Uno de los grandes problemas de tener un perfil público en Instagram es que cualquiera puede descargar tus fotos (de esto hablaremos en otro post) y publicarlas en su perfil como si fueran propias, de ahí la relevance from use watermarks on your Instagram photos para evitar que su autoría be suplantada.
For those who are not related to the term "watermark" in photography, say that it is nothing more than a text or image - generally semi-transparent - that is superimposed on the original photo to leave a unique mark of the author and thus prevent third parties from claiming the rights to said photo.
Therefore, since the sole purpose of watermarks is to affirm that you are the author of the photo, there is no point in using flashy watermarks that steal the spotlight from the main image that you want to publish on your Instagram profile, because that en Small semi-transparent or very subtle watermarks placed in one of the corners of the photo are regularly used.
3 Applications to prevent the authorship of your Instagram photos from being stolen through watermarks.
There are countless free and paid applications, both for iPhone and Android, that automatically include your watermark on your Instagram photos, so that once configured you only have to worry about publishing the photo and that's it. Here is a selection of 3 free apps to add watermarks to your Instagram photos:
- Add watermark for free. Free watermark application for Android terminals that allows you to configure, among other things; different fonts, angle of inclination of your watermark, level of detail of the watermark or you can even add GPS tags as watermark text.
The main drawback of this application is that it is not optimized to work with high resolution photos. At the same time, the free version has the option to select images for your watermark disabled and also does not allow you to save photos with more than 800px on the longest side. - free instawatermark. Application only available for Android, much simpler than the previous one, but in its paid version it even allows you to add QR codes as a watermark. Undoubtedly a very interesting feature that differentiates it from the rest.
(*3*)<>(*3*) - iWatermark Free. Probably the most complete of all, available for both iOS (iPhone and iPad) and Android, it even has a version for computer and Mac.
Among its options, it is important to highlight the opportunity to select from up to 77 different fonts and, in the same way as the previous application, this one also makes it possible to use QR codes as a watermark on your photos.
We already showed you our list of options for include watermarks on your Instagram photos and prevent third parties from copying your photos and claiming authorship.
In case it is too late, if you have already detected that some of your photos have been copied and made public on another profile, then the ideal is that you contact Instagram to claim the copyright of your photos and have them take appropriate measures. In most cases, copyright violation on Instgaram means direct account deletion.
