Photo protection

Does anyone know how to protect the photos I load in iweb galleries or portfolio pages? I'm not even sure what it's called. I so new to the mac world...that I stay up very late each night trying to figure stuff out. I'd be so appreciative of any help you can offer.

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. You can set the iWeb galleries, photo and album pages to not let visitors download the photos. This is done in the Inspector/Photos pane in iWeb:
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However, there is no way to prevent a visitor from making a screenshot of any of your photos. Those screenshots will be of low resolution, 72 dpi. You can add a watermark to the photos which will indicate the ownership on the photos. There are a number of watermarking applications available as well as image editors that can do the job like THIS.
Go to MacUpDate.com and search for "watermark" for a list of possible candidates. You can do the same with "image edit" for editors.
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I'm new to lightroom and beginning digital photography --just installed Lr 3 (I had purchased some time ago). How do I best copy protect my photgraphs--I am ready to lauch an online exhibition on my new website. Thank you for any advise. `karendyn

Re: Lightroom 3 & photo protection
Hi Lightroom Forum,
Would appreciate your advise on the above--especially how to copy protect my copyrighted images.
Thanks for any help with this--would love to launch my website by the week-end--today would be so great, if I could only pull it off!
~Karen

There is no bullet-proof way of stopping viewers of your images copying them from the web, but you can prevent total loss by either using a large visible watermark right across the width of them ( of course this may obscure too much or be aesthetically unappealing ), or, possible the best, only put low resolution versions of your images on your site. These look acceptable at the small sizes commonly used on the web, but when enlarged to normal sizes, such as A4 or A5, look too grainy.

REQUEST: Differentiate between iPhoto and Events

Hey there. Just got iLife 08 and I really like it.
However, I have a major problem with iPhoto '08. I like the Events feature, but I have a ton of random photos that don't necessarily qualify as an event. Random shot here or there.
In all previous iterations of iLife, the Albums and Library were only loosely linked. That is, you could delete a photo from album "Summer 07" and it wouldn't delete it from the Library. The iTunes playlist approach to photo organization, as it were.
Now, I expected/hoped/assumed the same functionality would be extended to Events. It wasn't. I found this out after I'd deleted about a quarter of my photo library. Thankfully the undo button averted disaster.
I don't understand why this works this way. If I have a random snapshot of, say, a sunset, one which doesn't fit into any event either contextually or chronologically, I'd like to be able to delete it from an Event while keeping it in my Library.
I could, of course, just split off all those photos and have one big "Miscellaneous" event. But that seems to run counter to the stated purpose of Events, and it's pretty darn tedious, and I don't understand why I can't just delete a few odd photos from the Events window without erasing them off of my computer.
Am I missing some big trick? Is there any way to change this?
Thanks.

The problem you're having is that you're assuming the new events replace the flexibility of the old albums. That's just not so.
Pre-iPhoto 08, all your photos were permanently stored in the library, and grouped by time of import into "film rolls". Using your example, all your weekend events would be imported into 1 roll. From that roll, you could create as many albums as you liked. Or, you could split that album into multiple rolls, if, say, one memory card was used to shoot a football game, a sunset, and then a concert. It was up to you. Create albums, split the film roll, or both. You were happy then, I assume.
Now with iPhoto 08, essentially NOTHING HAS CHANGED! You still have the flexibility to create your albums for football and concert, and leave all the originals in the library, including the sunset that doesn't go with the game or concert.
Only 2 things have changed: (1) film rolls are now called 'events', and (2) instead of importing your whole memory card into a single roll, iPhoto uses your preferences to automatically separate your photos into separate rolls based on when they were shot. (you could still do this before, just manually)
You basically have two primary means of organizing your photos: manually with albums, or automatically (via date) with events. The benefit of using albums is that it gives you the ultimate control that you want, while leaving the random photos protected in the library. The con is that you have to create and manage albums manually. The benefits of using events are that they're neatly organized by date and you have the flexibility to manually override their creation by splitting them or moving photos to any event you choose. The con of events is that, as sub-folders of the master library, every photo must be in an event, which forces you to create miscellaneous events of 1 or 2 photos--which admittedly clutters up your library--but only if you want that granularity of organization. There's nothing stopping you from having 1 single event called "football game, drunken roommate, and concert", and then 2 albums for the game and concert.
I tend to take photos like you do: many photos of particular events, with random scattered shots of wildlife in my yard, wrecks by the side of the road, cats doing funny things, etc. And I, too, don't like having lots of extra film rolls (still on v6) for those miscellaneous shots that don't qualify in my mind as events worthy of their own category.
So here's what I do... I never use albums because they're just too much work and they don't sort automatically. Since nearly all of my photos fall into the classic definition of an event, I primarily use film rolls (now events) to group my photos. If a roll from a camping trip happens to have 2 photos of a wild turkey in my yard, I usually leave it in the roll, but edit the roll's description to say something like "Camping trip to Catskills (+ wild turkey in yard)". That way I can see that the roll contains miscellaneous shots, and also be able to find them in the future if I search for "turkey".
While importing new rolls/events and organizing them, if I happen to notice that I have quite a few of those miscellaneous shots in close time proximity to one another, then I'll create a "Miscellaneous-August 2007" roll/event, for example, and move them all into one place. Having them together doesn't help the random pictures at all, but it does clean up all the other events from where the random pictures came. I actually find myself doing this more frequently since I started importing the highly random photos from my cell phone. One giant "misc" event would be too crazy, and having lots of scattered 1- or 2-pic events would be too cluttered. But having just 1 misc event per month seems to be a good compromise for me.
Apple is definitely not at fault in designing events. Really, they're nothing new compared to film rolls, except that they can split photos while importing. If you loved the old albums, then stick with them. They're 100% unchanged and still ultimately flexible. Otherwise, know the constraints of events, and make decisions based on what's important to you.

Is it possible to make one page of your website private?

i have a public website but want to make one photo page password protected so i can test the images out with select friends (artwork). is this possible or is password for the entire site only?

No. But you can create a second site with those photos, protect it and link to it from your public site.
You can even have the page of the protected site appear in the navbar of your public site this way:
1 - create and publish the protected site
2 - in your public site create a blank page and name it for the protected page.
2 - add an HTML snippet with the following code to the blank page:
<script type="text/javascript">
parent.window.location = "URL TO SITE/PAGE YOU WANT TO REDIRET TO"; </script>
Thanks to Cyclosaurus for the code
When a visitor clicks on the link in the public site they will be immediately redirected to the protected site/page. You can add a similar blank page to the protected site to send visitors back to the public site.
The Contents page of my demo sites (3 of them) are setup that way. I only have to edit one page (in the Contents site) instead of the Contents page of each of the three demo sites. Go to this page in Demo_1 (Embedtests) and click on the Contents link. Watch the URL field as you're taken to the Contents page.
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Is there a way to create a password protected folder for pictures or lock the photos app? For Ipad Air and Iphone 5s.

Is there a way to create a password protected folder for pictures or lock the photos app? I want to do this for Ipad air and Iphone 5s. I have other family members that use my Ipad and Iphone and do not want some pictures to be able to be viewed.
Thanks

Use 3rd party apps like Photo Manager Pro.

OK. I have a copyright question. Do I have to put a copyright symbol on each of my photos to protect them from being stolen ? I'm referring to photos of paintings here. What is to stop readers of the iBook from using the photos?

Ok, I have a question concerning copright. Do I have to put a copyright symbol on every image I use- I'm refering to photos of paintings here. What is to stop readers of the ibook from using my images? They are all my own photos.

You do not HAVE to put a © symbol on each photo. If you own the photos, you hold the copyright. However, nothing stops a viewer from downloading the photo and using it without your permission.
To protect yourself there are alternatives: put a ©2013 by ME in the description of each photo. Always add your copyright notice to the metadata in every photo.
I once had several of my photos taken off the internet and then used in a commercial catalog without my permission. I was outraged, the catalog company was naive, and in the end I received $100 compensation and an apology. - Fabini

Iweb and using mobileme password protected photo gallery

I am trying to create a website. How can I access a password protected photo gallery by using MobileMe gallery widget in iweb. I need this capability. The unprotected galleries display using the MobileMe widget. Any suggestions?

Welcome to the discussions. Try this...
• Temporarily unprotect the Gallery
• The Gallery should now appear in the list of available Galleries — add it
• Protect the Gallery

Is there a way to password protect a photo page in iWeb?

My website is open to whoever wants to look at it but I do photography work for clients and would like to password protect their photos. Is there anyway I can password protect just my photo gallery page in iWeb? Thanks!

If you publish to a server other than MobileMe you can password protect any directory - either by using Webshell or via the .htaccess. If you use the latter method, the data can be compiled using a generator....
http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/password/
MobileMe users need to create a new site for the protected content. This site can appear to be part of the main one if it is included in a text based navigation as an external hyperlink or by using a snippet code with the default navigation. This was answered by Cyclosaurus in this topic....
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15027923#15027923

Can photo galleries be password protected? How?

Under my iWeb I have several dozen of the "old" style photo pages, and several dozen photo galleries. I have never applied a password to any part of my iWeb. Is it possible to password protect each of these pages (both pages and the new photo galleries)? If so, how? And, if so, can I apply a password to everything at one time, or would I have to do so to each page and gallery? Thank you!

Yes, it can. Use File > Properties, and click the Security tab. Click Change, and set what you need. When the file is saved, the security is set.
BE SURE TO KEEP THE ORIGINAL FILE TOO.

How best to save photos? I want to protect my photos (15,000 of them) by putting them on a portable drive and storing it in my safety deposit box. Is it better to export them all, drag the Photo file, use Time Machine – or are there better alternatives?

I am a 'newby' to the discussion world. Hope I am doing this right. How best to save photos? I want to protect my photos (15,000 of them) by putting themon a portable drive and storing it in my safety deposit box. Is it better to export them all, dragthe Photo file, use Time Machine – or are there better alternatives?

Welcome to the discussions! You can use Time Machine and I would also recommend for you to manually copy your iPhoto Library (on your Pictures folder) to an external drive/thumb drive so you can restore it from there should you loose your TM backup. Exporting them from iPhoto would not preserve the libraries' integrity neither your originals, should you choose to edit them in iPhoto.
Regards.

HT4113 Can I password protect a photo album on my iPhone 5s?

I want to password protect a photo album, can I do this?

You can only put a passcode on your phone, not the Photos app.
There might be an app you can buy that allows for a password - try taking a look in the App Store

Can i password protect photos?

Wanting to password protect photos, and remove from camera roll. Is this possible?

There is no way to password protect photos on iPhones. Why would you need this when you should be passcode locking the entire phone?
You can remove photos from Camera Roll by connectint to a computer with a photo import app, importing them to that app and deleting from Camera Roll (most apps will do this). The photos are no longer on the phone at all. You can sycn them back to the phone in a new folder, but not password protected.

Password protect photos

Is there a way to protect selected photo files with a password?

TD - You seem to have an extraordinary hostility in your Discussions with repeated efforts to insult others; maybe some counciling would be of benefit. I'm here to Discuss problems, kinks, bugs, issues and to seek SOLUTIONS.
But, to reply anyhow: Re: Was I suggesting that iPhoto Buddy is unaware of the numbering of iPhoto versions?
No. I was responding to the superfluous,
issue you brought up suggesting that the product was not compatible with the current version of IPhoto and/or OS 10.7.3.
I don't know where you got that idea -- not from anything I posted.
And I, oibviously (D'uh!) was going to use it, had started to use it.
But you raised that issue and you were wrong in that needless suggestion, taking the topic unnecessarily
down a dead-end street of your own imagination; not reality.
Think about that. It would be, is easy enough to have downloaded the free product and see
if it works or not -- but you start with disparagement and ill-will.
Thus, to responding to that false, uncalled for, useless and worthless tangent --- I was suggesting that maybe YOU were unaware of the numbering of iPhoto versions.
Or you picked up wrong info -- or you hadn't had hands on experience with the free program which would show it obviously worked.
After responding to that unnecessary dispersion we get to the actual feature of Password protection. You noticed it works.
You then notice there was a way around it. Hilarious!
Hard to believe you left your 'secret' pictures folder in the Pictures folder.
My 'secret photo library' (of my old,previous Fat Pics) is hidden deep away in the bowels of the Finder with a deceptive name (i.e., not called "Embaressing Fat Pics). This has to be done when first setting up the Library.
And I'll be sure not to tell you where it is.
And try to keep a civil tongue in your mouth.
If you want to engange in pre-teen forum hostility, maybe get into gaming. But if you want to help others solve problems, maybe adjust your attitude.

Password protect photo's on Mac Air

Can i password protect all my photo's on my Air so that in order to view iphoto, a password has to be entered?
Thank you,

Not directly. Remember, your computer's account itself is passworded and you can use System Preferences > Security to set a password on sleep and screen saver which will require a password to wake up the computer or stop the screen saver. If that doesn't suffice then your other option is to place your picture library in an encrypted disk image using Disk Utility. After doing this you'll have to delete the original iPhoto library and then always remember to mount the disk image before starting iPhoto. (Which is something of a pain.) The first option should suffice.

Password protect photo file

can anyone tell me how to password protect a spectific photo file from being view?

Are you sure that this question is linked to this forum's theme: AppleWorks ?
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE vendredi 28 novembre 2008 19:12:46)

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