1. Permitted Use

Image Studio is an open-access web engineering utility. You may use this tool freely for both personal and commercial web projects without creating an account, paying subscription fees, or requesting prior authorization.

2. Open-Source Attribution & Licenses

Image Studio is built on top of high-quality, permissive open-source libraries. We gratefully acknowledge and credit these projects:

  • Pica (MIT License): High-quality Lanczos-based canvas downsampling engine.
  • piexifjs (MIT License): Binary EXIF parser and writer for JPEG containers.
  • exifr (MIT License): Fast, versatile EXIF and XMP metadata parser.
  • fast-xml-parser (MIT License): Lightweight XML parser and validator.
  • fflate (MIT License): High-performance, zero-dependency compression library used for multi-file ZIP export.
  • Sharp (Apache License 2.0): High-speed Node.js image processing library powered by libvips, utilized exclusively in our command-line CLI environment.

The Image Studio application codebase is distributed under the permissive MIT License.

3. Intellectual Property and Copyright Responsibility

You retain full, exclusive ownership of all images, graphics, and text you process using Image Studio:

  • No Transfer of Ownership: Image Studio claims zero intellectual property rights over any input or output files.
  • User Responsibility for Metadata: You are solely responsible for ensuring that any copyright notices, creator attributions, and licensing URLs (such as Creative Commons deeds or commercial licensor URLs) entered into the application are accurate and legally lawful.
  • No Legal Certification: Embedding metadata into an image file via Image Studio does not constitute legal registration or copyright certification. Image Studio is a technical formatting tool, not a legal advisory service.

4. Limitation of Liability and Disclaimers

Image Studio is provided "AS IS", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement:

  • Search Engine Performance: We make no guarantee that processing images with this tool will improve search rankings, drive web traffic, or result in Google Images awarding the "Licensable" badge.
  • System Compatibility: While engineered to respect memory limits and prevent tab crashes, in-browser processing is subject to your local device's available RAM and browser implementation.
  • Limitation of Damages: In no event shall the authors or copyright holders be liable for any claim, damages, or other liability arising from the use of this software.

5. Changes and Contact

These terms were last updated on November 1, 2026. For legal or licensing inquiries, please contact terms@imagestudio.dev.