Help!!! Our Pf Photos On A Fake Sale Site
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CB- My coworker even found a pic of my new bi-color SO. I nearly cried cause DH was the one who designed it and placed the order.
princess, I understand how you feel. But isn't sharing your H stories and acquisition part of the fun and bonding with all of us here? HUG. I hope this won't stop you from posting more photos of your collection. BUT, do water mark them. Like right in the middle, so the scammers cannot even doctor the pictures at all.
All of us need to be united.
I have got an idea! Can we come up with a standard in our watermark? For example
"Mrssparkles @ tPF"
"if you see this photo on any other site, it's stolen"
OK, it's too verbose. Maybe someone can come up with something short and sweet please!
It would be very sad to have tPF without pictures.
LOVE that idea!! Actually, I saw some pics today that were watermarked saying "DO NOT COPY". If there was a phrase everyone agreed on, that would be great.
I really think putting a watermark in the middle of your picture is just fine!! Don't post photos of yourself if you are not comfortable, but if you watermark your bag and put a phrase like above, people will realize it is stolen property!
Love it MrsS!
OH MY GOD! 
These people are seriously whacko! I'm gonna go check to see if all my pictures are watermarked. It's a shame people do this. They are making it sound like we buy fakes from them. Anyone who clearly sees that website will know they are up to no good.
These people are seriously whacko! I'm gonna go check to see if all my pictures are watermarked. It's a shame people do this. They are making it sound like we buy fakes from them. Anyone who clearly sees that website will know they are up to no good.
I think there is a fine line between watermarking pictures to get a point across (and to prevent scammers from abusing them) and making the objects depicted on the image almost invisible.
I think the way bagg did it is pretty neat, but not everyone knows how to work with decreased opacity. In BlkLadyLaw's case, the actual bags/shoes are hardly visible - but it certainly gets a point across.
I am going to spend some time this coming week to investigate the possibility to overlay attached images with a "stamp", a small graphic that can be pasted in the middle (not the corners, those can be cropped off easily) of an image to protect it.
Image theft is a pain in the ass, but I don't think that the experience of viewing a beautiful bag should be hindered by massive watermarking.
Let's draw a parallel to the ink security tags that many stores have on their clothes. When you try on the shirt, the tag doesn't get in the way, but when you try to steal the shirt and forcefully remove the tag, it spills red paint all over and ruins it. A water mark should do the same thing.
I think the way bagg did it is pretty neat, but not everyone knows how to work with decreased opacity. In BlkLadyLaw's case, the actual bags/shoes are hardly visible - but it certainly gets a point across.
I am going to spend some time this coming week to investigate the possibility to overlay attached images with a "stamp", a small graphic that can be pasted in the middle (not the corners, those can be cropped off easily) of an image to protect it.
Image theft is a pain in the ass, but I don't think that the experience of viewing a beautiful bag should be hindered by massive watermarking.
Let's draw a parallel to the ink security tags that many stores have on their clothes. When you try on the shirt, the tag doesn't get in the way, but when you try to steal the shirt and forcefully remove the tag, it spills red paint all over and ruins it. A water mark should do the same thing.
^ That doesn't look bad, Baggs. It doesn't overwhelm the photo. I think as long as the "So and so's photo on tPF, seen anywhere else is stolen" saying is somewhat transparent/watermarked on the photo, it won't be too much.
For example - Velvet font, white text, opacity adjusted to 15%. You can still see the photo.
For example - Velvet font, white text, opacity adjusted to 15%. You can still see the photo.
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