Protecting Images

[ckh]

In firefox all you need to do is rightclick, then select view page info and click on the media tab which will list all the media on the page individually. You can click on each image link and it displays the image and allows you to copy the url or save the image to your computer.

[pauland]

The main message is that anyone with plain old firefox has immediate access to any image loaded by the browser, regardless of whatever protection scheme you might try and apply to a web page.

Batch processed watermarks and server-side automated watermarking don't have this vulnerability.

Personally, I think to worry about people running away with your artwork is mostly unfounded.

Just show images on the page that are at resolutions that make them unusable for most commercial practices. Most people grabbing images wouldn't be buying them in any event, nor are they using them for commercial gain, so in that respect they should have no impact on anyone.

If the images really are valuable, watermark them properly.

[Egg Bramhill]

It's easy enough to watermark your images as you create your site. Just create your watermark, place it over the image, select both and group.

See attached xar