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On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 11:07 +0100, Paul Sutton wrote: > Hi > > With regard to releasing photos as creative commons should I embed the > appropriate a cretive commons logo on each photo so people know its > released under that license. Most things I have seen have the license included in a separate file. I'm not sure I've seen much CC licensed stuff with watermarks on, usually a CC license indicates you are happy for others to use the work freely, but with attribution. Watermarking is likely to reduce the chance of the image being used if its too obvious, isn't it ? > so for example looking at the following > > http://creativecommons.org/choose/results-one?q_1=2&q_1=1&field_commercial=yes&field_derivatives=sa&field_jurisdiction=&field_format=&field_worktitle=&field_attribute_to_name=&field_attribute_to_url=&field_sourceurl=&field_morepermissionsurl=&lang=en_GB&language=en_GB&n_questions=3 > > do I just put the grey logo thing on each photo.? or do I also need to > put my name and e-mail so the copyright (or is this copy left) owner is > named and contactable (the license thing does mention something about > being able to get in touch with the original creator for questions > regarding usage of the work) > > I will be taking photos of Paignton rfc this year and want to ensure > that any photos used on their website I get proper credit (attribution) > for, Have a look at Phatch, it can watermark your photos and add tags very easily and automagically. Phatch is specifically designed to work on batches of images/photographs automatically doing the sequence of actions you tell it. It could also resize, add borders or whatever else you want. > I tried to create a mini water mark thing consisting of a graphic > withthe cretive commones logo (the one you get when you select a > license) along with my name, > > I am really not sure how to do this, or how to create a decent graphic > with the right information on. It won't design your watermark overlay for you I'm afraid though :P Personally, I think I would tag the images, and include a discrete watermark bottom right with just the creative commons icon and name. Then include a bog standard CC license in a text on the CD. -- John http://subbass.blogspot.com/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq