Another watermark thread

NikonsandVstromsNikonsandVstroms Registered Users Posts: 990 Major grins
edited July 10, 2008 in Mind Your Own Business
I just got the smug mug account working and I'm thinking about using it as a easily updatable gallery of my work (on my own website I use custom made flash galleries, which already are really out of date that I hope to soon replace with just a small amount of top-quality images) but I've heard many horror stories about images being stolen. So I decided to make a watermark today and wanted to get some feedback:

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http://www.jonathanbeckley.com/

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,949 moderator
    edited July 10, 2008
    I think watermarks are highly personal and how they're built is a matter of taste and suited to the developer's need.

    This one's easy on the eyes. Can be placed almost anywhere and doesn't really detract from the image at all. It could be used on marketing collateral as well.
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  • kygardenkygarden Registered Users Posts: 1,060 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2008
    My personal preference is a low-key watermark like the ones in your examples so the customer can still see the photo well and picture what it will look like on their wall. But at the same time, I like one that covers a pretty large area like maybe all the way across the photo so it's very difficult for the casual screenshotter type of thief to use the image without lots of photoshop work to remove the watermark. Mine is a simple light gray one that extends most of the way across the photo and is just visible enough to do it's job.
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2008
    I like it. Not only does it work as a watermark, but it's a nice signature.
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  • TangoTango Registered Users Posts: 4,592 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2008
    thumb.gifthumb.gif looks good to me....
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  • geospatial_junkiegeospatial_junkie Registered Users Posts: 707 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2008
    Nice watermark. This is going to get me thinking of busting open the pen tool and making one. I'm using a standard large watermark across my photos.
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  • NikonsandVstromsNikonsandVstroms Registered Users Posts: 990 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2008
    Thanks for the good comments, I have been trying it with a bunch of different images, and it has been easily adaptable So looks like we have a winnerclap.gif
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