I think I see a problem with install. When I unzipped the download to get the 3 files (setup, readme, activate) and ran setup to install, then ran acitvate, it did not change from demo mode. I had to run activate again and allow activate to extract another copy of the 3 files. When I ran the activate that came out of the activate self extracting file, the program then showed it was registered.

Hope the watermarking works better than the install.
Thanks for the tip on getting rid of the example folder & files.

The free alternative that I've been using & love is PhotoWham! which is a free download from zdnet.

@24 More likely copyright will ensure that creativity will dimish when prosecuted as law's (& international treaties) demand. A simple example: a photo of a couple in front of a building (as background). Who owns the shot?

I hear the echos of a few roaming: the architect of course.

Should we start errecting forbidden signs everywhere? Or more cleverly: silently wait till enough violate something here & there (out of accident probably) and then start sue'ing like hell to gain the most out of? (which is already commonplace with patents btw)

I really wonder how long this will ultimately take to uprise enough upstir.

The bottomline is: property is an illusion created to ensure profits above anything.

#3 "Slim" (er, nice name...) - Just because someone sends you a photo via eMail most certainly DOES NOT give you ownership. There's a very high prob. the person who sent it didn't own it either. Whoever TOOK the photo owns the photo... but they may not even be able to copyright the content. For example, you can't copyright the photo of a piece of architecture created after 1992. The Photog has to gain permission of the architect to publish the photo. Truth. Copyright protects intellectual property.

SlimJim

#10 Jalon - what if someone uses save page as or uses a screen capture program? Seems to defeat the whole purpose.

Thanks GOTD and SoftOrbits for this great giveaway! (WinXP Pro SP2).

Bottom line people if you never took the image or paid for th rights it is NOT yours. WHy do you thin just becasue yu can view it on your computer screen that it is your property? That's just ignorance.

And the program does not include any free license!

So all you get here is a demo version!!!

I could not beleive it!

When I closed the program, there was a window saying this is a 30-day trial version. Not what I expected from the GOTD page.

Slim,
1) Taking someone else's image is theft pure and simple.
2) There is no way to prevent someone from taking an image once it is posted on the net. If you can see the image it is in your browser cache already downloaded. If they use Flash then there are apps to download flash imagery. And lastly a screen capture app will grab anything on the screen.
3) The claim made in the blurb by the company above that the watermark cannot be removed is not correct, a short bit of work in Photoshop will clone out any watermark. If they are large and ugly enough then it may be hard to do it undetectably. But then if it is that big people won't look at the image in the first place. If they used steganography then that would be difficult to remove but I see no sign that they do.
4) It is a violatin of the DMCA to remove a copyright notice and the fines are up to $50,000 per violation plus attorney fees.

Wanted to mention, #3 - Slim -

Just because a pic (or text for that matter) is on the Internet or comes to you via an email does not make it free or without copyright protections. Might want to study up on some of the rules of etiquette and laws governing the use of material you want to use.

I tried this program for at least an hour. Two main complaints amongst others. (running Vista on an eMachine)

First -
From (post #1)Ashraf's review:
Can resize IMAGE watermarks relative to size of image being watermarked. & Cannot/does not resize TEXT watermarks relative to the size of image being watermarked.

Get these 2 to work in conjunction with one another. it will make the program much better.

Second -

I'm sure it is my monitor and video settings but the bottom of my page, under the 'destination folder' line, I could see the tops of some letters and a box to check. No button to push for save. I have no idea what the letters say. I could not resize my window to have the line show up. No matter what I could just barely see the tops of letters. - No slider bar to raise or lower the picture.

If there were a hot key for Save I could not find it. 4 times I entered the file to save to, pressed S, Control S, Shift S, Alt S, and finally hit enter only to have the program close on me. Get a hotkey to save.

Oh! The help file opened in Wordpad with computer code gibberish. No help there for me...

It was really irritating to have the program open with that flower basket and four demo boxes checked too. Never got to save the settings to see if it would open any other way. - Should open with a blank window, and option to view demo that has a button that says, "Do not show this demo again". I would have loved that. If I could have saved it.

I'm wondering if this software can watermark a DOCUMENT -- something other than a photo. Anyone know?

This is yhe dealbreaker:
"Cannot/does not resize text watermarks relative to the size of image"

What use is a so-called "batch" program that requires identiacally sized inputs? If my originals are different sizes, the watermark will not change proportionally to match the size of each image?

Worthless.

i find this program fast and very easy to use.
Thanks GAOTD and SoftOrbits for this.

http://www.sliceimage.com/ is a program for protecting web photos.

Couldn't you use that Picture Doctor that was given away recently to remove the watermarks?

Hi Slim, (Message 3),

How can you code an image so it is distorted? I doubt this can be done with a standard image, and would need some sort of photo downloader/player?

Of course print screen would always be usable.

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Quite faster than the last watermarking software GOTD gave us..

Roaring Siren

hi..its shows error stating 'You must be logged in as an administrator when installing this program.

anyone out there to helpout..

Here is one real problem with putting pictures on the net that you want to protect. First, if I am sent a photo in my email I consider it my property and can sue it in any manor I like.

Second If I see a picture I like I may take it just to have it for a while or add to an album to show another view of something.

Third, If there is something I do not wanto others to be able to use then there are ways of coding a photo so that it will be distorted when downloaded. Most of the time water marks are easy to get rid of.

I used this for long time, at least this is real free and works very fine !
(link)
http://www.picture-shark.com/watermark_freeware_image_protect_gallery_default.htm

The Good
* Although not very glamorous, interface is straightforward making the program easy to use.
* Supports batch processing.
* Supports multiple input image formats, including but not limited to PNG, GIF, JPG, BMP, TIF, and PSD.
* Supports multiple image output formats, including but not limited to PNG, GIF, JPG, BMP, and TIF.
* Has a "use the original format" output option.
* Has insert text and/or image watermarks.
* Has insert multiple watermarks on one image.
* Has useful "macros" to insert as text watermarks.
* Fast processing.
* Does a fairly good job at keeping original image quality in tact.
* Can resize image watermarks relative to size of image being watermarked.
* Users can save watermarks and easily load them for future use.

The Bad
* Cannot/does not resize text watermarks relative to the size of image being watermarked.
* Always has default images and watermarks loaded whenever user runs the program.

Free Alternatives
FastStone Photo Resizer

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