Model release generator.
Create a model release PDF online: parties, usage rights, compensation and GDPR clauses — free in your browser, nothing uploaded to a server.
Ideal before commercial shoots, portfolio work or TFP — adapt the template, print or sign digitally.
- ◆PDF download
- ◆GDPR block
- ◆Paid or TFP
- ◆100 % local
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Protect your work before you publish.
A model release is written consent from the person in your photo. Without it, publishing identifiable portraits in Germany can violate image rights (KUG) and GDPR — even when the shoot went well.
More than permission.
The contract bundles consent under § 22 KUG, usage rights in the likeness and GDPR information duties. Vague wording like "all rights" often fails in court — precise scope (what, where, how long) is what makes a release hold up.
Fill in, download, sign.
Enter photographer and model details, tick the usage types you need, choose paid or TFP compensation — the tool builds a PDF locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded or stored on a server.
How to use the PDF template.
The generator is a starting point, not a substitute for legal advice on high-value commercial shoots.
Before the shoot
Send the draft to the model, agree on usage and compensation, print or sign digitally.
At the shoot
Check ID for age, sign before cameras roll, give the model a copy.
Archive
Store signed releases as long as you use the images — plus limitation periods.
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