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Watermarks And Protecting Your Work


Kirislin
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I've never worried about watermarks but a few photos I've taken I'm thinking maybe I should. I dont know how to do them though and I dont use photoshop. I have got picasa, can I do them on that?

Also can people "steal" images off redbubble?

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It is easy to steal photos from anywhere on the net even if you can't copy it there are ways around it like Print Screen.

I really should watermark my photos. There is someone I don't like using two of my photos on their page now and claiming they were taken by someone else. There are some others being used in places I would prefer they wern't as well

I really can't be bothed to get into fights about getting rid of them.

Some people overseas were also trying to sell Alera in a scam with my photos of her as a puppy.

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post-1359-0-61029700-1307776463_thumb.jpg You can put text on your photos ..BUT on redbubble , for instance .. I wouldn't .. because then the text will show on any prints. It's fine for flickr ,etc !

simply open teh photo you want to use in picasa.

click on ' text' select a colour ( I try & match a colour in teh photo )

select size and font

write whatever .. then move the transparency toggle to the amount you want :)

click apply ... and you're done!

here is an example I just did .....

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In red bubble you can set it so that people cannot "copy" a photo. You can also set it so that there is a water mark across the pic when they enlarge it - it does not come out when printed..lol

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In red bubble you can set it so that people cannot "copy" a photo. You can also set it so that there is a water mark across the pic when they enlarge it - it does not come out when printed..lol

the watermark redbubble applies - yes! One you do in picasa, as Kirislin asked about - no- that one will become part of the photograph amd will show up when printed ;)

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I made my own 'mark', for my photography.

People still steal though. I see my photos on Facebook, Tumblr... it doesn't mater what you do - anything put on the internet can be stolen.

Write a nice 'Infringement of Copyright Notice' email and send that along with a threat about contacting their ISP...should do the trick.

To help in finding your stolen photos, sites like TinEye are helpful. Reverse image search.

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If you put a watermark on your photo's can't people just get rid of it with teh 'clone' stamp?

Is there any way of making a watermark that is NOT removable?

If you put your watermark on it then emboss it, it is harder to remove. Also do it over the main part of the picture.

I took this picture, actually i think all 3 are mine, but 2 have a small watermark

I put this one on some i had on fb so if they were taken i could see it very easily

If i can be bothered i do this otherwise i just put a small one in the corner

http://www.dogzonline.com.au/breeds/profile.asp?dog=38549

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If you put a watermark on your photo's can't people just get rid of it with teh 'clone' stamp?

Is there any way of making a watermark that is NOT removable?

If they're really good with photoshop, I guess.

When my photos have been stolen, the thieves haven't even bothered to remove the watermark so...meh.

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