on any web site or blog for any reason. If you do this, you are violating the Terms of Service of this site, and the copyright notice attached to each image. You are not allowed to repost images for any reason.

The TOS prohibits the posting of the actual images that have been downloaded, because we don’t allow anyone to make the images themselves available on other sites. If those images have been incorporated into a new work of art, and that art has been photographed, those photos represent your art, and not our images. There’s not a serious possibility that someone will try to download the photo of your work simply to obtain our printable images.

So, yes, you may post images of your original artwork that uses images from GMS. If you’d like to help spread the word about GMS, use the words Go Make Something in your post, or link back to us if you know how.

You may share images by posting links to them and encouraging other members to visit the site.

You may not upload images from Go Make Something to any online group, or email them to anyone else. This is considered redistribution, which violates the Terms of Service, and the copyright notice attached to each image.

If you’re using printables in your work, and they need adjusting to suit your project, of course you should feel free to alter them.

If you colorize anything, and manage to recolor the entire sheet, get in touch—maybe we can make the colorized version available to the whole community.

Assume that the printables made available from the various holiday countdowns will never be available here. If you want those images, you’ll just have to grab them during the countdowns. I don’t have any set timetable for uploading them to Go Make Something—maybe I will, and maybe I won’t.