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Are you a parent leary of posting any of your personal family photos online? If you are, you are definitely not alone. I am constantly stressed by this activity because really, how safe are your photos? After doing some extensive research on how to protect my photos I am happy to share this information with you. Here are some tips on how to protect your online images from being copied and shared:
Photo protection tips
According to About.com Guide Jennifer Kyrnin, “one of the simplest ways to help prevent your images from being downloaded without your permission is to put up a no-right click script.” This will enable a pop-up error message. This all depends on how the code is scripted. For more information on this action go to no-right click script for the simple tutorial.
Shrink Wrapping- This is where Javascript plays a role. Images can be displayed with another. The other image can be transparent so that when someone does try to swipe the image, the image itself will be blank.
Watermarking is my favorite method for keeping my photos safe. It is also very easy. Check out PicMarker to watermark your photos with no headaches.
Creating a picture slide show using flash is another ways to keep photo thieves from stealing your personal photos.
Hopefully these brief tips gave you a glimmer of hope that your photos can indeed be protected from unwanted individuals. I stopped posting my images online for a long time until I came across these tips for keeping your online photos safe.
What ways do you keep your photos protected? Please feel free to share any tips or experiences you may have encountered with your online photos.
