Pro
offers wider support for your visitors. Whereas Secure Image v2.1
and all other similar systems only support PC version browsers from
4 and upwards, the Pro version security applets and encrypted images
suitable for viewing on both PC and Mac computers using all popular
browsers.
When converting images Pro will enable a preview, allow manipulation
of size, etc, and then save the whole batch with a single click of
a button. Before saving you have the option of saving each image to
its own page or saving them all to a single page with their titles
underneath in html.
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Protection
from "right MouseClick" and MSoft Explorer page saving.
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Protection
from bandwidth theft and unauthorized linking.
- Encryption
to protect cached images in the Temporary Internet Folder .
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Locking of your image to a designated web site.
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An effective means of labeling the artwork for status bar display.
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An announcement of the Artist and Title while being downloaded.
- Add an image
frame with selected thickness and color.
- Improved platform
support for version 3 browsers and Macs.
- Mouse over
action for swapping images (print protection).
- File import
supports multiple selections for batch saving.
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Improved
security for key and source files on the server.
- Multi-user
register for managing several domains.
- Several levels
of encryption for different applications.
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Automatic
scaling of original image size.
- Can be used
with or without the "www" prefix.
Secure
Image will protect your images from all avenues of downloading and saving
except from screen capture where a snap of the screen is taken. Most
captures will only obtain an image at 72 dpi. If you are using high
resolution images they will be safe with Secure Image.
Applet
styles
As
well as the choice of encryption levels you also have several different
styles in which the images can be displayed. Any number of images or
different styles can be displayed on the same page.
- Static image
- no image link or MouseOver effects.
- Image hyperlink
to the next page using a targeted frame.
- Display the
product information on mouse over - swap image to text.
- Show the image
on MouseOver - swap text to image.
- Swap images
on MouseOver - swap two images.
Loading
large batches of images.
File selection
supports batch import. Select a folder to import and Pro will import
all the JPG and GIF images in the folder. When loaded into the Artistscope
directory you have the option of selecting some or all images in the
list to encrypt on command.
Saving
the secure image and applet
When
you have finished adjusting the size, borders and colors, etc.,
click the Convert button. The next window will ask for a folder to save
to.
Saving
large batches of images.
When
loaded into the Artistscope directory you have the option of selecting
some or all images in the list to encrypt on command. Images thus saved
will share common settings such as target frame, etc. When requested
you have the option of saving each image to a separate page or saving
all the images to the one page (with the title underneath).
Configuring
the images
Once
the images are loaded into the project window, they can be individually
configured for scale, border frame, size and color - set to match any
color on the page.
Grab
and spider protection
Spiders,
grab applications and programs such as Xenu and Teleport Pro that search
a site and provide a report of all the linked content cannot locate
the protected image folder nor the Java and data files associated with
the images.
Image
hyperlink
On
the Standard display applet a hyperlink can be added to the image for
mouse clicking onto the next exhibit or to an information page. The
link can be frame targeted for navigating framesets. If the visitor
uses either right or left mouse buttons they will activate the hyperlink.
If the link is not needed simply leave the field blank.
Image
messages
Several
message areas are available to present navigation hints, exhibit particulars
or purchasing instructions. A message can be shown in the image progress
bar as the pic downloads, in the status bar at the bottom of your browser
on MouseOver, and also in the image area on MouseOver; here you have
the option to swap text to image, or image to text.
Image
resolution
There
is no limit to the size and the resolution used to portray the image.
The only concern is the download time as with any large image or array
of images. As a guide... most screen monitors are only 72 dpi. Also,
about 100k total for the page is the max that visitors will tolerate...
and this is to an art site.
Image
scaling
Secure
Image Pro can scale the size of your original image to any size, regardless
of the original. If your original is too large, import it to the directory
and when configuring, nominate a scale. When Artistscope processes the
conversion it will resize the new image to your settings.
Link
protection
The
paths, parameters and sources for the images and data files can only
be located by the Artistscope applet using an algorithm code from its
own domain. Source file paths are not evident even from the Java
console. The images found in the Temporary Internet Folder are encrypted
and unusable anywhere except from your web site and from within the
applet on your web page.
Browser support
Secure
Image Pro supports all browsers on both Mac and PC computers. Pro was
design to be used in Netscape version 3 browsers and higher and MSoft
Explorer version 4.0 browsers and higher on both PC and Mac/OS platforms.
The PC version runs under 95/98/NT/2000.
No right mouse click
Mouse
clicking offers several options for saving or copying the page or image.
Secure Image prevents right mouse click operations in several ways,
depending on which applet style is used. If it is the Standard display
the visitor will be transported to a set page or the next link. If no
link is on the image - no difference because the mouse cannot activate
a menu from the applet. If swap image or show text display is used that
is all the visitor will get. They will not be able to mouse save any
of the images.
Platform
support
Pro
supports JPG, GIF and most animated GIF images. No support is offered,
possible or necessary for other image formats used on the Internet.
Portability
Secure
Image pages and contents can be viewed from any browser supporting Java.
Today that means nearly all browsers with support for 99.5% of the general
net traffic. The page can be viewed on the Internet or mailed out to
your clients and still be effectively protected.
Print
protection
Some
browsers will print images in applets while others do not. Further protection
from printing can be achieved by using the "text to image"
style where the user must hold down the mouse button to view the image.
Registration
Registration
is per web site. The initial registration covers the program and the
first registered domain. Additional sites are levied at a much lower
fee. Any site or folder on the web can be registered. It doesn't have
to be a full domain and can be a home page almost anywhere. Secure image
will lock to any folder or page on the web.
Saving the projects
When
saving conversions to a folder Secure Image will also create the Java
files necessary. On exiting the program you have the option of saving
the current settings.
Security
As
well as the obvious features such as prevention of direct saving, etc.,
each registered site has a unique key so that the image may only be
seen from the protected site. The images cannot be viewed from anywhere
else and are safe on your server. They are not obtainable by direct
or indirect means... only by viewing the image from your page and from
within the applet viewer. Spiders, grab applications and programs such
as Xenu and Teleport Pro that search a site and provide a report of
all the linked content cannot locate the the Java and data files associated
with the images.
DOMAIN
LOCK - where only one web site is nominated, the image can only
be viewed online from that web site and nowhere else. The image is not
viewable locally.
ALL SITES - where several sites are registered and used in the
one program, the same image can be used for all of the listed sites.
The images are viewable locally.
NONE - no image encryption is used and the image remains as the
original. It can be viewed locally.
No
evidence of the source paths can be found in the page source, the Java
console output or any where else.
The paths, parameters and sources for these files can
only be located by the Artistscope applet using the key for its own
domain.
Support
If
you need protection and find the technology daunting there is no need
to be left out. Artistscope provides free support by e-mail for first
time users to get their demonstrations up and running. Responses are
almost immediate.
Targeted
framesets
When
an image hyperlink is used the frame that the next page is to open into
can be targeted for control within framesets, to open into a specific
frame or to open into a new browser window, etc. If a link is not desired
simply leave the input field blank.
Tutorial
All
of these features and Java may be daunting at first. Secure Image is
very simple if the basic guidelines are followed. For first time users
a step by step tutorial is available to show you how to encrypt, adjust
and protect an image in simple steps. Once you have seen how simple
it really is you will be dying to get on with it and experiment with
the different display effects and possibilities.
Uploading
Your
images, pages and Java files are binary. If you are using an Ftp uploader
that has the options available make sure that the files are uploaded
as "auto" or "'binary". Do not upload Java files
or images as ASCII. To upload using Frontpage, open your site and "import"
your folder or files from your hard drive.
Versions
Version
3.0, v2.1 and 2.2 are entirely different programs and are not an upgrade
of the other. Images from the different systems (later than Jan 2000)
can be used in the same folder without corruption.
Multi-user
Registration
To
register Secure Image Pro and your first site code
- US$165.
Secure
Image Pro has the capacity to use the one program for publishing the
same images for use on several registered domains. The initial registration
gives you the registered program and your first domain key. Then as
each subsequent site is registered they are added so that all your sites
can share the same key and still be able to be locked. Once Pro is registered
each extra site costs US$65.