Hson278 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Hey Everyone I have a question regarding prepping photos for posting on the internet to thwart theft using Affinity. I hate watermarks and fully understand that the only real way to prevent theft is not to post on the internet in the first place. When I hit export option a window opens up for converting to jpeg that looks like this Size: ___px by ___px Preset: Jpeg quality Resample: Bilinear Quality : slider 85 Area: whole document Don't export layers hidden by Export persona Estimated file size: 3.86mb What do you guys/gals enter for this option for posting on the net? What dpi is good for optimal viewing on the net but at the same time not optimal for printing if it's stolen? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hson278 Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 21, 2017 Staff Share Posted April 21, 2017 Hi Hson278, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) The DPI is irrelevant for web. The only thing you have to care about (regarding unauthorised use of your photos) is the image size in pixels (and compression). If you post a large image, lets say for example 3000 x 2000 px (I'm exaggerating a bit on purpose), and set the dpi to 300 it will have 25.4 x 16.9 cm. If you reduce the DPI a little (let say to 200) you can still get a relatively high quality print at an even larger size (38.1 x 25.4 cm) - there's other factors that are important here like the paper type, printer's resolution, resampling etc but i'm not covering those here). Reducing the longer side to somewhere between 600 and 800 pixels will limit the print size considerably (800 px translates to 7,6 cm at 300 dpi on the longer side). You can also compress the file a little to reduce the quality even further. But as you can see it's all a bit relative and depends on how much you are willing to restrict the quality of the print. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Reeder Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 This tends to be what I go with - 1200 x 800 px in theory, but sometimes it rounds down to 799: I just put 1200 in the long side and lock the proportions. I set the Quality slider to whatever it needs to be at to give me a file of around 300kb. In quality terms it gets you something like this (although knowing how to take a decent picture in the first place; and knowing how to convert and process Raw files well, matter too): As MEB says, DPI is irrelevant for online viewing. MEB and Alfred 2 Quote Keith Reeder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 21, 2017 Staff Share Posted April 21, 2017 Wow, gorgeous images Keith! @Hson278, Just for reference the images above would have 4 x 2.66 in (10,1 x 6,7 cm) with dpi set to 300, or 6 x 4 in (15,2 x 10,1 cm) with dpi set to 200 (without resampling). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Wow, gorgeous images Keith! What he said! B) Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Please note that there is no "safe" or secure means to protect your images. If someone wants them, they can generally be resampled using better technology that is typically built into an photo editing application and even your (nice looking) watermark can be removed. And the better the images, the better the resizing/resampling that can occur. I used a free application to resize/resample your image of the squirrel (great shot,, btw). I have better ones available. Point is, it is now filling a letter-size document, landscape orientation (so 11" wide). Do note the actual and effective resolution in the screen shot. And your watermark is removed. As I know photographers get antsy about such demonstrations, I have deleted the images. I did this to make a point. I do a lot of font work at various times. But it is mostly work for others. I have been sitting on several families to be released under my own name for months. Why? Because I know they are going to be ripped off, it's just a matter of how long. For one of my font customers, the shortest time before it hit the wild was two weeks. This crap weakens a brand and hence revenue. But it is a fear I need to overcome. Point is, one or more of your images will be ripped off if shown on the web. there is no good means of preventing that. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Reeder Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Thanks, guys - this is the quality I aspire to (the squirrel is a completely wild animal, incidentally - this is where fieldcraft comes in) and - as an aside - I wouldn't use Affinity Photo as my image processing software unless it was entirely capable of delivering on my aspirations. Which it certainly is..! :D Please note that there is no "safe" or secure means to protect your images. This, 100%. I don't even try to protect my images. Yes, I've had images ripped off/presented as someone else's work - umpteen times - and it's just a crappy aspect of the internet you deal with either by accepting it as the price of entry, or by not posting images online. I suppose I'd feel different if this was my living, of course... I could make removing my name harder to remove by sticking it right across the subject matter, but I think it spoils the experience (I hate seeing it in other people's images), and it's still a far from foolproof method if an image thief is sufficiently motivated and reasonably able to use certain image editing tools. Quote Keith Reeder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hson278 Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 Thank you so much Meb, Keith Reeder and MikeW for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeesaJohnson Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Hi there, It should be 1920 px by 1080 px. This image size is perfect for posting it on the internet. Quote Farsi tutor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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