Content stealing and Image hotlinking are one of the unresolved problems of the blogging network. Though there are attempts to solve this, none provides an ultimate solution to end it and without thinking about it ever again. I was trying some plugins and changing .htaccess to avoid image hotlinking but none worked for me so far as it removes the images when people view from feeds.
Watermarking may be one of the solution to avoid people from hotlinking but the main disadvantage of that is, it would make the image a little clumsier.
(Pic: Screenshot of my Desktop)
Anyway, if watermarking is what you decide, then Windows Live Writer provides the solution which watermarks all the images on the fly when you publish.
To watermark the images, click on the image and go to the effects tab on the sidebar. Click the plus sign and overlays -> Watermark.
You can give the website or blog name, change the font and its size. Also choose the location where you want to position the Copyright symbol.
To make sure these settings are applied for every image you add using Windows Live Writer, go to the image tab and at the bottom, click Save settings as default. From now on copyright watermark will be added to every image you publish using Windows Live Writer.
You can also do other Transformations for images in Windows Live Writer like Black and White, Sepia Tone, Adjust Temperature, Sharpen, Gaussian Blur, Emboss, Color Pop etc.
wow , i didn’t thought that WLW can do that !
ti’s great feature and save the use of another application for watermarking my pictures ,,
thanks for the tip
i wasn’t using WLW but now i think I’ll consider trying it
@ameo, You should definetly try using WLW as it eases writing the post a lot.
Never knew about this possibility in WLW. A very useful plugin indeed. Thanks for sharing it buddy!
This is best for images which are exclusive to you especially some gadget announcements.