Anyone got/know of any good little tools for this, preferably free if possible :P

you can do it in photobucket, by adding an opaque layer then writing the text on that layer

freeware watermark - Google Search

Believe it or not I had tried that but a recommendation is always worth having.

someone nicking the vrs info again stu?

I am slowly re doing the website so I want to make sure this time.

If you want any help re-doing your web site Stu I'd be happy to help (Free of charge - as your site has been so useful to me..) PM me if you want to take me up on that.

Thanks Ed.

In truth I am rubbish when it comes to that type of thing but I have a man that does the template for me. I have a new CMS type thing which will hopefully make things easier for me as I only have to fill in the gaps.

It's very early days and there are still some tweaks to be made to the layout but you can see the bit I have been working on here - VCDS (VAG-COM) | Octavia-VRS.com

It was Uwe at Ross Tech that suggested I should watermark the images to stop people stealing them and I have had problems in the past.

i've seen my pictures turning up all over the place on the net by people claiming they belong to them.. it is a little bit annoying..

it's even cheekier when they link straight into my photobucket page

There is a guy who regularly links to my MFD2 install for his eBay sales.

you should change the picture he links into to a picture of margaret thatcher or something... that's what i do when i see people doing it to my pictures

you should change the picture he links into to a picture of margaret thatcher or something... that's what i do when i see people doing it to my pictures

He doesn't link to the picture, he links to the entire guide!!

Stu, there is a line you can add to your .htaccess files that prevent hotlinking of images, if that helps...

[font=Verdana][size=2][size=1][color=#ff0000]RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?yourdomain.com(/)?.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpeg|png|bmp|jpg)$ /images/humiliatingimage.gif [L,NC][/color][/size][/size][/font]

If you want to show an alternate image (like an advert for your site or something) replace /images/humiliatingimage.gif with the link the the image you want to display. If you don't want to display an image at all then just delete the final line.

If you want a free editor then the GIMP is a good free photoshop clone.

Direct windows version link here:

GIMP - for Windows

Edited 26 September, 200817 yr by cheezemonkhai
Add direct link to windows pages.

you should change the picture he links into to a picture of margaret thatcher or something... that's what i do when i see people doing it to my pictures

nah change the picture to a crappy tape deck mono radio or even better to a male private organ.

A classic example

http://www.skodaclubturkey.com/forum/showthread.php/cruise-control-takalim-361/index.html?

see if you can get some completeley different pics stu when you re do the site so those currently being nicked show something like a mk 1 fiesta

A classic example

http://www.skodaclubturkey.com/forum/showthread.php/cruise-control-takalim-361/index.html?

Hehe, yes they have cut &pated the whole guide verbatim including the image links. The guide will be useless without them, so when you have completed your site redesign make sure the new guide is placed into a different folder and delete the original images and they will have some nice red x's in their place.

If you add the html code posted earlier to your current guide pages then the current image hotlinks will also become invalid.

Edited 28 September, 200817 yr by mannyo

yeah that is the plan Manny, sadly the site design is slower than I'd hoped.

I did try a watermarking program but it wasn't overly succesfull.

dont know if you found anything stu but have a look at this

IWatermark for Windows 3.1.3

iWatermark is the worlds No. 1 watermarking application for Mac and Windows. Stylishly Copyright all your images in just minutes. iWatermark includes new effects like aqua and emboss. iWatermark is integrated to work with Photoshop, ACDSee, iPhoto, Cumulus, Portfolio, PhotoStation, iView and other photo organizers. iWatermark is an essential tool for anyone with a digital camera, professionals and beginners or graphic artist.

READABLE IMAGE FORMATS

* JPEG

* TIFF

* PNG

* Photoshop (Requires Quicktime)

* PICT (Macintosh Only)

* BMP

WRITABLE IMAGE FORMATS

* JPEG

* PNG

* PICT (Macintosh Only)

* BMP (Windows Only)

* TIFF

More formats supported with Quicktime.

Features:

* 1. Watermark entire folders of images at once.

* 2. Scale all your images to be the same size.

* 3. Creates thumbnails of your watermarked images.

* 4. Use text, TIFF or PNG logos for your watermarks

* 5. Set the transparency of your watermark.

* 6. Rotate, scale, and place your watermark, anywhere on your picture.

* 7. Use special effects such aqua, shadow and/or emboss on your watermark.

* 8. Preserve the data captured with the image, such as EXIF and IPTC

* 9. Input and Output your watermarked image into a variety of different image formats.

Edited 29 September, 200817 yr by VRStu
URL Removed

Copywrite

This information is provided by me to assist owners in modifying and repairing their car' date=' all content belongs to me unless otherwise indicated and the owner of that content has given permission for it to be used. You are permitted to read this content but are not allowed to copy any part of it without first contacting me directly.

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ahem;)

I have a different way of dealing with these.

It is..

Send a copyright infringement notice to the sites ISP and have it taken down. If they want to outright lie and copy everything including your disclaimer, then they don't deserve any nice treatment.

Have you clicked the link again?

yes, it looks the same to me

looks same to me, i was waiting to see lots of body parts or pictures of turds off ratemypoo.com or something