locking jpeg files ???

ryand70s

hello everyone!

does anyone know how to lock jpeg files from being uploaded to other websites ?

Thanks,

Ryan

David_S85

Are your pictures stored at Smugmug?

ziggy53

ryand70s wrote:

hello everyone!

does anyone know how to lock jpeg files from being uploaded to other websites ?

Thanks,

Ryan

Are you talking about files on a SmugMug server? Is your goal to present images without theft, or to hide them entirely?

If you could explain the problem and the intent a little bit better ...?

This seems an odd question for the "Camera" forum?

ziggy53

ryand70s

hehehe..sorry Ziggy, i know this is a weird question for the camera forum but i need urgent help. my picture is not stored on smugmug server. i just want my pictures protected, that's the purpose of my question.

David_S85

ryand70s wrote:

hehehe..sorry Ziggy, i know this is a weird question for the camera forum but i need urgent help. my picture is not stored on smugmug server. i just want my pictures protected, that's the purpose of my question.

Ryan, you can help us help you by answering our questions. Where are your pictures stored? Are they at a service like Smugmug, pbase, etc? Are they on a public server at all?

ziggy53

ryand70s wrote:

hehehe..sorry Ziggy, i know this is a weird question for the camera forum but i need urgent help. my picture is not stored on smugmug server. i just want my pictures protected, that's the purpose of my question.

Ryan,

Take a look at my images at:

http://ziggy53.smugmug.com/gallery/1209630

Notice that the images are "watermarked" with a "proof" statement. Note that if you right-mouse-click on the image, they are "protected" against "casual" theft. Note that I don't present the large or original sized images.

All of these things are provided by the code supplied by SmugMug or by software switches and settings of the SmugMug servers.

If you do a "View" and then "Page Source" with your browser, you may gain a better understanding of the code required to "protect" the images. There is nothing about the JPGs themselves which provides the protection, rather it is a "trick" of software, using your browser's features, that prevents the inadvertant copying of the image.

Unfortunately, there are still methods around this protection, which is why the watermark and not presenting the better quality images.

There is no "lock" available within the JPG image specification to provide this function. Only PDFs can provide an intrinsic protection against printing and changing, and it's not bulletproof either.

Now, can you tell us, David and myself especially, more about what you want to accomplish?

ziggy53

SpeshulEd

ziggy53 wrote:

Unfortunately, there are still methods around this protection

damn that print screen button! Watermark everything!

ryand70s

ziggy53 wrote:

Ryan,

Take a look at my images at:

http://ziggy53.smugmug.com/gallery/1209630

Notice that the images are "watermarked" with a "proof" statement. Note that if you right-mouse-click on the image, they are "protected" against "casual" theft. Note that I don't present the large or original sized images.

All of these things are provided by the code supplied by SmugMug or by software switches and settings of the SmugMug servers.

If you do a "View" and then "Page Source" with your browser, you may gain a better understanding of the code required to "protect" the images. There is nothing about the JPGs themselves which provides the protection, rather it is a "trick" of software, using your browser's features, that prevents the inadvertant copying of the image.

Unfortunately, there are still methods around this protection, which is why the watermark and not presenting the better quality images.

There is no "lock" available within the JPG image specification to provide this function. Only PDFs can provide an intrinsic protection against printing and changing, and it's not bulletproof either.

Now, can you tell us, David and myself especially, more about what you want to accomplish?

ziggy53

Ziggy & David,

really appreciate your input about my inquiry. the following are the answers to your questions :

1. The jpeg file is stored on our central database that can be accessed by different employees in the office.
2. I'm afraid that someone might access the database then upload the file on the internet, which i don't want to.

I also check some sites on the net, they almost gave the same advise as Ziggy.

Hope that i was able to answer your questions. Then again, thanks for the input.

ziggy53

ryand70s wrote:

... I also check some sites on the net, they almost gave the same advise as Ziggy.
...

So the moral is start with SmugMug? Trust SmugMug? Believe in SmugMug?

Ooops, sorry, there should not be any question! D

ziggy53

BigAl

Remember, when you access a pic through your browser, it is downloaded to your PC. You can find such a pic by looking through your browser's cache, and save it from there, even if the Web page disabled the right-click context menu. Once you've saved it somewhere else, you can do what you like with it...

Scott_Quier

BigAl wrote:

Remember, when you access a pic through your browser, it is downloaded to your PC. You can find such a pic by looking through your browser's cache, and save it from there, even if the Web page disabled the right-click context menu. Once you've saved it somewhere else, you can do what you like with it...

Which is one good reason to limit access to the "original" jpgs on SmugMug. If they can't view them, they don't get downloaded to the client PC. Not that I worry about such things. If someone wants to "steal" one or more of my pictures, more power to them, I'm not in it for the money - just the fame!

colourbox

Scott_Quier wrote:

If someone wants to "steal" one or more of my pictures, more power to them, I'm not in it for the money - just the fame!

The problem is, that doesn't work out. If someone steals a picture and uses it for their own purposes without even crediting you, the fame goes to them, not to you.

ziggy53

colourbox wrote:

The problem is, that doesn't work out. If someone steals a picture and uses it for their own purposes without even crediting you, the fame goes to them, not to you.

... Unless Scott finds out who they are and strings the little b*st*rd up by the 'nads and the story makes the front page of the New York Times, then Scott gets the fame. rofl

ziggy53 (the "peacemaker", Colt Peacemaker 45, that is)

Scott_Quier

ziggy53 wrote:

... Unless Scott finds out who they are and strings the little b*st*rd up by the 'nads and the story makes the front page of the New York Times, then Scott gets the fame. rofl

ziggy53 (the "peacemaker", Colt Peacemaker 45, that is)

Good job Ziggy. You caught the toungue in cheek "humor" of my statement . If you look at my "work" you will note that much, if not all, of it is really not worth stealing. Some of it is OK, but most of it is pretty pedestrian.