I always use my own pictures, but, sometimes do not watermark them and I never give the source. I thought it was understood that it was yours unless sourced. :(
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I always use my own pictures, but, sometimes do not watermark them and I never give the source. I thought it was understood that it was yours unless sourced. :(
Maybe I'm just a glass half full type person and a little pessimistic.
I'm more referring to the type of posts that clearly used created images such as my first or second picture without a source. If you're making an #marketfriday post it's pretty clear that you're taking and using your own images. Also, if you have 100 posts about how to be a better farmer, I'm also going to assume any farm pictures you have will be your own.
Just my thoughts and opinions on how to be a better Steemian :D. I'm by no means the sheriff of Steemit.
But by not marking them, you are making them "orphan" images on the web - free for anyone to take and upload to Pixabay etc. . Steemit is fully searchable on the web.
Thank you. I used to mark them all, but, stopped when someone asked me why I was watermarking that picture. eyeroll
Oh, that's weird! There are some who think you should not add your copyright, but I don't agree. For the same reason, I resize everything to a smaller 72dpi before uploading, I never upload full size images to the web!
I don't either
Good for you. There is no need, ,because we are viewing at 72dpi! :-)
I know that, but, I do it out of habit as I may post it somewhere else
Not at all! I appreciate it.
Always a good idea to label your images as yours, otherwise others may swipe them and use them. It happens all the time. :-(
If it's a particularly good pic for whatever purpose people swipe them and use them anyway (sometimes they'll even bother to remove the watermark, while I was looking up something about video editing the other day I came across one advising people on how to remove watermarks in videos and I had several bad thoughts towards the author of that) >_<
Of course they do. That's not the point. When you label it, you have established without a doubt that the work is yours and that they are infringing .It is very easy to remove a watermark. I could do it with my eyes closed. LOL! Some people (not all) will hesitate to use a watermarked image because they know it is wrong.
I probably should have clarified that I generally advise along similar lines to you (to watermark things), was more throwing it out there because I wanted to express annoyance over people who go out of their way to try to remove other people's watermarks and also because I have known people who were genuinely shocked that watermarking didn't render their works unstealable :)
Thanks! i like your creative logo! :-)
As I mentioned to @gniksivart, Denise, it's for your own protection to label them. Once on Steemit, your images are searchable on the web, and if they are not marked, they can be swiped and uploaded to the free sites like Pixabay!!!
Thank you~
Do you know of any easy apps to label them?
I do mine in Photoshop, but I do have an app for my iPhone called iwatermark+. I rarely use it because most of my iPhone shots directly uploaded are for the selfie contest, and I don't worry about anyone taking those, although they might. Lol! I usually transfer my iPhone shots to the computer and put my copyright on there. I used to do a subtle one using a Photoshop action, and it covered the image with a copyright symbol, but don't do that now. You can also digitally watermark your images in Photoshop with a program that tracks them on the web. It's called Digimarc, but it is not free.
Cool. I downloaded an app as most of my pics are currently taken with my phone. I don't take really great or sellable pictures, but agree that it is important to establish ownership.
Do you have any experience using a pseudonym? I'd rather not use my real name. I did a quick Google search and I see that it can be done, but I wanted to check if you have any lessons learned.
No experience there, I'm afraid. I have always used my real name. I used to use the tag line "Artist With A Camera" and still do sometimes, but in recent years have noticed that someone copyrighted its use as a name. I guess that's what you have to watch out for. I remember a few years back when a Scottish hamburger cafe owner used even his real name McDonald's and was sued by McDonald's. There was a huge uproar in Scotland at the time, but can't remember the outcome now!