"protecting" images from download?

[edm3]

Hi, I'm pretty sure that I've seen something around here on this, but I can't find it for the life of me.
Does anyone know if the mechanism one uses to disable copying of images from a website (I know screen grabs can't be avoided).

Thanks!

[iamtheblues]

Probably the only effective way of protecting your work online is to apply some kind of watermark to it, subtle enough not to detract too much from your work.
Saludos,
Bob.

[edm3]

I'm thinking that this is why it's been so hard to find...
I'm actually of 2 minds about it, and don't mind the images being available for folks. Was mostly curious.
Thanks for the help Bob!

[pauland]

GP has mentioned a javascript solution that stops right mouseclick saves.

I think that trying to stop people copying images is pretty pointless.

1) People that do it casually, are not really going to do much with them.
2) people who might use them for a particular purpose will find a way.

If you wish to stop print reproduction, make sure you don't provide a high-resolution image.
Use a watermark of some kind.

If it can be seen on the computer, it can be copied.

[Boy]

If you use HighSlide you can use one of the tweaks ("HS Block Right-Click") I uploaded a while ago. You can find them here (in post 15 of the same thread you can find some more tweaks, including a link to HS-language tweaks). Please note that the right-click block only works for the HS-popups and that the smaller pictures on the main page are still right-clickable.

[Soquili]

Even if right click is disabled the image is still cached on the person's hard drive and accessable from there even after closing their browser.

Using low quality images with a watermark seem to be the best solution. It actually depends on how the person that would want to copy the image intends to use it.