Prevent images from download in Portfolio?

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I want to show off my images without having to clutter them up with watermarks or by making them too low res to be viewable. Is there a way to make our image files be protected from downloads?

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Nancy OShea

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Hi @ECHE LON,

That's a myth. Nothing protects online content. If you don't want people to take your images, DO NOT publish them on the web.

Owing to how the Internet works, images are automatically downloaded into the end user's browser cache when they visit your site. Also anybody can grab a screenshot if they have a mind to.

Disabling right-click is the single WORST thing you can do to your website. It protects nothing. It annoys users by disabling advanced browser navigation features. Don't do this.

If you're really serious about protecting content, put it behind password protection. Consider using digital watermarking or barcoding which is invisible to humans. There is a Digimarc plugin for Photoshop described below.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/digimarc-copyright-protection.html

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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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Newelle

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What if you want to download your own images from your portfilio site?

I've accidentally deleted files I have uploaded to my Portfolio website and want to save, I'm allowed up until a point, ie. I can click save as, enter name, click save, but then it gives an error in download dialog saying 'needs permission to download'.

I've disabled right click, where can I give permission to users of my site to download images? Is this possible?

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