protecting images.......
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protecting images.......
I'm developing a website for a industrial photographer and he wants to sell some of his prints on the site, but he wants to make it so that a user is not able to save and print the image themselves, i know you can disable right-click with JS, but is there a way to make a image impossiable to save, even if you go to File->Save, and save the entire page?????
any suggestions or ideas, would be great.......just not too sure as how to go about it.........
thanks a mill
any suggestions or ideas, would be great.......just not too sure as how to go about it.........
thanks a mill
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i know that you can make a screenshot, and that you cant stop that, are you sure there is no way to encode the image or something like that so that if its saved it just turns into gobleygook......
or maybe put them into a flash file, is there a way to make .swf files with php or another language????
or maybe put them into a flash file, is there a way to make .swf files with php or another language????
not that I know of..
How I did mine (which isnt safe at all) was I used javascript to disable the right click function of the mouse... anyone with a image ripper (psp, etc) can steal it... plus, once a user visits the site, most browers will download the image(s) into a temp folder for easy/faster loading on the next visit to the page.
Just more to think about, no way you'll get it 100%
How I did mine (which isnt safe at all) was I used javascript to disable the right click function of the mouse... anyone with a image ripper (psp, etc) can steal it... plus, once a user visits the site, most browers will download the image(s) into a temp folder for easy/faster loading on the next visit to the page.
Just more to think about, no way you'll get it 100%
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Maybe something like this --> http://www.phphelp.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5578
No.
You can make Flash files with PHP, but people can still make screen shots no matter what. As others have suggested in this thread, you may wish to put some kind of text across the image. You can also simply not post high-resolution versions of the images; presumably, the prints would be from the highest-quality originals, but Web previews need not be.dull1554 wrote:or maybe put them into a flash file, is there a way to make .swf files with php or another language????
You may also wish to look into digital watermarking, such as that offered by Digimarc right in Photoshop.
That is a Very Bad Idea.
When you disable contextual menus for your Web site, you may cripple several functions of your visitors' browsers that have nothing to do with protecting your images (navigation, bookmarking, properties, translation, toolbar options, etc.), which the method fails to do anyway. As with blocking text selection and combination keys for opening links in new windows, blocking contextual menus is rude and more likely to annoy and alienate your visitors than to protect anything.tim wrote:How I did mine (which isnt safe at all) was I used javascript to disable the right click function of the mouse...
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Haven't we been here before - viewtopic.php?t=12675&start=15&postdays ... ht=protect image
There are ways to not allow
Saving from the web page and contents with mouse and browser commands.
Site and file grabbers, search and spider programs.
From browser cache or the Temporary Internet Folder.
Screen capture programs and PrintScreen.
Piracy and redistribution of server hosted files
Read all my posts on the link i gave above. There are some links to plugins that will protect your images.
Im not saying this is the best solution, but it is a solution.
Mark
There are ways to not allow
Saving from the web page and contents with mouse and browser commands.
Site and file grabbers, search and spider programs.
From browser cache or the Temporary Internet Folder.
Screen capture programs and PrintScreen.
Piracy and redistribution of server hosted files
Read all my posts on the link i gave above. There are some links to plugins that will protect your images.
Im not saying this is the best solution, but it is a solution.
Mark