[uzi.boy]

I'm wondering if someone can find something for this. A friend of mine asked me to create an e-portfolio for her but she wants the images protected (not downloadable and such). Of course, completely protecting images is not possible but you can set up blocks that would dissuade novices or you can also watermark images as well. I was wondering if there is any tool or service that literally breaks up images into smaller pieces. Like 1 piece of image is broken up into say multiple smaller pieces put together.

If none exist, would anyone show a tutorial on how to do so?

[Tarif]

You probably already saw this but in case you didn't:

http://www.mediacoll...protect-images/

The "disable right-click" and "cloaking" will probably work best. People that scrape content and images usually look for the quickest way possible. If they come across any sort of obstacle they usually just move on to the next site. However, protecting them from bots may still be a problem.

This post has been edited by Tarif: 31 August 2009 - 04:16 AM

[twistie]

For the love of GOD! Do not disable right click. People do it to protect their content but it does nothing but annoy everyone and create a small game for the person stealing the image. Note: I know quite a large number of people (including myself) who will just close the site if it disables right click (considering there are a large amount of options nowadays in the context menus). Watermarking is also a good solution but small watermarks can always be cropped out and large ones can obstruct the image too much. The best method is to load all your images from a directory which is only readable by local users. Then load them using a php script that checks the referrer. If the referrer is not correct then load an error message. Then on each page the image is loaded on place an element over the image that contains a repeated single transparent gif image or stretch the 1px image over the size of image. That way people who right click -> save image the picture just get a blank image.

[newb]

even if rightclick is disabled can't you just do a print screen

[Slasher]

use htaccess to restrict the directory

[pecky]

Huh - if you disable right click, the user can still access the context menu by the menu button on your keyboard

Watermarking is the best solution - since you would be breaking the law to crop out a watermark anyway

[Slasher]

Use the .htaccess file to restrict the file, so the people have to enter a valid username and password to access it.

[Joshua]

pecky, on 31 August 2009 - 12:27 PM, said:

Watermarking is the best solution - since you would be breaking the law to crop out a watermark anyway

And that stops people from doing it because...

[uzi.boy]

Almost seems like a hassle to truly protect images. I have already researched on the different methods before I asked this. However, what I've asked is completely different from the replies I've received.

But thanks for the tip twistie, I'll check that one again. And newb, you bring a good point, but printing the screen, I believe affects the resolution as well. Hmm, I suppose a culmination of different ideas should help.

[Tarif]

"I was wondering if there is any tool or service that literally breaksup images into smaller pieces. Like 1 piece of image is broken up intosay multiple smaller pieces put together."

lol I just read that now. The only reason I mentioned the options I gave earlier was to discourage newbs but in any case i don't know of any such program I'll let you know if I find out.

[Tarif]

Just did a quick seach and found two such software:

http://arje.net/rasterbator

http://posterazor.sourceforge.net/

I have not used them nor have I read any reviews, like I said I just did a quick search. They look like they do what you are looking for. Hope this helps.

[uzi.boy]

Very interesting. Thanks Tarif! I'll be sure to check it right after Orientation. I'm swamped .