Preventing Screen captures

**Mithrandir** · 11-06-2006, 18:57

Is there anyway when hosting pictures to prevent them from benig downloaded through a screencapture?

I've already put them in a flash file, but that doesn't prevent people from using print screen, or specialised programs to download the pictures...

Thanks in advance.

**Lemur** · 11-06-2006, 19:03

The usual solution is to post either a watermarked or small-rez file on the public site, and make the full-resolution image only available to subscribers. At least, I know that's how most stock photo agencies do it. I'm not aware of any workaround for a full-resolution image. If they can see it, they can grab it.

**x-dANGEr** · 11-06-2006, 19:11

Well.. Simply, to view a thing it needs to be DL-ed on your PC (Somehow).. So, I can't see how you are going to do that..

**Mithrandir** · 11-06-2006, 19:15

Flash file does not give away the picture file, right ?

**Lemur** · 11-06-2006, 19:16

Not necessarily true. A clever user can "print" from flash, thus capturing the full image. Sorry.

**Mithrandir** · 11-06-2006, 19:18

Watermark it is

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**Krypta** · 11-06-2006, 19:58

Originally Posted by Lemur

Not necessarily true. A clever user can "print" from flash, thus capturing the full image. Sorry.

If you want to prevent a user from being able to "Print" just add '!#p' to the Frame name in the properties inspector of the frame where the image is. This will disable the abilty to "Print" in the resulting .swf.