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Cameron,

why must Adobe by default, strip the data?




While I understand you concern, Save for Web... attempts to make file "weight" as low as possible -- specifically to optimize images for the Web. Adding any metadata would defeat that.

But, sure, no reason why it can't be an option for saving files. Let Adobe know.

Neil

Not everyone embraces or uses "Bridge." I don't.




I feel for you but you will have to learn to embrace the Bridge as it becomes more important to the working of the creative suites integration.

No way around it. You'll see how much you like it in the future and how you will become to depend àon it.

Any user can "claim" that they had no way to find the creator of the image
since their is no metadata attached to the image.




There may also be a fundamental misunderstanding of protecting images on a web page here. There are very, very, very few people that will be looking at meta data in an image for copyright. And few applications will even reveal that meta data to the user.

You can't stop someone from taking your image from your site and you can't track what they do with it. The best way that anyone can try to protect their copyright is to stamp a visible mark somewhere on the image that not only announces copyright but points the viewer to your site (ex: © 2008 Joe Photography - joephoto.com). So if someone steals your image and posts it elsewhere, other viewers will know where to find the source. The image thief may be your best marketer.

Most of the problems I encounter are from clients use of my hi-res photography, whether intentional or otherwise. I'm looking for technology that embeds my copyright information permanently into the image when I create a hi-res file for delivery. A watermark is not the answer and neither is XMP as long as it can be stripped out, or in the case of a jpeg left out when a client creates a new jpeg. I have seen watermarks retouched out and and bylines cropped off especially when files are sent out for PR and editorial purposes.

Why can't an authors copyright and contact info be embedded once to a photo and locked for security against deletion or changes by others?

JPG, GIF, and PNG were never designed for DRM. No watermark or meta trick will change this.

If you don't want hi-res photos loose, don't release them.

If you need to demonstrate the hi-res quality of your art, consider zoomify, which chops your image into tiles and makes them less prone for theft.

seen watermarks retouched out and and bylines cropped off




How do you retouch or crop a watermark that appears in the center of an image or over the subject?

<https://www.digimarc.com/mypicturemarc/>

You can run the demo on your images in PS to see how it affects image quality.

J

Not everyone embraces or uses "Bridge." I don't.>




Cameron:

I suggest that you will want to revise that opinion once you see the CS4 version of Bridge and Bridge-hosted ACR 5.x.

The new version frankly knocks the socks off Lightroom and is a completely different animal from Bridge CS3!

How do you retouch or crop a watermark that appears in the center of an
image or over the subject? >




For someone who is determined to steal, and has reasonable retouching skills, it is not impossible. Also plastering a visible watermark right across an image does attract from its appeal if you are hoping to attract buyers.

You could always register with Digimarc if you think that it is worth it.

I think John Nack must have known what Cameron was going to say this morning and therefore posted this especially for him:

<http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/>

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