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TERMS OF USE & COPYRIGHT NOTICE

Copyright © 2025 Heather Michelle Chinn – All Rights Reserved

By completing your purchase and downloading these files, you are entering into a legally binding agreement and affirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to the following terms of use:

 

DIGITAL PRODUCT POLICY

All digital products are non-refundable and non-transferable. Due to the nature of these files, all sales are final. Access instructions will be emailed after checkout—you must check both:

  •  “Subscribe to our email list”
  •  “I have read and agree to the terms and conditions of this page”

 

COPYRIGHT & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All backgrounds, textures, overlays, and related digital content are the original intellectual property of Heather Michelle Chinn and are protected under United States and international copyright laws. Purchase grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, single-user license to use the materials in accordance with the terms below.

You are not purchasing ownership of the files—only the right to use them under specific conditions.

 

PROHIBITED USES

You may not, under any circumstances:

  •  Sell, share, gift, sublicense, or otherwise redistribute the files in any format
  •  Upload, input, or train any artificial intelligence models using these files, in whole or in part
  •  Submit the files (original or modified) into any generative AI platform or dataset for the purpose of:
    •  Creating derivative images
    •  Training or fine-tuning models
    •  Iterative design or image-to-image workflows
    •  Style transfer or content extraction

This includes, but is not limited to: Midjourney, DALL·E, Adobe Firefly, ArtBreeder, NightCafe, Deep Dream Generator, Stable Diffusion, Leonardo AI, Fotor, Images.ai, DeepAI, Stable Diffusion, Google Imagen, Ideogram, Recraft, Seedream, Grok, GPT‑4o and other similar AI tools, software, or training environments.

  •  Use these materials to create or sell “new” backgrounds, overlays, or textures derived from the originals
  •  Print, repackage, or license these files as standalone products, whether in digital or physical form
  •  Provide layered PSD or PNG files to clients or end users that contain any editable version of the background
  •  Use in any commercial offering that enables others to access, extract, or isolate the background as an independent file
  •  Sell purchased designs to any background (digital or physical) selling platform in ANY iteration

 

These backgrounds may not be resold, altered for resale, or used to train, feed, or seed any AI generator or dataset.

 

PERMITTED USES

You may:

  •  Incorporate the backgrounds into your own photographic or painterly client work as flattened files
  •  Use them in commercial editing for portraiture, composites, or digital painting, provided that the background is not extractable or resold
  •  Use them as painterly bases inside programs such as Corel Painter or Adobe Photoshop, provided that the work is hand-rendered and human-created

 

LICENSE RESTRICTIONS

Each download is licensed to one individual user only. Multi-user licenses, studio licenses, or bulk permissions must be arranged in writing and purchased separately.

All rights remain exclusively with Heather Michelle Chinn.

 

ENFORCEMENT

Unlicensed use, distribution, AI ingestion, or resale of any kind is a violation of copyright and will result in immediate revocation of access and potential legal action. Tracking measures and unique file signatures may be used to enforce compliance.

 

QUESTIONS OR PERMISSION REQUESTS

If you are unsure whether a specific use is permitted, or if you wish to inquire about a custom license, please email:
[email protected]

 

For backgrounds and textures downloads, please see User Agreement or link on the store for terms of use. For some ideas on how to use the backgrounds and textures please visit (and subscribe!) to Heather's Youtube channel and blog here:

 https://www.heatherthepainter.com/blog/how-to-creatively-use-textures-as-clipping-masks

https://www.heatherthepainter.com/blog/2

https://www.heatherthepainter.com/blog/a-variety-of-outcomes-with-one-background

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej4pVVp0cg8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlzTIUKn35Y

 

 

Corel Painter Master Elite, Corel Approved Painter Educator, PPA retired IPC juror, M. Artist, Cr., M. Photog., former Golden Artist Educator

 

These backgrounds may not be resold, altered for resale, or used to train, feed, or seed any AI generator or dataset.

 

Updated June 24, 2025

Donna Eaton's 2025 Collection

 

 

Introducing artist Donna Eaton's curated Collection. Donna's brilliant pairing of painterly textures with her macro florals have led to years of beautiful bloom artistry. These high resolution backgrounds arrive in digital format as download zipped files immediately upon purchase and are gorgeous as singles and exponentially versatile layered!

Designs include Donna's favorites curated from the Patinas and Acids, Passages, New Springs Collection, Lavenders of Olde, Meet Me in the Garden, Chocolates Remixed, and Blush Greige PLUS 8 NEW never seen before "Donna's Remixed" beauties with balanced palettes and a variety of transparent hand painted textures. Whether you're looking to pair painterly texture to floral veining or use it in lieu of a studio backdrop for a classical portrait, this collection has a wide array of texture and palette choice for the discerning artistic edit.

 

These backgrounds may not be resold, altered for resale, or used to train, feed, or seed any AI generator or dataset.

 

Includes:

  • 34 Total High Resolution Backgrounds/Textures

  • Quick Reference Guides

 

 These two edits were completed using the background swap method in Adobe Photoshop. 

Portraits and edits below by Artist Donna Eaton using this Collection

 

 

 

Portraits by Brittney Gobble

 

Please note these portraits, paintings are not included in the download.

 

Heather is an Elite Corel Painter Master, Certified Corel Painter Educator, former Golden Artist Educator, retired PPA IPC juror, PPA Master Artist, M. Photog, Cr. 

These backgrounds may not be resold, altered for resale, or used to train, feed, or seed any AI generator or dataset.

 

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