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watermarking

watermarking

1 4.7
Putting a visible or hidden mark on a file, often an image, to show who owns it and stop copying
  • noun
  • /ˈwɔːtərˌmɑːrkɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : marcado de agua
  • To safeguard her work, she utilizes watermarking for all her design files before sharing them online.

Examples

  • I try to be unobtrusive with my watermarking, don't like to do it on the face, or big across the center, but if I were to do that, it would be a lot less likely to get taken.

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  • So I got in the routine of watermarking as a preventative measure and no longer felt weird about it.

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  • In the past year, I have started watermarking photos.

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  • With this easy 4-step process, you can save yourself hours compared to other watermarking services.

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  • Just got an app called eZy Watermarking for my iPhone and will be watermarking all the pics I put up of my sweet little boy.

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  • And anyway, there was much talk about watermarking future music/movie downloads to deter file sharing.

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  • The process of watermarking helps to protect digital documents from unauthorized copying and ensures that the original owner is credited.

  • The company uses watermarking on its images to prevent their unauthorized use on the internet.

How Restrictive

watermarking
  • Specialized
1 4.7
shareability
  • Texting
3.9

Surface Forms

watermarking singular
watermarkings plural

Morphology

watermarking = watermark (semi-transparent) = water + mark + ing

The noun is transparently formed from the verb 'watermark' plus the action noun suffix '-ing'.

Etymology

Watermarking comes from old paper making: the parts water and mark refer to a faint 'sign' made in paper while it is 'wet', which you can see when you hold the sheet to the light. That's why watermarking now means adding a visible or hidden sign to images or files to show who owns them or to stop copying.