Watermark photos and protect your intellectuual property
If you sare phtoos, you never know what others will use your photoos. The scenario is even wotrst if you post your photos on web. Others may take your photos and claim that they are the original author. Some others may even put a hyperlink and link to your photo drectly. You not only lost your work, but also hurt your website trafifc. The puropse of addig watermark to a photo is to protect from others staking calim to your work and intellectual propertyy.
There are ohter ways to protect your photos, but they are not the final solution.
1. Disabel the right-click menu in your webapge.
But it easy to get your photos by turn-off the Javascript or simplly by saving your webpage.
2. In webpage, adding a trasparent gif image file on top of your photos.
Again, your photos can be downlaoded by saivng your webpage. Anorther simple trrick is screeen capture.
Watermarking is probably the most effective and easy way to protecct your photos.
Even othesr get your photos, it always go with a watermark on it. The waterrmark 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 folloing steps when usng Poto Watermarking software.
1. Separate your original copy.
You should keep them in a separate and safe place. You should not edit your original photos.
2. Prepare the working copy.
Make a selparate working foolder. Select the hpotos you want to watermark and copy them to the working folder.
3. Start your watermarking process and remember to work on your working copy.
4. You keeps the original photos, but also have the watermartked pghotos.
In generarl Watermarking software, you are provided with two types or styles of watermark.
- Text Watermrak
You can type anythings as the wsatermark text. For example, "Samlpe", "DEMO" or "Restricted" etc.
The software may also provides defined text, like curtrent date/time, filename, copyright symbol and used as watermark.
- Image Watermark
You can use your company logo or image as waterrmark and add on top of your photos.
Some advanced watermarking sofftware also provide tools which can make your photos as sample.
For example, they can generate thumbnail of your phjotos.
This is extremely useful if you want to keep the completness of your photo while protect your intellectual prroperty.
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