Protecting images

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bitsnstuff

Does anyone know how to protect your images?

I have created a very simple showcase website for my brother's travel photography and need to protect his photographs in some way, so that noone can steal, print or use them without permission.

Is there a way of disabling the right-click?

Thanks,

Kate.
 
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bitsnstuff

That is not encouraging!!! I can't even work out how to put the right-click disable on, never mind take one off!!! :oops:

I don't want to use anything which spoils the look of the image, as apart from his showcase website, he also wants offer prints on my site, so the images need to be clear.

Is is possible to do anything to stop them saving or printing the image, as the watermark is just a deterrent, isn't?

Kate.
 
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epiphany

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It's easy to add right click protection but also fairly useless.

check out this link for a small tutorial
http://www.allwebco-templates.com/support/S_add_rightclick.htm

My advice would be,

use watermarks on the diagonal (a decent photoshopper can get rid of these)

Add right click protection (file>save as gets past this)

Make sure all your pictures are low res (this might make them look less good but it will stop a lot of people trying to nick them)

all those little things combined should help your cause :)
 
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If they can see the image, they can take it. The basic methods (most mentioned before) are:

-Don't provide full-detail (resolution) images
-Watermark images (a small logo in a corner is both un-obtrusive and helps protect your image

Taking it a step further:

-Specify the META "cache" tag as "don't cache"
-Disable right click
-Disable context menu key
-Embed image in a .fla (that fetches the image at run-time, if possible; this will mean that downloading the flash file won't fetch the image as well)
 
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Doctor-Webby

At the end of the day the internet works that if someone wants something they can steal it, i would advise a watermark or just put you copyright on it, if you put a terms and conditions of use page on your site and say anyone found using these images without permission is liable for prosecution that will deter most people - but there is no fool proof method anyone with a half decent understanding of PS will be able to get round them
 
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