on my site I need to store images submitted by various users. Some of them will want to apply a watermark, but I'd like to keep a copy on the server incase there is a need to use a non-watermarked version of a particular image.
I guess my 2 options are:
1. Watermark the default image on upload, store a non-watermarked version on the server.
2. Upload the file, but only watermark it when it has been requested, if requested with a watermark.
Most pages will only require 1 watermarked file, but some pages may have a slide show requiring 20+ images (loaded into a flash app) some watermarked, some not - depending on the user.
Option 2 would also require me to store the watermark information in the database for each image.
What would you do? Thoughts appreciated.
watermark on the fly?
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