gary_newgali Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 <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> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike dixon Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 My recommendation is that if you don't trust your web designer with your images, you should find another web designer. It's much more efficient than trying to do part of the designer's job yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicaglow Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 <p>If you have PhotoShop, you might "Save For Web" and see how low a resolution you can get away with. To protect yourself, do the business deal in writing. Whenever you're dealing with your images, you should always put it in writing.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary_newgali Posted October 27, 2010 Author Share Posted October 27, 2010 <p>I guess I was really wondering if it is a standard industry practice for a web-designer to ask for unprotected images(originals)?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szrimaging Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_k1 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 <blockquote> <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> </blockquote> <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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