How secure are my images with Zoomify?
Zoomify’s zoom-and-pan viewing solution makes copying images much more difficult than other viewing alternatives. Zoomify is viewed using Flash Player and the Player does not present a right-click Save As option as is standard with any large image in a web page. Second, Zoomify’s display approach uses many small pieces – like a mosaic. These image ’tiles’ are downloaded only as needed, so the entire image at full resolution is not displayed at full resolution. Using ‘screen shots’ to capture an image would therefore require assembling many small images in a photo editor – an inexact and time consuming process. It is important to note, however, that no image presented on the web can be completely protected – if you can see an image, the data is on your computer and it can be retrieved by someone sufficiently determined. For this reason, we provide Zoomify as a viewing solution and not an image security system. It is worth noting that there have been attempts in the past to use complex J
