Re: filmscanners: [OT] digital watermarking

[Arthur Entlich <artistic@ampsc.com>]

Jules wrote:

> anyone here use digimarc's photoshop plugin to embed a digital watermark in
> your images before displaying them on the web?
> 
> well, as if you do you may be aware that digimarc suddenly decided to charge
> everyone for watermarking 100+ images (an anual fee) last year, now they are
> forcing everyone to "update their registration" which forces you to either
> lie or pay.
> 
> now i have over 5000 images that i've watermarked in the last 3 years.  i'm
> not about to pay $399/year since i'm not a pro, i've yet to make any money
> from this stuff.  the most annoying and scary thing is that i may have to go
> and regenerate ALL those images again without the digimarc watermark.
> 

I'd ask them to provide some proof they have actually caught people
and that has resulted in some economic advantage to the registered 
client.  I don't think you have to recreate these scans.  If you are no 
longer registered, your watermark will simply not be "trolled" for on 
the web by digimark.

> i'm wondering, is there a free watermarking software solution?
> 
Yeap, all sorts, but they are visible ;-)  Lot's of people stamp their 
images with a logo right in the center in an embossed manner, using 
photoshop, or another program.


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