Quote Originally Posted by Symari View Post
I am aware that there is room for potential unsavoury screenshots, the ability to edit them to say something obscene, so it would need to be implemented with things like that in mind.
From what I understand this is the actual reason why players can't make their own designs for their company crests and can only assemble one from pre-made templates - it's to stop people creating obscene ones or crests that impede on another's copyright (like uploading an image of a TV show or something), as SE would have to first scan every image that's submitted to ensure it complies with the terms of service and thus would just be far too costly and time consuming.

I presume this is the same reason why SE hasn't considered a photo idea for free companies, although like you I'd love to see something like this added too.

For that matter, I'm not even sure photography even exists in Eorzea lore-wise (at least FFXI had a kind of photograph system in it's lore called 'soul-trap cameras') - but may the Lore forum prove me wrong though!