(1) A person who, by processing or transforming one or more substances, creates a new movable thing acquires the ownership of the new thing, except where the value of the processing or the transformation is substantially less than the value of the substance. Processing also includes writing, drawing, painting, printing, engraving or a similar processing of the surface.
(2) On the acquisition of ownership of the new thing, the existing rights in the substance are extinguished.