With the rash of eBay shenanigans (fake auctions with stolen photos), it may be a good idea to watermark your website photos. Here's a couple of sites that will watermark for free:
http://picmarkr.com/ http://www.watermarktool.com/ I suggest watermarking the photo with your web site address in an area where it can't be cropped out. Also, if you sell on eBay, watermark your item photos with your seller ID - that way, the crooks can't steal your auction photos. Loran From [email protected] Sun Nov 30 03:07:13 2008 From: [email protected] (buck Buchanan) Date: Sun Nov 30 03:07:25 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Protect Your Phono Photos In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Loran, Thank you, that is a very good way to protect not only us as sellers but also the buyers. Bill Buchanan --- On Sat, 11/29/08, Loran T. Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: From: Loran T. Hughes <[email protected]> Subject: [Phono-L] Protect Your Phono Photos To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, November 29, 2008, 11:07 PM With the rash of eBay shenanigans (fake auctions with stolen photos), it may be a good idea to watermark your website photos. Here's a couple of sites that will watermark for free: http://picmarkr.com/ http://www.watermarktool.com/ I suggest watermarking the photo with your web site address in an area where it can't be cropped out. Also, if you sell on eBay, watermark your item photos with your seller ID - that way, the crooks can't steal your auction photos. Loran _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org From [email protected] Sun Nov 30 08:46:18 2008 From: [email protected] (Norman Bruderhofer) Date: Sun Nov 30 09:09:53 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Protect Your Phono Photos In-Reply-To: <[email protected] > References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Thank you, Loran! I think it is very important to create awareness. Let me add to more recommendations: If you have a larger collection of pictures to watermark, I recommend the batch file conversion feature of IrfanView: http://www.irfanview.net/ or XnView: http://www.xnview.com/ Both are more technical but very handy for more than about 10 pictures. Both programs are free for personal use. Norman At 05:07 30.11.2008, you wrote: >With the rash of eBay shenanigans (fake auctions with stolen photos), it may >be a good idea to watermark your website photos. Here's a couple of sites >that will watermark for free: > >http://picmarkr.com/ >http://www.watermarktool.com/ > >I suggest watermarking the photo with your web site address in an area where >it can't be cropped out. Also, if you sell on eBay, watermark your item >photos with your seller ID - that way, the crooks can't steal your auction >photos. > >Loran >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
