Software that will protect pics uploaded on the net from being copied

Guys as the title suggests I want to upload some pics which others can view however they should not be able to copy these pics to their local machine. Is their anyway I can achieve this using any software.

no way possible, if they can be viewed, they an be copied.
remember screen capture with the print screen button on the keyboard
>With this, no matter what you do, if the webpage displays the photo, it can and will be copied

No.
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Simply NO. :-(

There no software which protect your images.
yes there is some copyright setting available in image sharing sites like Flickr,Picasa etc but no Use.

Because windows 7 tools i.e snipping tools or screen capture software or downthemall addon of mozilla firefox(refer:link)

As suggested by the users above, there is no way that you can upload a picture in the net and users cant copy them on their machine if they want.

There are many addons in mozilla and extensions in chrome, which can simply be used and the all the picture gets saved on your system. So, practically speaking, even if you find some picture uploading site where right click is restrained, you can never be sure.

Yes.
There is a way to stop your images being copied.

Don't put them online.

hey are you talking about in General or any particular website you want to upload.. if on personal host their are many precautions you can take which will make it very hard to copy..

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clmlbx said:
hey are you talking about in General or any particular website you want to upload.. if on personal host their are many precautions you can take which will make it very hard to copy..

LOL..how hard is to take a screenshot using "Prt Scr" or snipping tool of windows 7. Anything you do to prevent copying is waste of time and energy. :razz:

Vyom said:
Yes.
There is a way to stop your images being copied.

Don't put them online.

Perfect answer IMO

In this case, the answer is no..there is not software which can protect ur image from being copied...

clmlbx said:
hey are you talking about in General or any particular website you want to upload.. if on personal host their are many precautions you can take which will make it very hard to copy..

You really think, any software can beat the good ol' print screen button on everyone's keyboard?

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Impossible !!!

1. If you add some javascript code to prevent it from copying, then the stealer will just disable javascript and steal it.
2. If you use flash, then screen capture can be used or flash file can be decompiled to extract the images
3. If you use a white banner overlapping the image to prevent it from copying my view image option, stealer can view the source code to get the original file
4. Even if you use any other option then still it can be downloaded as when we load a page with images, it is downloaded in our temporary files.

I will suggest best you add copyright in center of your images or don't upload it on net. One more thing you can upload low resolution photos on web. Good Luck!

^^ well print screen can only capture what shows on screen.. I was thinking to use well for first it will only work in self host /website.

Idea was to use. jquery plugin like zoomify.. which is mostly used for high resolution images to show it in limited box. so if whole image is not displayed on screen many will move ahead. and I already said it will make it difficult and not impossible.. even to capture it just use hoverzoom extention in chrome.. and then again default print screen..

If you disable right click on image(again only on self host) you are protected by least 50% viewers .

then keeping it in Database and showing dynamically on page.. will extend more security

using jquery plugin so whole image is never shown on page.

you will never do 100% but it will be just few who can get it thru

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clmlbx said:
^^ well print screen can only capture what shows on screen.. I was thinking to use well for first it will only work in self host /website.

Idea was to use. jquery plugin like zoomify.. which is mostly used for high resolution images to show it in limited box. so if whole image is not displayed on screen many will move ahead. and I already said it will make it difficult and not impossible.. even to capture it just use hoverzoom extention in chrome.. and then again default print screen..

If you disable right click on image(again only on self host) you are protected by least 50% viewers .

then keeping it in Database and showing dynamically on page.. will extend more security

using jquery plugin so whole image is never shown on page.

you will never do 100% but it will be just few who can get it thru

That 50 % even doesn't matter. One who is committed to copy your pictures, will do it.

^ 50% is much better for personal non essential use.. In today's world nothing is secured in cyber world.. with recent news like facebook, yahoo, hotmail being hacked .. what ever you do in cyber world their will be always at least one hacker saying nope not secured me gonna hack it..

so you are almost secured unless you are posting some da vinci art or something. If not then you are pretty good with 50% security.

@ op which site and what type of photos.?

@ OP - before uploading just put your preferred watermark on the images ( preferably your name, website name, a little copyright info on the bottom etc. ) - it would make your photos of your own - this is the best way to protect your photos if you put them online .

Watermarking is the best option, you can watermark it at any part of the picture but still it can be re-encoded too, better not to upload it on net...

or u can do like this,if u r going to add pic in your own webpage ,cut your pic say 9 equal part and then upload it to diffrent host then embed it to html code.
Does this work guys

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kiranbhat said:
or u can do like this,if u r going to add pic in your own webpage ,cut your pic say 9 equal part and then upload it to diffrent host then embed it to html code.
Does this work guys

That a lot of hassle, I don't think it will be a benefit as someone can still screenclip. Best bet is watermark else don't upload images on web.

me as graphic designer I tell you .. watermark is not safest option.. their are many jobs to remove watermark from Images..

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watermark will also not work, it can be easily removed using so many free softwares.

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clmlbx said:
me as graphic designer I tell you .. watermark is not safest option.. their are many jobs to remove watermark from Images..

Watermark can be removed if it is not on the main attraction of the image or it is on a background. If you watermark the main attraction of the image, It will not be possible to remove it without disturbing the image.

^^ nope easily possible dude..

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clmlbx said:
^^ nope easily possible dude..

Ok if you say so then let me send you a watermarked image and remove the watermark from it.

even the tech review website use watermark on their images but the truth is there's no full proof way to protect any images once you put them on a web page no matter what technique one uses.

The only thing one can is to make the image copy/save process more complicated.

Folks it's like this. I will upload the pics in Picasso or some online website so that my friends/relatives can watch it. Last time however what happened was one of my friends saved it on his local machine and then uploaded into facebook which I didn't want. So the people who gonna do will most probably be friends and I don't think they would have so much time to go around finding software to remove watermarks or copy right etc. All I want is that I can upload the pics and nobody should be able to save it on their local machines.

from public host/website not possible. even if you watermark then your friends can post it on Facebook. so your problem not Solved.

It is impossible to protect your files. However you can just tell your friend not to share it. if your friend is trustworthy then he wont upload the pics. Else he is not your friend

Many have said it and I will say it again - Just not possible.

Reason: The way a Web Browser functions, it's a client side software which requests data - your image being data. If someone requests your image via visiting your site or any other way, whether he realizes or not, he has your image already.

So either you watermark the image or don't upload it. And removing watermarks degrades the image, and more often than not, can be easily spotted.

Ok, I know its not possible but something is better than nothing.

Look here: Havok Nation

I don't know how is the coding done, but option to save image after right click is not coming (though I found the link in source

). Still it can keep noobs away.

Just my point.

^ well particularly on that site save as option is not their as their is no image.. It is background. ..anyway some one can always use screen capture.. :wink:

ajayritik said:
Folks it's like this. I will upload the pics in Picasso or some online website so that my friends/relatives can watch it. Last time however what happened was one of my friends saved it on his local machine and then uploaded into facebook which I didn't want. So the people who gonna do will most probably be friends and I don't think they would have so much time to go around finding software to remove watermarks or copy right etc. All I want is that I can upload the pics and nobody should be able to save it on their local machines.

If you just want the pics to be shared with just specific (trusted) people, you can upload the pics on facebook and add only the members with whom you want to share it.
Online image sharing sites also lets user to make his pics private or unlisted so that it can only be viewed with the intended recipient using a link.

dashing.sujay said:
Ok, I know its not possible but something is better than nothing.

Look here: Havok Nation

I don't know how is the coding done, but option to save image after right click is not coming (though I found the link in source ). Still it can keep noobs away.

Just my point.

Yes the newbie may be don't know how to copy that but there are lots of way to copying it.
By Mozilla Add-on method:
Trick

clmlbx said:
^ well particularly on that site save as option is not their as their is no image.. It is background. ..anyway some one can always use screen capture..

Actually you can't. As the image (or background) is overlapped by other contents too. Its a much better way.

hirenjp said:
Yes the newbie may be don't know how to copy that but there are lots of way to copying it.
By Mozilla Add-on method:
Trick

Oh c'mon, I already said something is better than nothing.

dashing.sujay said:
Actually you can't. As the image (or background) is overlapped by other contents too. Its a much better way.

I meant, user can capture screen even if right click is blocked... and that image on site is in background so it does not show save as option..

well yes even I looked to source and got the link to image.. hope now it is clear :wink:

these links might be helpful ;-)

10+ Ways To Protect Images From Being Stolen

Reader Question: How do I protect my images online?

dashing.sujay said:
Ok, I know its not possible but something is better than nothing.

Look here: Havok Nation

I don't know how is the coding done, but option to save image after right click is not coming (though I found the link in source ). Still it can keep noobs away.

Just my point.

Thats surely a trick.

^^ they must have used the image as background - you can use the no right click script or else put a blank image file ( same dimension ) over your image to protect it - ( first method on 10+ ways to protect images online link ) which is best for multiple images IMO.

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Create a Flickr Gallery and disable Downloading of Images > This will disable Save Image As... option in all browsers and will also prevent drag and drop image in the URL bar trick

But, as everyone said advanced users can still save your personal images on their hard drive by using tools/browser's media info. option

mrintech said:
Create a Flickr Gallery and disable Downloading of Images > This will disable Save Image As... option in all browsers and will also prevent drag and drop image in the URL bar trick

great .. did not know this before .. TFS ;-)