[BNM] Creating a Flickr spaceball.gif effect

[Alastair James]

I suppose the best way would be to make the top layer IMG's src point
to a really disgusting image (i.e. Jade Goody eating a cream cake) but
set its opacity to 0.

Thus when users download the image they will be too afraid to try again.

Of course IE 6 users would see Jade Goody as well, but you could argue
they deserve it. "You appear to be using an out of date browser, all
images will display Jade Goody, please upgrade". We would see IE 6
usage fall off overnight....

Al

On 01/02/2008, Joe Aliferis <joe at newforms.co.uk> wrote:
> what about watermarking ?
>
> joe
>
> delarge wrote:
> > Ivan - glad to hear it - she's a trooper
> >
> > Shaun - I know what you are saying - but that just ain't gonna happen ;)
> >
> > Joe - impossible - I'm dealing with images that get an average of 3000 views
> > on Flickr and 250+ comments, she's 'Flickr Royalty'
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 1, 2008 10:21 AM, Ivan Pope <iapope at snipperoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Paul,
> >> Totally off subject, but just wanted to say your desk is having a good
> >> life
> >> in our office, much appreciated.
> >> Ivan
> >>
> >> On Feb 1, 2008 9:33 AM, delarge <delargerock at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hey yo BNM
> >>>
> >>> I am about to finish a site for someone which uses the Flickr API - they
> >>> have asked me if I can protect the images using the spaceball.gifeffect.
> >>> I
> >>> haven't done this before.
> >>>
> >>> Does anyone know how this is done on Flickr? Positioning a layer over
> >>>
> >> the
> >>
> >>> photo? Repeating a 2x2 gif somehow over the top?
> >>> Any advice would be grrrrreat!
> >>>
> >>> Big thanks!
> >>>
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Dr Alastair James
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