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I'd like to put some pic's on a site but need to 'stamp' them with a copyright text across them.
Is there a quick fix for this or is it Photoshop or the like?

you can use Paint, comes with windows? Not sure if this will allow a transparent background though.

Paint will do it but like you say, the words go into a white box. I'd prefer just text on the pic. Must be a simple solution somewhere.

You could use Irfanview, it is free software and very popular. It is basic but it will put text on an image. :)

http://www.irfanview.com/

Thought I'd done it but seems my added words can be removed!
Still trying.

Anyone got an answer to this one yet?

try the gimp for a top class photo editing package thats free

http://www.gimp.org/

Download a hookey copy of Photoshop from a bit torrent site - then use that to copyright your piccies  ;D

Quote from: kenkew on April 16, 2007, 20:15:40
Thought I'd done it but seems my added words can be removed!
Still trying.

If you use top of the range software or a freebie there is nothing to stop anyone removing the copywrite notice. Your best hope is that it puts people off, but if someone wants that the image they will get it  ;)

The only thing you can do is to reduce both the size and the quality such that it is no longer of value but good enough to show the content. If you are selling prints or photographs, never put the high quality image on the web but a low res image instead. When resizing a jpg file, the quality can be set down to 3 or 4 and still be acceptable for viewing on screen.

You have to live with this. There are various scripts available to prevent users copying images but none of them will stop me. I see my images almost every night when I do any searching and sometimes it makes me a bit cross but that is the Internet.

Quote from: legendaryone on April 23, 2007, 19:13:06
If you use top of the range software or a freebie there is nothing to stop anyone removing the copywrite notice. Your best hope is that it puts people off, but if someone wants that the image they will get it  ;)

If you use top of the range software you wouldnt add text you would add digital watermarks and signatures and put copyright notices on your page stating that they are protected and people will be prosecuted etc.

KK can I ask why you want them copyrighted, what they are of and which medium they are to be used in eg web, printing etc.
I have studied quite a bit about the legal side of the internet

No matter which software you use if the person that wants the picture knows how to use editing software then they will get it.
The following photos show how easy it is.


This shows a picture with a watermark



This shows a little bit of editing



This is the picture without the watermark. This is the original but with about an hours work I could easily turn the watermarked one back to this state.

I am getting better with paintshop pro and this was just an example

I edit pictures for family and friends all the time.

In most cases if you are using a gallery site then they have the ability to stop people right clicking on the picture and an alert box will come up saying that this picture is not for sharing.
If it is for your own website space then you can add that yourself using html/css/xhtml or which ever code you are using to edit your site.
Personally if it is a picture that you are putting up for sale, shrink it down to thumbnail size before you upload it and then when someone tries to download it and edit the size of it the picture will become blurred. The normal size of a picture for a photo is 640x480 so if you make the picture smaller than this when it is enlarged it will be distorted.

forgot to say, the program I used to add the watermark was one that I obtained from the web. I believe it is quite expensive to buy!!

Photo watermark Professional

http://www.photowatermark.com/

Quote from: wolflike on April 26, 2007, 00:44:49
In most cases if you are using a gallery site then they have the ability to stop people right clicking on the picture and an alert box will come up saying that this picture is not for sharing.

But if that happens you can use the prtscn (print screen) key which is on every keyboard or use some software. You're best bet is what has been suggested, use thumbnails.

The size thing/thumbnails might be the way forward...how about I crop a block out of the picture before submitting it? Mind you, when the finished article goes out I supposed it's wide open to nicking
The whole reason behind this is that I've been talking to a company who seem keen for me to do some commercial work. Feathers in my cap but like Eristic, how maddening if your work is pilfered.