Re: New web site

[Ben Kreunen <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:46 AM 7/21/00 -0500, you wrote:
>On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 15:24:27 GMT, Stan Patz wrote:
>
> >The fact that my images appear only when the cursor is clicked on the title
> >is both a design element and a small anti-theft device; it makes it harder
> >to steal one of my pix.
>
>Realistically, the odds of being able to market a small screen image
>are nil. The web, with it's bandwidth restrictions, is essentially is
>its own anti-theft device.

Been a few days since I checked my email..  Tom's covered some of these, 
but a couple of extra thoughts.

That may be so, but one thing that many art directors do (and they'll 
openly admit this) is to use the image to make a mock up of a design, sell 
the idea to the client and then get someone to reshoot it... If they can 
use scans/photocopies out of stock photo catalogs they can use your image 
and if it's on the web there's bugger all you can do to stop them.  Our 
mapping agency for example wanted to protect their satellite images by 
making them viewable only in a java applet so you couldn't save 
them...  700 screen grabs and a lot of cutting and pasting later I now have 
a 70Mb greyscale satellite image (1km/pixel) of our entire state.  They've 
since changed the applet to display a watermark over the image which is 
about the only way you can stop this sort of use, but then it becomes quite 
obtrusive in your image...

If you can see it on screen it can be stolen. Most "anti-theft" coding of 
html/javascript etc is a joke to anyone seriously intending to use your images.

And as for site design...  unfortunately HTML is not a page/screen layout 
language.  It's designed to enhance content.  If you really want flashy 
design that will impress on any sized monitor then you'll have to go to 
something made for the job... either Shockwave Flash or PDF (or have 
multiple copies of your site for different resolutions, either user 
selectable or scripted, but either way it's a lot of work). As soon as you 
start designing for a particular screen size you will invariably annoy a 
certain portion of your audience and you'll then have to decide whether to 
change or just ignore the criticisms.


Cheers

Ben

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