How To Protect Your Website Against Screen Shots

How to Help Protect Images on Your PhotoBiz Website

Overview

PhotoBiz includes built-in protections that help discourage visitors from easily saving images displayed on your website. However, no website can completely prevent someone from capturing an image once it appears on a screen.

You can make unauthorized use more difficult by combining PhotoBiz's built-in protections with watermarks, web-sized images, and optional right-click restrictions.

This guide explains what website image protection can and cannot do and provides practical ways to better protect the photography you display online.

Understanding Image Protection and Screenshot Limitations

Once an image appears on a computer, phone, or tablet screen, there is always some way for it to be captured. Visitors may be able to use screenshots, browser tools, third-party software, or another camera to capture what appears on their screen.

For this reason, no website protection method can guarantee that an image cannot be copied.

The goal of image protection is to discourage unauthorized saving and make copied images less useful.

Built-In Website Image Protection

PhotoBiz automatically includes protections that help prevent common methods of saving images directly from your website, including dragging images from the page.

These protections provide a helpful first layer against casual downloading, but they cannot prevent every method of capturing an image.

You do not need to enable a separate Image Protection setting in the Website Builder.

Add a Watermark Before Uploading

A visible watermark can make an image less useful to someone who copies it without permission because your branding or copyright information remains visible on the photograph.

For stronger protection, consider:

Increasing the visibility of your watermark
Placing the watermark over an important area of the photograph
Using a larger or more prominent watermark
Including your logo, studio name, or other identifying information

A subtle watermark may provide a cleaner presentation, while a more prominent watermark generally provides a stronger deterrent.

For website images, add the watermark to the image before uploading it to your PhotoBiz website.

Use Web-Sized Images

Avoid uploading your highest-resolution original files to public website pages when that level of resolution is not necessary.

Web-sized images allow you to display your photography clearly online while limiting access to your original high-resolution files. If an image is copied or captured from your website, using an appropriately sized web image may also reduce how useful that copy is for larger reproductions or other unauthorized uses.

This is especially helpful for:

Portfolio images
Blog images
Homepage images
Other photography displayed publicly on your website

Keep your original high-resolution files stored separately for printing, archiving, or client delivery.

Disable Right-Click (Optional)

You can also use custom code to disable right-click on your website. This can discourage basic browser actions commonly used to save images.

Disabling right-click is only an additional deterrent. It does not prevent screenshots or guarantee that someone cannot access an image using other browser or device tools.

Add the right-click prevention code provided with this guide to the CSS/JS settings in your Website Builder.

For instructions on accessing and using this area, see How to Add Custom CSS and JavaScript to Your PhotoBiz Website.

Important: Custom code added through the CSS/JS settings applies globally to your PhotoBiz website. Test your website on desktop and mobile devices after adding the code to confirm that it does not interfere with other website functionality.

Copy & Paste Code:

<script>
    document.addEventListener("contextmenu", (event) => {
        event.preventDefault();
    });
</script>

Image Protection in Client Galleries

PhotoBiz Client Galleries include a separate Image Protection feature specifically for images displayed through Client Galleries.

The Client Galleries Image Protection settings do not currently apply to images displayed on your PhotoBiz website.

If you use Client Galleries for client proofing or image delivery, you can choose the Image Protection level that works best for your galleries from the Client Galleries Dashboard.

See How to Change Image Protection Settings in PhotoBiz Client Galleries for complete instructions.

Best Practices for Protecting Website Images

The strongest practical approach is to combine multiple protection methods rather than relying on a single feature.

Consider using:

PhotoBiz's built-in website image protections
Visible watermarks when appropriate
Web-sized images instead of full-resolution originals
Optional right-click restrictions
Client Galleries for client proofing and delivery when you need the additional Image Protection options available there

These methods can discourage unauthorized copying and reduce the usefulness of images that are captured, but they cannot guarantee that an image displayed online will never be copied.

Image Protection and Copyright

Website protection tools can help discourage unauthorized copying, but they do not replace copyright protection or enforcement.

If protecting the ownership and permitted use of your photography is important to your business, keep your original files and other records that document your work and ownership.

For more information about protecting photographs from newer image-editing tools, see How to Protect Images From AI Watermark Removal Tools.

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