JevMade field notes / Technical guide

Find visual references without losing their source credits

RefGarden gathers images and short clips for creative research. In the local app, Jev chooses search phrases and highlights references from written titles and descriptions while source links and rights cautions stay visible.

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“RefGarden” by AlbionaHoti. Read the original source.

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License: MIT

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Our summary

RefGarden helps creators browse images and short clips in a three-dimensional gallery. A person can move around the gallery, zoom, inspect cards, keep up to six references, and revisit saved searches. Original source links, credits, and cautions about reuse remain attached to the items.

In the local app, Jev chooses among prepared search phrases and highlights up to one image per source using titles and descriptions. Ordinary software retrieves the media and limits clips. Jev does not inspect pictures, frames, or sound; the hosted preview does not use Jev.

A public search result is not blanket permission to reuse an image or clip. Even public institutions can hold third-party work with different terms. Inspect each item's credit and licence before publishing, and check restrictions on automated access. Relevance judgments cannot answer those legal questions.

Key takeaways

Keep the original source and rights note beside each reference.
Separate relevance from permission to reuse media.
Check each source's access and attribution rules.

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