How to Change Client Galleries Image Protection

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How to Change Image Protection Settings in PhotoBiz Client Galleries

Overview

PhotoBiz Client Galleries includes Image Protection settings that help discourage visitors from saving, copying, printing, downloading, or capturing your gallery images without permission. You can choose Standard, Medium, or High protection based on how you want clients to view your photography. Image Protection is a global setting that applies to every existing and future Client Galleries event, and Medium is enabled by default. This guide explains how to change the setting, how each protection level works, and how to combine Image Protection with watermarks.

Important: Phone Screenshots
Medium protection does not trigger when someone takes a screenshot on a phone. If discouraging phone screenshots is your priority, select High. High keeps part of each photo blurred at all times, but no online protection can guarantee that an image displayed on a screen cannot be captured.

STEP ONE

This opens the Client Galleries Dashboard, where you can manage your gallery events, images, orders, designs, activity, and account-wide settings.

STEP TWO

Click SETTINGS at the top of the Client Galleries Dashboard.

Image Protection is an account-wide setting. Changes affect all existing and future events. You cannot choose a different protection level for an individual event.

STEP THREE

Locate IMAGE PROTECTION, directly above WATERMARK VISIBILITY, and select Standard, Medium, or High.

Standard includes PhotoBiz’s built-in safeguards against direct image access and drag-and-drop saving. Photos remain fully visible during normal viewing. Choose this option when you want basic protection with fewer restrictions on browser interactions.

Medium adds safeguards designed to discourage screenshots, right-click saving, unauthorized downloads, printing, and copying. Photos remain fully visible during normal viewing. Medium is the default setting, but it does not trigger protection when someone takes a screenshot on a phone.

High keeps part of each photo blurred at all times for the strongest available screenshot deterrence. Clients can click or tap the blurred area to move it to the opposite side of the photo. They can review different parts of the image, but the entire photo is never displayed clearly at once. Choose High when discouraging phone screenshots is your priority.

Image Protection does not change which files clients are authorized to download. Review your event download settings, digital products, and Price List separately to control access to free or purchased files.

FINAL STEP

Click SAVE CHANGES to apply your selected protection level to all existing and future Client Galleries events.

Open an active event using its public link and review it on both a computer and a phone. Confirm that the protection level provides the viewing experience you want before sharing the event with clients.

What Your Clients See

With Standard or Medium, clients see the complete photo during normal gallery viewing. Medium adds restrictions on certain browser actions without keeping part of the photo blurred.

With High, part of each photo remains blurred. Clients can click or tap the blurred area to move it to the opposite side and review the details underneath. This blur is intentional and does not indicate an image upload or quality problem.

Changing the protection level affects the gallery viewing experience. It does not add a watermark or change your existing download permissions.

Medium Image Protection Example

Medium keeps photos fully visible during normal gallery viewing while adding safeguards designed to discourage screenshots, right-click saving, unauthorized downloads, printing, and copying. Phone screenshots do not trigger Medium protection.

High Image Protection Example

High keeps part of each photo blurred during gallery viewing. Clients can click or tap the blurred area to move it to the opposite side, allowing them to view both sides without displaying the entire image clearly at once.

Image Protection and Watermarks

mage Protection and watermarks are separate Client Galleries features. You can use either feature by itself or combine them to help discourage unauthorized use.

Image Protection controls how clients view and interact with gallery images. A watermark places a visible copyright symbol or custom design over the images displayed in your events.

Because WATERMARK VISIBILITY appears directly below IMAGE PROTECTION, you can review both settings together. Your watermark settings control the design and display options used throughout Client Galleries. Each event also has its own watermark setting, allowing you to display watermarks in some events and leave them off in others. Image Protection remains an account-wide setting.

Built-in Client Galleries watermarks are display overlays. They are not added to files that clients are authorized to download.

For setup instructions, see How to Add a Watermark to PhotoBiz Client Galleries.

For additional recommendations on combining Image Protection, watermarks, and download controls, see Best Practices for Protecting Your PhotoBiz Client Gallery Images from Screenshots.

Helpful Notes

Consider all your events before changing the setting. The same protection level applies to proofing events and final delivery events throughout your Client Galleries account.
Use multiple safeguards when appropriate. Image Protection, visible watermarks, event passwords, and download permissions serve different purposes and can work together.
Protection is a deterrent, not a guarantee. Someone may still use another capture method or photograph the screen with another device.
Keep website image protection separate. These settings apply to Client Galleries, not images displayed on your regular website pages. See How to Help Protect Images on Your PhotoBiz Website.

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