Copyrighting images

ChelleWSU · 09-16-2006, 10:16 AM

I'd like to know if there's a way to watermark an image so that it's not visible on the web, but if someone right-clicked to save it on their computer, the watermark would show up. Is there a way to do that? Software maybe?

**gamerman0203** · 09-18-2006, 06:55 AM

hmmm...none that I know of. I've really only seen watermarks on the corners or even across the entire image. I'm not sure if there is software or not.

v-six · 09-18-2006, 08:05 AM

If it's visible on the web, it can be saved. It would take some very powerful software to prevent this 100%. Option 1 is to use flash. General users won't be able to save images in flash but anyone that knows what they're doing can take a screenshot of the image and paste it into their image editor of choice. The pros can go right into the flash code and pull it out. Option 2, disable right clicking... This is still very easy to get around. Option 3, only provide high-res images to the paying customers (the only option with no way to get around it).
In a nutshell, what you're looking for could be accomplished, but would take some heavy coding that would include a script to disable screenshots. I'm not sure such a thing exists in one package.

09-16-2006, 10:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
ChelleWSU Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 34 OS: WinXP Pro SP2	Copyrighting images I'd like to know if there's a way to watermark an image so that it's not visible on the web, but if someone right-clicked to save it on their computer, the watermark would show up. Is there a way to do that? Software maybe?

09-18-2006, 06:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
gamerman0203 Retired Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 2,144 OS: XP MCE, Ubuntu Gutsy My System	hmmm...none that I know of. I've really only seen watermarks on the corners or even across the entire image. I'm not sure if there is software or not. __________________ Follow These Steps First! CPU-Z \| SensorView \| WinXP Clean Boot \| Latest DirectX \| ATI Catalyst \| Nvidia ForceWare Posting System Specifications

09-18-2006, 08:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
v-six Manager Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Gardiner, NY Posts: 2,076 OS: OS X for mac, XP Pro for PC	If it's visible on the web, it can be saved. It would take some very powerful software to prevent this 100%. Option 1 is to use flash. General users won't be able to save images in flash but anyone that knows what they're doing can take a screenshot of the image and paste it into their image editor of choice. The pros can go right into the flash code and pull it out. Option 2, disable right clicking... This is still very easy to get around. Option 3, only provide high-res images to the paying customers (the only option with no way to get around it). In a nutshell, what you're looking for could be accomplished, but would take some heavy coding that would include a script to disable screenshots. I'm not sure such a thing exists in one package. __________________ mysql> --i-am-a-dummy