Workflow, print image question

teej

Hi - I wasnt sure where to post this but this group seemed to be the right audience to answer. I've just started playing with smugmug, but before I post more from my library I would like to resolve this question.

Here is what I am trying to do:
- When I post images or share images electronically for marketing purposes, I frame them in a black border and give the image a name and have my website info on them, copyright, etc.
BUT
- when a customer wants to purchase the prints, I would want them to be able to order a print with all of that extra information not present

I think there are two ways to accomplish this, would like peoples thoughts on the practicality of each, or alternative answers:

Option A:
- put my gallery (with the border etc.) on my own website
- at my website provide links to a purchasable print at smugmug
- at smugmug, keep images that are clean

Option B:
- post my pictures with the borders at smugmug
- when a customer orders I set the order to be held for a few days
- I get notified, go to smugmug and swap the file for a clean version
- send the order
- then replace the clean file with my bordered version

thanks for comments. I am just going through my library and getting ready to have everything ready for January 1, and I'd prefer to only set this up once.

Hikin' Mike

You upload the "clean" non-border images to Smugmug, full-size. You use CSS to make the border. If you have a pro account you can use a watermark on all of the images. They'll only show up on the web. A customer gets a "clean" print.

BradfordBenn

As Hikin' Mike said, using Watermarks within SmugMug and CSS you can adjust as you need to. Info about the watermarking can be found at http://www.smugmug.com/help/custom-watermark-protection

Also there are other tools that will help for pictures from being "borrowed" without permission. You can find that info here http://www.smugmug.com/help/image-protection