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Hi All!
It seems that a number of people really believed that watermarking will solve their copyright problems in a rather prestigious way. Today I post to say: it is a real illusion. I have been provoked by some postings about Digimarc plug-in that ships with Photoshop. After a number of trials I could arrive at a standard procedure that will turn watermarking into a useless illusion. I have corresponded with a couple of Digimarc employees, who show a strange attitude, by trying to convince me that what I’ve discovered is normal and they expect it!
To prove that watermarking is nothing but a superficial luxury feature, I have put THREE watermarks in the same picture. It wasn’t done by chance. Take a look here:
http://odin.prohosting.com/digimarc
Right-click the picture and save it on your computer. Open it with Photoshop:
1- The initial resolution is 72 DPI. Filter>Digimarc>Read Watermark (you’ll get year 1950).
2- Resample by Image>Image Size>150 DPI (Bicubic). Filter>Digimarc>Read Watermark (you’ll get year 1985)!!
3- Resample by Image>Image Size>200 DPI (Bicubic). Filter>Digimarc>Read Watermark (you’ll get year 2000)!!!!
Mohamed Al-Dabbagh
Senior Graphic Designer
It seems that a number of people really believed that watermarking will solve their copyright problems in a rather prestigious way. Today I post to say: it is a real illusion. I have been provoked by some postings about Digimarc plug-in that ships with Photoshop. After a number of trials I could arrive at a standard procedure that will turn watermarking into a useless illusion. I have corresponded with a couple of Digimarc employees, who show a strange attitude, by trying to convince me that what I’ve discovered is normal and they expect it!
To prove that watermarking is nothing but a superficial luxury feature, I have put THREE watermarks in the same picture. It wasn’t done by chance. Take a look here:
http://odin.prohosting.com/digimarc
Right-click the picture and save it on your computer. Open it with Photoshop:
1- The initial resolution is 72 DPI. Filter>Digimarc>Read Watermark (you’ll get year 1950).
2- Resample by Image>Image Size>150 DPI (Bicubic). Filter>Digimarc>Read Watermark (you’ll get year 1985)!!
3- Resample by Image>Image Size>200 DPI (Bicubic). Filter>Digimarc>Read Watermark (you’ll get year 2000)!!!!
Mohamed Al-Dabbagh
Senior Graphic Designer
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