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One eyed Bart
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We can choose not to enter the challenges.How can we
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Bart.
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Someone who prints a low-res copy of your image is not someone who's going to be buying a print from you in the first place. As long as you're not posting full res photos, the end user is limited in what they can do.
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Yes, that may be true for printing the photos, but what about those thieves that take the photos and enter them into other contests that award prizes (sometimes substantial) to the winners.Someone who prints a low-res copy of your image is not someone who's going to be buying a print from you in the first place. As long as you're not posting full res photos, the end user is limited in what they can do.
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What bothers me about the Challenges is that the majority of them won't allow you to put a watermark on your entry. This would be one way to help keep thieves from taking them and putting them somewhere else on the internet... either in contests as I mentioned or just elsewhere on the internet representing them as their own, the latter of which has happened to me.
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iMac therefore iAm
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Watermarks are like gun control laws - they only stop the honest people. Granted, I water mark my photos, but I know that won't stop a diligent thief. For serious issues as long as you have the original raw file, you can always prove ownership.[/U]Yes, that may be true for printing the photos, but what about those thieves that take the photos and enter them into other contests that award prizes (sometimes substantial) to the winners.Someone who prints a low-res copy of your image is not someone who's going to be buying a print from you in the first place. As long as you're not posting full res photos, the end user is limited in what they can do.
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What bothers me about the Challenges is that the majority of them won't allow you to put a watermark on your entry. This would be one way to help keep thieves from taking them and putting them somewhere else on the internet... either in contests as I mentioned or just elsewhere on the internet representing them as their own, the latter of which has happened to me.
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Marti58
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this is the way i do, i divide work in paid work and non paid work, what i do for a client will never be exposed on they internet, this way the work stay's unique without any worries.
the work i dont sell can find his way to the internet in a reduced size.
prints are my main stream 95%, internet will get maybe 2% from what i'm doing.
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the work i dont sell can find his way to the internet in a reduced size.
prints are my main stream 95%, internet will get maybe 2% from what i'm doing.
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Ed at Ridersite
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If you really think it's an issue, size your photos no larger than 600x800 pixels @ 72ppi before placing them in a public forum - or anywhere on the web for that matter. Anyone stealing an image that size isn't going to make a bundle off of it. If it's a particularly special image, just don't use it on the web.
As someone above noted, if you have the original, it's pretty easy to prove it's your property.
I be thrilled if someone would steal one of my entries - what a feather in my cap ;-)
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As someone above noted, if you have the original, it's pretty easy to prove it's your property.
I be thrilled if someone would steal one of my entries - what a feather in my cap ;-)
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7DVancouverite
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Again though,
Everyone answering this thread seems to say either don't enter, or enter smal low res files...
It's not the point of what is being asked...these challenges are a fun way to gauge how others perceive our images...we should be encouraged to protect the images we place anywhere online...if that means a big BOLD watermark across the centre of the image...so be it...If I have a photo that wins a challenge that is then sold...I don't want just anyone having access to it...the non watermarked version is held for clients...
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Everyone answering this thread seems to say either don't enter, or enter smal low res files...
It's not the point of what is being asked...these challenges are a fun way to gauge how others perceive our images...we should be encouraged to protect the images we place anywhere online...if that means a big BOLD watermark across the centre of the image...so be it...If I have a photo that wins a challenge that is then sold...I don't want just anyone having access to it...the non watermarked version is held for clients...
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One eyed Bart
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If that's what YOU want to do, go ahead and do it....... but expect to get disqualified from challenges that have rules against watermarks....if that means a big BOLD watermark across the centre of the image...so be it
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Bart.
iMac therefore iAm
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Just FYI, ppi/dpi is irrelevant. The web only understands total pixels. a 600x800 image at 300dpi is exactly the same as a 600x800 image at 72 dpi.If you really think it's an issue, size your photos no larger than 600x800 pixels @ 72ppi before placing them in a public forum - or anywhere on the web for that matter.
Ed at Ridersite
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I may not understand, but reading the info under the "DPI measurement in video resolution," is different than pixels per inch.Just FYI, ppi/dpi is irrelevant. The web only understands total pixels. a 600x800 image at 300dpi is exactly the same as a 600x800 image at 72 dpi.If you really think it's an issue, size your photos no larger than 600x800 pixels @ 72ppi before placing them in a public forum - or anywhere on the web for that matter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dots_per_inch
Are you saying I'm wasting my time resizing my images to 72 ppi prior to submitting for web usage?
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DemiLion
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Pretty much so, yes.I may not understand, but reading the info under the "DPI measurement in video resolution," is different than pixels per inch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dots_per_inch
Are you saying I'm wasting my time resizing my images to 72 ppi prior to submitting for web usage?
Monitors have a fixed native resolution (ie the optimum PPI) whereas DPI for printing is a fluid measurement dependant on the capacity of the print device.
lumigraphics
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Personally I think that challenges should NOT be allowed to ban watermarks. I watermark all my stuff that gets posted online. If someone wants to DQ it then I guess they will but it’s a bad rule.
7DVancouverite
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Whatta Hobby this Photography stuff is! Expensive!
--Personally I think that challenges should NOT be allowed to ban watermarks. I watermark all my stuff that gets posted online. If someone wants to DQ it then I guess they will but it’s a bad rule.
Whatta Hobby this Photography stuff is! Expensive!
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