muenchphoto Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Hello, I just searched the discussion board for the problem of protecting photo s. I read a lot threads about making a batch VISIBLE watermark, such like adding your name and copyright directly and viewable to the corner of a photo. I like to use a transparent, non-viewable watermark protection but I don't know how to use that. I only know about the possibility to add a watermark which is non-viewable to my pictures with photoshop. in deed i have got to sign a special account, paying a lot of money.. etc.pp. so this is no solution for me. are there any freewareprograms which are able to do the same? any other suggestions? how do you protect your pictures? thanks a lot in advance. bye, marcel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v.anisimov Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 which one of your phoros do you feel requires protection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godfrey Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Take a look at iWatermark from Script Software:<br> <a href="http://www.scriptsoftware.com/iwatermark/" target=new> http://www.scriptsoftware.com/iwatermark/</a> <br><br> Godfrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobmichaels Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 If you're truly concerned that someone will use your photos, the only real answer is not to put them out in the public domain. There is no other alternative. Go look at the photographers whose photos sell for really large amounts who have images on line. Then ask yourself: if they are not concerned, why should you be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serge c Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 A simple place to start would be to add metadata to your file. Creator, copyright and any additional info you want. So at least people who care about those things can see what the copyrights are. And many copyrights infringers will be too sloppy to eraze that information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly_flanigan1 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 The concept used 100 years age was to place ones studio address and advertising info on the back of a print. Photographers actually needed customers, and were not afraid to advertise. Todays photographers are rich, they worry camera trivia. :) Today the money model is to sue, hide from possible customers, sue, worry about protection, sue, . Many folks would be happy to pay you for a copy of your work, but alot of folks today dont give any clues as to who shot the image, or how to get a reprint or poster. Mybe it is a pride issue, folks dont want their name associated with images? or is it the pain of dealing with future profits? Alot of images are just abandoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akajohndoe Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 That iWatermark software is nice. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stock-Photos Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 It's vital to have your long term contact info on an image. That way people who want permission to use, or want to pay for rights, can contact you! I try to keep my contact info in the image border so the honest people will have a means to reach me. http://www.photo.net/photo/2616968&size=lg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witold_grabiec Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Contrary to an earlier post: publishing anything on the WEB has nothing to do with placing it in the Public Domain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muenchphoto Posted March 22, 2006 Author Share Posted March 22, 2006 ----------------------------------------------------------- Vladimir Anisimov , mar 17, 2006; 01:34 a.m. which one of your phoros do you feel requires protection? ---------------------------------------------------------- okay okay I understand. sorry in my "naivity" concerning photography I just liked to learn about that. Of course my work doesn't need to be protectet.. at least at the moment ;) haha .... thanks a lot to all the other replies. very helpful and now I know what I wanted to know. ciao, marcel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muenchphoto Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 another question: is it possible to add metadata to my pictures via a batch procedure? tried to figure out how to do that with photoshop, but I just found the "File Info" tag... ciao, marcel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_fedorov1 Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 How to protect digital images: <a href="http://watermarker.com/how-to-ptotect-digital-images.aspx">Comparison table</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sara_purl Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 watermark is a good idea. <a href="http://www.opensourcephoto.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=36270">http://www.opensourcephoto.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=36270</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sara_purl Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 While those are great watermarks they can easily be removed by just cropping. You need to use an overt watermark that is almost invisible and covers the entire photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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