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Michelle
Apr 19, 2006
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New to Photoshop:
How do I place a transparent image on top of an image so that it cannot be copied and if they do they only get the blank image ?

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Mike Russell
Apr 19, 2006
From: "Michelle"

New to Photoshop:
How do I place a transparent image on top of an image so that it cannot be copied and if they do they only get the blank image ?

Interesting trick. This is not done with Photoshop, but with web design software, probably using html layers. You’ll need to check out a forum – perhaps for DreamWeaver – that discusses these kinds of techniques.

Another trick is to slice the image into pieces so that it is too much trouble to download. Really, the only way to preserve your images is to use only reduced resolution versions on the net.

Mike Russell
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Richard H Huelin
Apr 19, 2006
"Michelle" wrote in message
New to Photoshop:
How do I place a transparent image on top of an image so that it cannot be copied and if they do they only get the blank image ?

Take a look at this page: http://tinyurl.com/zv3sz if you mean the method used for the racing car picture, all you need do, is set the picture you wish to protect as the background in a cell of it’s exact size. Create a transparency of the same size and set it as the image. The result is that it becomes difficult to print, save or hotlink to it. While the majority of non-techy users will find it difficult to overcome, anyone familiar with how a web site is constructed will have littlie difficulty in getting past the protection.

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edjh
Apr 19, 2006
Richard H Huelin wrote:
"Michelle" wrote in message

New to Photoshop:
How do I place a transparent image on top of an image so that it cannot be copied and if they do they only get the blank image ?

Take a look at this page: http://tinyurl.com/zv3sz if you mean the method used for the racing car picture, all you need do, is set the picture you wish to protect as the background in a cell of it’s exact size. Create a transparency of the same size and set it as the image. The result is that it becomes difficult to print, save or hotlink to it. While the majority of non-techy users will find it difficult to overcome, anyone familiar with how a web site is constructed will have littlie difficulty in getting past the protection.

Both the preceding methods easily defeated by taking a screenshot. In general if you don’t want people taking your images, don’t put them on the web.

There was a server based solution called Clever Content by Alchemedia but it was kind of expensive and not very practical for most users.


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Roy G
Apr 19, 2006
"Michelle" wrote in message
New to Photoshop:
How do I place a transparent image on top of an image so that it cannot be copied and if they do they only get the blank image ?
Hi.

The best way to prevent copying is simply to use as small a file size as you can get away with.

None of the regular protections will prevent any semi-savvy person taking a copy.

If only a very small image file is put up, it can not be increased in size without considerable damage being done, and then it will not be of much use for any purpose.

Roy G
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Michelle
Apr 19, 2006
Thnx Richard and all the others who replied. I am not worried about the savvy computer user as the site with this image is for the ‘not so savvy’ so your method is perfect !!! Is the process done in Photoshop ?

"Richard H Huelin" wrote in
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"Michelle" wrote in message
New to Photoshop:
How do I place a transparent image on top of an image so that it cannot be copied and if they do they only get the blank image ?

Take a look at this page: http://tinyurl.com/zv3sz if you mean the method used for the racing car picture, all you need do, is set the picture you wish to protect as the background in a cell of it’s exact size. Create a transparency of the same size and set it as the image. The result is that it becomes difficult to print, save or hotlink to it. While the majority of non-techy users will find it difficult to overcome, anyone familiar with how a web site is constructed will have littlie difficulty in getting past the protection.

www.bangor-on-dee.co.uk
www.pallotmuseum.co.uk
www.tractordata.co.uk
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jaSPAMc
Apr 19, 2006
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 05:51:57 GMT, "Mike Russell" found these unused words floating
about:

From: "Michelle"

New to Photoshop:
How do I place a transparent image on top of an image so that it cannot be copied and if they do they only get the blank image ?

Interesting trick. This is not done with Photoshop, but with web design software, probably using html layers. You’ll need to check out a forum – perhaps for DreamWeaver – that discusses these kinds of techniques.
Another trick is to slice the image into pieces so that it is too much trouble to download. Really, the only way to preserve your images is to use only reduced resolution versions on the net.

IF you can see it on the monitor it can be copied. PERIOD!

All the ‘tricks’ will do is slow down or make ‘right click’ saving difficult.
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jaSPAMc
Apr 19, 2006
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:19:09 -0400, "Michelle" found these unused words floating about:

New to Photoshop:
How do I place a transparent image on top of an image so that it cannot be copied and if they do they only get the blank image ?
Why bother? If you can see the image, it can be copied. PERIOD!!!
J
jaSPAMc
Apr 19, 2006
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:03:20 -0400, "Michelle" found these unused words floating about:

Thnx Richard and all the others who replied. I am not worried about the savvy computer user as the site with this image is for the ‘not so savvy’ so your method is perfect !!! Is the process done in Photoshop ?

"Richard H Huelin" wrote in
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"Michelle" wrote in message
New to Photoshop:
How do I place a transparent image on top of an image so that it cannot be copied and if they do they only get the blank image ?

Take a look at this page: http://tinyurl.com/zv3sz if you mean the method used for the racing car picture, all you need do, is set the picture you wish to protect as the background in a cell of it’s exact size. Create a transparency of the same size and set it as the image. The result is that it becomes difficult to print, save or hotlink to it. While the majority of non-techy users will find it difficult to overcome, anyone familiar with how a web site is constructed will have littlie difficulty in getting past the protection.

…. and anyone who barely reads their help file will know to press "Prt Scr" and get a screen copy to the clipboard!

From there it’s a ‘flat’ image and can be cropped and saved.
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Michelle
Apr 19, 2006
prnt scr is not the problem…hey they can print my image as much as they like just don’t want it downloaded… again I am not trying to deter the computer savvy

"J. A. Mc." wrote in message
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:19:09 -0400, "Michelle" found these unused words floating about:

New to Photoshop:
How do I place a transparent image on top of an image so that it cannot be copied and if they do they only get the blank image ?
Why bother? If you can see the image, it can be copied. PERIOD!!!
RH
Richard H Huelin
Apr 19, 2006
"Michelle" wrote in message
Thnx Richard and all the others who replied. I am not worried about the savvy computer user as the site with this image is for the ‘not so savvy’ so your method is perfect !!! Is the process done in Photoshop ?

It is, but the same result can be achieved using any program that will create a transparent gif and a web optimised jpg. As has been mentioned the method is far from perfect. I use it in an attempt to defeat bandwidth thieves (hotlinking), it seems to do the job quite well, and the transparent gif is a minute file size, placing the web address of the site on it gives you a free advert and disappoints the bandwidth thief.
RH
Richard H Huelin
Apr 19, 2006
"J. A. Mc." wrote in message
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:03:20 -0400, "Michelle" found these unused words floating about:

Thnx Richard and all the others who replied. I am not worried about the savvy computer user as the site with this image is for the ‘not so savvy’ so
your method is perfect !!! Is the process done in Photoshop ?

"Richard H Huelin" wrote in
message
"Michelle" wrote in message
New to Photoshop:
How do I place a transparent image on top of an image so that it cannot be copied and if they do they only get the blank image ?

Take a look at this page: http://tinyurl.com/zv3sz if you mean the method
used for the racing car picture, all you need do, is set the picture you wish to protect as the background in a cell of it’s exact size. Create a
transparency of the same size and set it as the image. The result is that
it becomes difficult to print, save or hotlink to it. While the majority
of non-techy users will find it difficult to overcome, anyone familiar with how a web site is constructed will have littlie difficulty in getting
past the protection.

… and anyone who barely reads their help file will know to press "Prt Scr"
and get a screen copy to the clipboard!

From there it’s a ‘flat’ image and can be cropped and saved.

I do not recall saying that it would be difficult to overcome. Anyone with half a clue can call the image up simply by taking a look at the html code. I use the method to deter bandwidth thieves, if my site stats are to be believed it seems more effective than using ht access files.
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edjh
Apr 19, 2006
Michelle wrote:
prnt scr is not the problem…hey they can print my image as much as they like just don’t want it downloaded… again I am not trying to deter the computer savvy
/snip/

What’s the difference between a screen grab and downloading an image? You get the same thing pretty much.



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Michelle
Apr 19, 2006
Thnx Richard. I tried in Photoshop(photoshop newbie), no luck what are the steps if you can please tell me.

Thnx.

"Richard H Huelin" wrote in
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"Michelle" wrote in message
Thnx Richard and all the others who replied. I am not worried about the savvy computer user as the site with this image is for the ‘not so savvy’ so your method is perfect !!! Is the process done in Photoshop ?

It is, but the same result can be achieved using any program that will create a transparent gif and a web optimised jpg. As has been mentioned the method is far from perfect. I use it in an attempt to defeat bandwidth thieves (hotlinking), it seems to do the job quite well, and the transparent gif is a minute file size, placing the web address of the site on it gives you a free advert and disappoints the bandwidth thief.
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Tacit
Apr 19, 2006
In article <JIt1g.5884$>,
"Michelle" wrote:

prnt scr is not the problem…hey they can print my image as much as they like just don’t want it downloaded… again I am not trying to deter the computer savvy

Print screen does not print an image on the printer. It puts the picture on the clipboard so that it can be saved to disk.

You can not stop people from downloading your pictures. If a picture is on the Web, it can be downloaded, end of story.


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Tacit
Apr 19, 2006
In article <bZx1g.6047$>,
"Michelle" wrote:

Thnx Richard. I tried in Photoshop(photoshop newbie), no luck

Correct. You do not do this in Photoshop; you do it in HTML when you create your Web site.

Step 1: Create an HTML table.
Step 2: Set the background of the table to the image you want to protect. Step 3: Place a transparent GIF inside the table. (Note: it does not need to be the same size as the image you are trying to protect.)


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Michelle
Apr 20, 2006
Thank you ‘tacit’.

"tacit" wrote in message
In article <bZx1g.6047$>,
"Michelle" wrote:

Thnx Richard. I tried in Photoshop(photoshop newbie), no luck

Correct. You do not do this in Photoshop; you do it in HTML when you create your Web site.

Step 1: Create an HTML table.
Step 2: Set the background of the table to the image you want to protect. Step 3: Place a transparent GIF inside the table. (Note: it does not need to be the same size as the image you are trying to protect.)

Art, photography, shareware, polyamory, literature, kink: all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html
Nanohazard, Geek shirts, and more: http://www.villaintees.com
J
jaSPAMc
Apr 20, 2006
It -=IS=- downloaded to view …

Prt Scr captures the image you have, then can be saved as a file – No ‘savvy’ needed!

On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:39:11 -0400, "Michelle" found these unused words floating about:

prnt scr is not the problem…hey they can print my image as much as they like just don’t want it downloaded… again I am not trying to deter the computer savvy

"J. A. Mc." wrote in message
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:19:09 -0400, "Michelle" found these unused words floating about:

New to Photoshop:
How do I place a transparent image on top of an image so that it cannot be copied and if they do they only get the blank image ?
Why bother? If you can see the image, it can be copied. PERIOD!!!
J
jaSPAMc
Apr 20, 2006
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:14:04 +0100, "Richard H Huelin" found these unused words floating
about:

"J. A. Mc." wrote in message
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:03:20 -0400, "Michelle" found these unused words floating about:

Thnx Richard and all the others who replied. I am not worried about the savvy computer user as the site with this image is for the ‘not so savvy’ so
your method is perfect !!! Is the process done in Photoshop ?

"Richard H Huelin" wrote in
message
"Michelle" wrote in message
New to Photoshop:
How do I place a transparent image on top of an image so that it cannot be copied and if they do they only get the blank image ?

Take a look at this page: http://tinyurl.com/zv3sz if you mean the method
used for the racing car picture, all you need do, is set the picture you wish to protect as the background in a cell of it’s exact size. Create a
transparency of the same size and set it as the image. The result is that
it becomes difficult to print, save or hotlink to it. While the majority
of non-techy users will find it difficult to overcome, anyone familiar with how a web site is constructed will have littlie difficulty in getting
past the protection.

… and anyone who barely reads their help file will know to press "Prt Scr"
and get a screen copy to the clipboard!

From there it’s a ‘flat’ image and can be cropped and saved.

I do not recall saying that it would be difficult to overcome. Anyone with half a clue can call the image up simply by taking a look at the html code. I use the method to deter bandwidth thieves, if my site stats are to be believed it seems more effective than using ht access files.
Bandwidth thieves simply look at your HTML and use -=your=- link. You have to use one of several host schemes to prevent foreign linking.
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Falco98
Apr 21, 2006

J. A. Mc. wrote:
IF you can see it on the monitor it can be copied. PERIOD!
All the ‘tricks’ will do is slow down or make ‘right click’ saving difficult.

how about the ‘trick’ where IE tells the OS to crash if printscreen is pressed?
another reason to upgrade to firefox!
(just kidding… but not about firefox)

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