Which Watermark do you like better?

Watermarks are an important security feature for most sites that sell images or videos. The purpose of a watermark is to prevent the video or image from being illegally taken while allowing the buyer to see it well enough to decide if they want to purchase it. Finding the right balance, a watermark must be difficult to remove and not obscure the image too much. Here is the watermark that Cutcaster will be using on top of all preview flash videos and image thumbnails on the site. Its obviously going to be lightened up but will cover up all the essentials.

Lee Torrens writes,
"Determining which watermarks protect images well is simple. A watermark must:

1. Cover enough of the image to make it useless if the watermark is cropped out
2. Cover all parts of the image to protect photos where the subject is not in the center
3. Be substantial so that removal with photo editing software is difficult

Lee goes on to point out which websites out there protect your images the best.

We are really looking to give as much control to the user so he is able to place where the watermark will show up on the video or image. This will help them in protecting their image while still maintaining a ton of control. But we also don't want our watermark to distract too much and create a situation where buyers can't properly view the content.