frames and copyright

[glowluzid]

Over Christmas I put together a 300+ photo album for a local organization that displayed over a thousand creches. It was a charity/gift piece, so wasn't paid. I put some of them up with my online album (linked below) and a friend seeing them told me I would be wise to put a copyright on everything.

What is the best way to add that to hundreds of images without too much loss in recompressing the JPGs?

Second question: I want to add a certain kind of digital frame to some photos, but I don't know the name of it. Studios sometimes can do a framed-fade on a photo where the edges wriggle as they fade away. I'm not sure if that will make sense to anyone else, but if someone knows of a plugin or action that will work, I would appreciate it.

Thanks
--E20n photos, tips and tests at:
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[Ed Oliver]

Over Christmas I put together a 300+ photo album for a local
organization that displayed over a thousand creches. It was a
charity/gift piece, so wasn't paid. I put some of them up with my
online album (linked below) and a friend seeing them told me I
would be wise to put a copyright on everything.

What is the best way to add that to hundreds of images without too
much loss in recompressing the JPGs?

Simplest way would be to put the copyright indicia in a box on the introduction page. "All images copyright 2002 by ?". As you probably know the images are automatically copyright the instant you push the shutter release - all you are doing is putting the public on notice that you hold copyright and if they are law abiding citizens they will contact you for permission to use or purchase - if they are not, then putting the indicia on will be of no use anyway.

My take on the matter.

Ed O

 

[RCFoto]

If the copyright is embedded in the image (tastefully, mind you), then it is at least going to make the illegal copier go to some trouble to remove the mark. The intent there is for it to not be printed/sold or reposted without your name on it.

By the way - a number of commercial labs in the states will flat refuse to touch a negative, print, or image with an embedded copyright mark on it - unless they have a signed release. That obviously doesn't keep someone from cutting the copyright mark off the image, but it does inconvenience the copier.

Simplest way would be to put the copyright indicia in a box on the
introduction page. "All images copyright 2002 by ?". As you
probably know the images are automatically copyright the instant
you push the shutter release - all you are doing is putting the
public on notice that you hold copyright and if they are law
abiding citizens they will contact you for permission to use or
purchase - if they are not, then putting the indicia on will be of
no use anyway.

My take on the matter.

Ed O

---- S.Keating, Daytona Beach FL

 

[glowluzid]

Thanks. Is there software that will embed a (C) on thousands of images at one time?

Anyone know about the framing technique also?

If the copyright is embedded in the image (tastefully, mind you),
then it is at least going to make the illegal copier go to some

trouble to remove the mark. --Photos, tips and tests at: http://www.geocities.com/glowluzid

 

[Jukka Jarnberg]

Yes, ThumbsPlus 4

batch autostamp

jukka

Anyone know about the framing technique also?

If the copyright is embedded in the image (tastefully, mind you),
then it is at least going to make the illegal copier go to some
trouble to remove the mark.

--
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http://www.geocities.com/glowluzid

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