Using Pixels As A Weapon

Monsieur....your images are 900 x 900 for faa. That makes a very nice 9" square print.
That size is big enough for plenty of people. Here it is at 8"

Marlene-

I am not so concerned about small size printed knockoffs as I am the $100 to $500 S/N 16x20 or larger prints. That is my market.

Sounds like a smart strategy to me.

I don't get it. The high res scans we submit here cannot be "lifted." They make a low res one that gets displayed. So we are all basically doing the same thing. Only our 900 pixel across file is vulnerable. It the risk we take for selling prints online through a POD.

I do make small files for promotional purposes.

Are we only talking about FAA? I do something similar for flickr.

Bradford

FAA pretty much protects the artist. However, there are a lot of sites online that don't watermark or safeguard images. I stay clear of sites that only accept high resolution images. Pinterest....the majority of images are high resolution with absolutely no protection.

HW

All sites not just FAA

To be sure, PODs and stock agencies protect theirassets and use a low res version for display. As for other sites I keep lower res files.100 pixels wide and 500 pixels, depending on the site. I can do a bulk edit on a group of digital files so its not a whole lot of work if you have a program that can do that. I can also make my own watermark or larger signature for posting on other sites.

"Do you have a better solution?"

For promotional purposes I create a smaller image at 72 dpi in Photoshop and watermark it. Nothing earth-shattering. Web sites will only show lower rez images for fast page loading.

I can't imagine a competence web site wanting to load a 20 mb file.

You pros know what you are doing...I certainly hope the novices and upstarts in FAA are taking your suggestions to heart

"upstarts"

An interesting choice of noun...

If you see images on Pinterest that are high resolution it's because the artist/photog shared a high rez and put it out there, more than likely unknowing. I've never seen ANY POD site not have some protections in place.

upstart melissa ;o)

Melissa-

When discussions of theft of images pops up on FAA, it indicates to me that those members complaining, are those that do not protect their images with low resolution before submitting them on the web. The purpose of this discussion it to try to inform the victims of ways to protect their wares.

Love your sepia work.