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Copyright on my photos.
I am wondering if I should be putting a copyright or my name on the photos? I see that almost all of the ones on here have something like that. If I should be doing that how is it done?
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Permalink Reply by Adam Bell on -
It doesnt matter, as long as you took the photos, they are legally yours, its up to you if you want to put your logo over it, most people upload photos at 72ppi, therefore know one can steel and print your photos, becouse 300ppi is needed, there is also a website were you can see if anyone has stolen your photos, but by putting your pics on the web, people are bound to use them for something, if you have a flickr pro account you can see were people are viewing your photos from 2
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Permalink Reply by Adam Bell on
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I use photoshop cs3, under image, then image size, then just change the ppi, its good becouse they can still copy and paste your picture, but if they print it will be pixelated, there is some software, were it stops people left clikcing, and copying, but i cant rember what it is
sorry.
But the fact is when you put any pictures on the internet someone is bound to use them, for either good or bad,i dont mind soemone using my work as say a college project, they could just copya nd paste my photograph and write about it, thats fine, but you dont want people to make any money from your pictures are show your pictures ona site which you dont want them on, in a way if someone is stealing your photos, then they must be good for something lol
Just try and look for software which stops people left clicking, that should cover it
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Permalink Reply by Mike Hiler on -
Most browsers support javascript which web page authors can create a neat function which disables the 'right-click' function.
There are also some photo hosting sites that you can set an option when displaying your photos so the 'right-click' ability is turned off.
However, if someone REALLY wants to capture your photo, disabling the 'right-click' won't stop them.
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Permalink Reply by Thomas Elkin II on -
If you use Adobe Photoshop, here's a tutorial on how to protect your stuff. http://chik1117.deviantart.com/art/Tutorial-Protect-Your-Artwork-10...
Most people don't tend to check the file info when ripping images for their own use. Since I've found this, I do it to all of my images and am in the process of going back to my "old stuff" and adding it.
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Permalink Reply by Deborah Ormsby on -
I think it is important to protect your intellectual property, it shows that you care about your work
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Permalink Reply by Ratatosk on -
Anything (photo, file, info, etc) you put on the net can be stolen, no matter what you do to them or with them. Watermark in the middle of a photo is just annoying and can still be edited away if you take the time. Making a picture into 72ppi is a bit of fooling yourself technique. By doing that you reduce the size of the photo so you tend to increase the width and height dimensions and by that you end up with same amount of pixels in your photo anyhow.
The best is just to keep them small, between 600 and 1024 pixels at longest edge. A print out at that size will give max 7cm long at longest edge.
Adam says "It doesn't matter, as long as you took the photos, they are legally yours". In principal they are, but how are you going to prove that? unless you have some hidden info in the metadata of the photo, as I and some others do.
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Permalink Reply by Anne Brink on -
Per Ratatosk:
Adam says "It doesn't matter, as long as you took the photos, they are legally yours". In principal they are, but how are you going to prove that? unless you have some hidden info in the metadata of the photo, as I and some others do.
One thing I always do have is the original, untweaked shot in my archives, at far better resolution. No, nothing's a guarantee, but if I need to pursue a violation, I feel like that's probably the most effective evidence I'm likely to have. Some register with the US Pat. & Trademark office, as an added precaution.
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Permalink Reply by cindy bauman on -
Yes, You can make a copyright brush in photoshop, make a logo in photoshop and place in on your photos or do the watermark.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Hiler on
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Hey, Cindy. Why don't you put together a tutorial on how to creatre a 'copyright brush' in Photoshop. I'm sure there are a lot of people who'd love to see how you actually do it.
I know I would.
Mike :)
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Permalink Reply by Beverley Pohlner on -
Sounds like a good idea Mike [tutorial of 'copyright brush'] I'd like to learn that also. Thank you everyone else for all your helpful information.
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Permalink Reply by Suzanne Boulanger on -
Picasa is free to download and you can resize your pics. I use it all the time and it works like a charm. All you do is select your photos then transfer them to a folder at the size you want. Let me know if you need more info. Sue
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