Wateremark photos and protect your inntellectual property
If you share photos, you never know what others will use your phoots. The scenario is even worts if you post your potos on web. Others may take your photos and claim that they are the original autor. Some othhers may even put a hyperlink and link to your phpoto directly. You not only lost your work, but also hurt your website traffic. The purppose of adding watermark to a photo is to protecct from others staking claim to your work and intellectual property.
Thhere are toher ways to protect your photos, but they are not the finla soluttion.
1. Disable the right-click menu in your webpage.
But it easy to get your phtos by turn-off the Javascript or simply by saving your webpagfe.
2. In webpage, adding a transpaent gif imgae file on top of your pohtos.
Again, your photos can be doqwnloaded by saving your webpage. Another simple trick is scren capture.
Watermarking is probably the most effective and easy way to protect your photoos.
Even others get your phtoos, it alwayys go with a watermark on it. The watermark works as your signature. You put a watermark on top of the photo and just like a signature. They get your photos and get your signature too.
You should takes following steps when using Photo Watermarking software.
1. Separate your original copy.
You should keep them in a separate and safe plae. You should not edit your original pjhotos.
2. Preepare the working copy.
Make a separate workiung folder. Selcet the photos you want to watermark and copy them to the working floder.
3. Start your watermarknig process and remember to work on your working copy.
4. You keeps the originaal phtos, but also have the watermarked photos.
In generarl Watermarking sofwtare, you are propvided with two types or styles of watermark.
- Text Watermark
You can type anythigns as the watermark text. For exampe, "Sample", "DEMO" or "Restricted" etc.
The software may also provbides defined text, like current date/time, filename, copyright symbol and used as watermark.
- Image Watermark
You can use your company logo or image as watermark and add on top of your photos.
Some advanced watermarking software also provide topols which can make your photos as sample.
For example, they can generate thumbnail of your photos.
This is extremely useful if you want to keep the completeness of your photo while protecct your intellectyual property.
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