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<p>I am in an uncomfortable situation where a friend of one of my family who is a web designer is going to design and build my website...in an effort to sell digital prints.</p>

<p>When I inquired about file sizes he said he'd like my originals, that he would than resize and watermark. The last time I shared images I ended up seeing some of my photo's on greeting cards. <br>

I am not interested with the worry and anxiety that would go along with sending any originals to anyone besides my printer.<br>

I have looked at over a hundred websites, some photographers have their copywrite symbol and name on each image, while some do not. I was leaning towards having each image downsized for the web, and than applying the "C". From a technical standpoint what file sizes/res. should my images be so my designer can work with them?<br>

How should I handle this to ensure my images/me are protected?<br>

any thoughts about having the redundancy of copywrite symbol/name on each individual image?<br>

are there any articles that I can quote that handle this subject matter?<br>

thanks kindly</p>

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<p>The web designer should be able to tell you, in advance, exactly what image sizes he needs. In advance. That's what you should provide. Not to mention, you're more likely to know how you want to handle JPG compression, sharpening for on-screen native resolutions, etc ... don't leave that up to the web designer.</p>
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<p>There is no standard, in that regard. The only standard I can think of is that if you're dealing with someone who you think will run off and sell your images on greeting cards, you shouldn't be dealing with them, or should at least have a contract that spells out the nature of their involvement with your materials.</p>
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<p>All images are unprotected on the web....</p>

<p>That said, your designer should just need an image or two to mock up what he needs, then get you your spec sizes from that. Then you should be able to give him/her all the images at the size listed.</p>

<p>That said, if they are already working with a backend system that does a conversion from the larger file to a smaller one, they will need a file at least the size of the largest viewable image on the site. But, if it is such a back end system, I would think you could also go in there and add all the images you need to.</p>

<p>How will you be maintaining and adding new images to the site in the future?</p>

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<p>The web designer should be able to tell you, in advance, exactly what image sizes he needs. In advance. That's what you should provide. Not to mention, you're more likely to know how you want to handle JPG compression, sharpening for on-screen native resolutions, etc ... don't leave that up to the web designer.</p>

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<p>Agreed. In fact, when I let my images be used on other people's sites (for temporary exhibit promotion, etc.), I would request that my image files be deleted from their computers when the pages are removed (after the exhibit promotion). If I hire a web designer, I would ask them to do the same after the site is completed. There is no reason for them to keep my files around.</p>

<p>I would suggest that you inquire a web designer how your site will be *tested* on a variety of browsers, revisions, monitor sizes, and OS. Check this out:<br /> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=41252</p>

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