Copyright notice

Outofocus · 07-29-2009, 05:09 PM

Help!! I'm looking for the simplest way to include copyright notice in the footer of photographs. Any and all advice is most welcome. Thanx.

**Adam** · 07-29-2009, 05:14 PM

Thread moved to Post-Processing.

What I do is make an action to place a faded copyright text in the corner of my pictures via a photoshop action if needed.

**Damn Brit** · 07-29-2009, 05:20 PM

What software are you using?

kerrowdown · 07-29-2009, 05:46 PM

I have used iwatermark as a stand alone product, it allows for batch processing and you can download for $20 ish, heres the link have a look.

Script Software - Secure and Protect Your Digital Photos with iWatermark

Outofocus · 07-29-2009, 06:03 PM

Picture Window Pro v4.0

Arpe · 07-29-2009, 06:26 PM

Copyright symbol is alt0169 on your windows keyboard. (Holding down alt, press 0169 on your NUMBER keys, not the ones along the top, then let go of alt)

©

**Marc Sabatella** · 07-29-2009, 11:01 PM

FWIW, I hate visible copyright notices. They aren't legally necessary, and won't do a thing to stop a determined thief. Putting the copyright notice in the IPTC area of the image is completely sufficient to provide you legal protection.

Outofocus · 07-29-2009, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by Marc Sabatella

FWIW, I hate visible copyright notices. They aren't legally necessary, and won't do a thing to stop a determined thief. Putting the copyright notice in the IPTC area of the image is completely sufficient to provide you legal protection.

Not meaning to show my ignorance (in the finest sense of the word)

I don't know what that is or how to do it.

CWyatt · 07-30-2009, 01:19 AM

Originally Posted by Outofocus

Help!! I'm looking for the simplest way to include copyright notice in the footer of photographs. Any and all advice is most welcome. Thanx.

I use photoshop for everything else Except this, as I had to go through and do a hundred or so recently. I got a little program called FastStone. Lets you resize, save as different file types, re-name and add copyright/watermarks in batches. Good and easy. I used it for the watermark on the photos in my gallery.

I agree that watermarks are not exactly a brilliant tool for the prevention of copyright infringement of your photos. BUT, it does serve as a visible reminder, and gets your name out there as well.

*sinus007* · 07-30-2009, 08:09 AM

Hi,
If you happen to use LR, there's LR2/Mogrify plugin that allows to do it.
Good luck,

**Marc Sabatella** · 07-30-2009, 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by Outofocus

Not meaning to show my ignorance (in the finest sense of the word) I don't know what that is or how to do it.

Googling "IPTC" would be a good start. Pretty much any photo management software lets you write to IPTC fields - Bridge, Photoshop Elements, Lightroom, Aperture, ACDSee, probably even iPhoto and Windows Photo Gallery. I use ACSSee and have it set up to automatically include the copyirght in the appropriate IPTC field when it imports my images from the SD card.

*jbinpg* · 07-30-2009, 11:27 AM

And the K-7 is the first Pentax camera that will embed a copyright notice of your choosing to the image if you so wish. I suspect this gets written to the sidecar files such as IPTC. But Marc is right that a copyright slapped on an image is not going to deter cyber thieves. They will just rip it out. Steganography is the only way to protect images.

Jack

Outofocus · 07-30-2009, 12:51 PM

Thank you all for your suggestions. It gives me a lot to ponder and learn. Thank you for taking the time to help me out.

*rayallen* · 07-31-2009, 04:13 AM

You could also take a look at FastStone Image Viewer: FastStone Image Viewer - Powerful and Intuitive Photo Viewer, Editor and Batch Converter

It will insert copyright detail into your images. It is free and it also supports .PEF files.

*indytax* · 08-01-2009, 02:42 PM

Also, keep in mind how you use your images when deciding how to do the copyright notice. If you upload to Flickr, for example, it strips out much of the metadata out of the image (I'm not sure what specifically) such as EXIF and IPTC information. Of course, Flickr records the EXIF metadata and displays it on your page, but I don't know what it does with your IPTC data. You can also set your copyright notice within Flickr, which will preserve your copyrights. If you use other distribution methods, then check what they do with this information and how to properly record it on their site.

I agree with Marc: the watermark copyright notices detract from your images, ruin them for others to appreciate, and don't really protect them. I personally believe that they change the focus of an image to be about the photographer and not about the image.