How low res do you need?

[JohnTF]

Amusing story, evidently they used a high res file in some post? Nice photo, funny that someone saw it in Czech, I would have asked for free meals there.

How small a file do you need to keep it non commercial?

When some of my work was stolen from an exhibit, my friends said I should feel complimented they thought it good enough to steal. ;-)

John


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_card_photo_prague

 

[Thardy]

I used to post in low resolution (for reasons above), but stopped because the photos were just too tiny, and a waste of effort.

Things I don't want stolen, I keep private.

But the answer to how low do you go? I'm not sure.

 

[JohnTF]

AFAIK, the work I have had stolen was the old fashioned way, and I know some of my friends told me they tried to use some of my files as screen savers, but they were too small?

I am certainly no expert in things computer, but when people requested larger images in the gallery, I began to post about 5x7 at 150 and used the jpeg compression to bring it down below 200kb.

I have no idea what someone could do with a file that size, I have "stolen" my own images from postings, and they look all right on a laptop screen.

I am guessing almost every else here knows more about this than I.

Edit: I just downloaded one of my gallery shots, it was 7kb and when blown up to any size, was pretty much an abstract. ;-) I can only imagine what the pinhole shot would look like. ;-)

J

Regards, John

 

[Larky]

I've started the process of changing all my online stuff to low res watermarked and digitally signed images. Recent changes in law and probably extra changes means that almost anything online is exempt from copyright and can be used commercially without prior arrangement or payment, so I'm making that impossible by have stuff that's hard to use. I'm also working on software which means if they try to pass it through a RIP it'll turn black, so commercial prints will be out of the question. That leaves them with the screen cap only, which is 96PPI and therefore useless.

I'd suggest 480x320 is good enough for web use, run it through my soft when I get it done and put a small watermark on it. This all sounds paranoid, but I've had worked chosen for publication based upon my flickr account and if they had chosen to not tell me, I'd not know.