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On SmugMug, you have the ability to not let the search engines find them and that includes SmugMug's search engine.
This can be done with any website but it needs to be implemented by the site owner. It will only work for legitimate indexing services like Google. If the files are publicly available and it's a rogue bot it can be leached.
It's obviously not desirable to have someone use your stuff, but my thought on it is that if I've posted a photo on the Internet, then it's open to that kind of thing and all the other kinds of things people can do with it, as others have noted already. For super-top stuff, I'll never post those photos. I hate watermarking, too, and even if you do that, those can be stolen as sophisticated people can remove the watermark.
If I felt a photo was top-tier but important enough to want to post, I'd do this: Make it a picture of a picture. The copy of my own copy would be a crude remake, such as taking a photo of the original on my computer.
Here is an example of a picture of a kitchen sponge I've taken:
I did resize it because I hate over-sized photos, but you wouldn't have to do that. The original is preserved, but I can share this photo of a kitchen sponge without any distracting watermarks that can be removed anyway. Now, someone from a sponge magazine can still use this version without my knowledge. While I can't really do anything about that, they'll never have the original of my kitchen sponge in all its high-resolution glory.
That's basically my solution. And yes, I'd prefer this over watermarking. Or you could watermark the original and then do this, making it more difficult to remove the original watermarking.
I hate watermarking, too, and even if you do that, those can be stolen as sophisticated people can remove the watermark.
Removing watermarks is not something that is really easily done. It's like having a lock on your door, it's not going to stop someone from breaking into your house but why bother if the neighbors house is wide open. If I was in the business of stealing images I'd just go find another image.
That said they are usually uniform making them easier to remove. If you are going to watermark use an image or mask with a gradient fill and slight texture. This makes it very difficult to remove.
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Make it a picture of a picture. The copy of my own copy would be a crude remake, such as taking a photo of the original on my computer.
If you go int the settings when saving a .jpg there is going to be an option for compression level, this might be labeled quality. This will lower the quality of the image but also reduces the file size. 100% is usually used on cameras or archiving hence the reason those images are really large in file size, 90% is the sane number, 75% is good enough for most images especially if you are putting them on the web, emailing etc. Anything below that will start affecting image quality substantially.
We're zoomed in here, the top image is zoomed in 100% quality, the one below it is same image compressed using 75%. The lower you go the worse it gets.
One thing to keep in mind about compression, always keep you originals and try and avoid recompressing the same image. Recompressing at the same quality is not going to help with file size much and will destroy the quality over many itinerations.
This is same image opened and had red oval added and then saved. The ones on the left are first.
It's sad. This site has been a lot of fun for me for several years
Let me point it to you, again.
It has nothing to do with City-Data. Nothing.
Did you read our posts? Do you understand the concept?
Why are you blaming THIS website? ...
It's sad. This site has been a lot of fun for me for several years
Is it worth giving up that fun just because some people are jerks?
Your actions won't effect the photo-stealers one bit. They'll just find other photos to steal. They will only effect you. It's your call to make, of course, but are you doing the equivalent of burning down your house because you spotted a cockroach in your kitchen?
Let me point it to you, again.
It has nothing to do with City-Data. Nothing.
Did you read our posts? Do you understand the concept?
Why are you blaming THIS website? ...
Oh, he understands all right. He's just having some fun with you.
Let me point it to you, again.
It has nothing to do with City-Data. Nothing.
Did you read our posts? Do you understand the concept?
Why are you blaming THIS website? ...
Mike is talking rubbish and probably knows he is..of course it nothing to do with CD...Id like to see some of his photography and see just how desirable it really is for others to steal.
Good news, I just received an email wanting to used one of my photos for a magazine. For a two inch shot the pay is $25.
Just in case someone thinks that I was lying about a magazine wanting to use one of my pictures, this is the email that I received. I eliminated the name of the magazine and the header and contact info. Also, not from CD.
Hi there from XXXXXXXXXX Magazine!
We’re working on our September issue and currently have a screenshot of one of your images from Mt. Shasta in a layout. While it’s not definitely being used, we’d need processing it and get it to our art team right away. **We need to ship this issue tomorrow at midnight, so we would need to hear from you right away
Our licensing fees are dependent on the size an image runs in print, and currently your shot is running slightly less than 2 inches, for which our standard licensing fee is $25.
If this sounds agreeable to you please email me right away so I can send a screenshot of the image in question.
Feel free to call or email with any questions. Thanks.
Cheers!
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