Posted by joboils on 07/14/06 08:21

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:30:41 GMT, "Michael Laplante"
<nowhereman@twilightzone.net> wrote:

>I know the answer is "No, because there are always work arounds and the user
>can do a screencap as a last resort"
>
>But I'm a stubborn bastard and started thinking about it. How about an
>animated gif with each image composed of half the original, or alternating
>bands with the reverse image? The viewer would sorta see the image to get an
>idea, but it would be a lot of work, if not impossible for them to grab the
>gif and reconstitute the original.
>
>Hey stop laughing. . . No, I haven't tried it but was wondering if it
>inspired anyone with a new idea, or if they had heard of similar tricks to
>render an image difficult to steal.
>
>M
>

Try having an animated .gif with the first animation frame "appearing"
for the shortest period possible; I say "appearing" because it won't
actually appear, because you make it blank. Right-clicking downloads
only the blank frame.

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