Attached Link: http://www.daz3d.com/support/tutorial/index.php?id=1039

A Digimarc watermark can be easily removed. I've experimented with it and figured out how to do it in just a few tries. Didn't even take any particular skill, just playing around in Photoshop. Furthermore, you have to pay an annual fee to even be able to embed a Digimarc watermark. They used to have a free annual subscription with limited use that was handy for some people, but now you pay or you don't use the software, and you pay every year to keep using it. Thieves don't give a damn about invisible watermarks, either. Why should they? They can't see it, don't know it's there, they grab the image and cut it up or whatever, who cares about the invisible watermark? It's easy enough to prove that something is your own original work, with or without the Digimarc thingy. *shrug* No, I'm not a fan of Digimarc, in case you can't tell. Your mileage may vary, but I think it's a huge waste of money. I use a subtle visible watermark and stamp my URL on images. The combination will deter casual thieves and tube-makers and such. It's no guarantee because there aren't any, but since I started using the watermark on an important part of the figure, I haven't seen my work 'tubed' or otherwise used in appropriately. That's not to say it's not happening, only that it's infrequent enough that it's not common and I haven't encountered it. If anyone's interested, I have a tutorial on my watermarking technique at DAZ (link attached). bonni

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