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Originally Posted by OwnedByJezebel  If you have a transparent overlay on your photo, when someone tries to copy the picture by doing a "right click" then "copy" or "copy image," all they are able to copy is the transparent overlay and they can't get to the photo underneath.
I guess (but I don't know, someone correct me if I'm wrong) they could do a screen grab, then open it up in photo editing software, crop the image to include only the photo, and maybe then remove the watermark. Someone looking for shortcuts is probably going to move on to some other picture rather than go to so much trouble (hopefully). I guess for someone dishonest, there is always a way to get around most anything.
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If you do a watermark in PSE, either through the watermark feature (through batch processing) or by creating your own overlay, they can grab the whole image. But since you flatten the layers and save the whole thing as a jpeg it's difficult to remove the copyright. They have to physically go in and clone pixels to try and remove it. It's a PIA and will discourage the average scammer or picture thief. Of the two methods in PSE, I prefer creating a new layer to make the watermark. It gives you more control over where it's placed and the opacity. I highly recommend watermarking across the pic of the dog with the kennel name. The automated version limits you to right bottom corner, left bottom corner or dead center of the pic. By having it limited, it's easy to just crop around the watermark.
The digital watermark is good if you want to track down where your pics end up. But, it's expensive and there is no visible watermark to deter thieves.