7.10 Security Control Features

FlipAlbum® 5 Professional comes with many security control features that you can set for your albums and CDs that you distribute for commercial purposes.

 

Creating Single Album on CD:

 

  1. Following the steps in Section 7.7, you should arrive at Fig 7.10.1.

 

Fig 7.10.1 Album CD Options Menu Dialog Box

 

  1. Click Set Album Settings. The Set Album CD Options dialog box will be displayed.

  2. Click the Security tab (Fig 7.10.2).

 

Fig 7.10.2 Set Album CD Options - Security Dialog Box

 

There are two types of security control, one applying to the whole CD while the other applying only to the album.

 

Password Protect the CD:

 

  1. When Password protect the CD is checked, all the pictures in the albums exported onto the CD will be encrypted (the Encrypt all albums on CD setting is grayed out). You will need to specify a password that will allow the recipient of your CD to view the albums (Fig 7.10.3).

  2. If you do not want the recipient to print or save your pictures, uncheck the User will be allowed to Print & Save pictures check box. The pictures on the albums will remain encrypted on the CD.

 

Fig 7.10.3 Password Protection & CD Expiration Settings

 

Expiration of CD by Absolute Date/No of Days (referenced to first play):

 

  1. You can set an absolute expiration date to the CD by checking Expiration of CD by and selecting Absolute Date. You need to set the date by changing the relevant Year, Month and Day values or

  2. You can set the absolute number of days (1 to 100) before the CD expires by checking Expiration of CD by and selecting No of Days (referenced to first play).

 

Encrypt all Albums on CD:

 

  1. Checking Encrypt all Albums on CD (without setting Password Protection) will encrypt all the pictures and albums on the CD. The Encrypt Current Album and User will be allowed to Print and Save pictures check boxes will also be grayed out, meaning the recipient can view the album but cannot print or save the pictures. You will then be able to set a watermark for your images.

 

Encrypt Current Album:

 

  1. Checking Encrypt Current Album (without setting Password Protection and Encrypting All Albums) will only encrypt the current album. The User will be allowed to Print and Save pictures check box will also be grayed out, meaning the recipient can view the album but cannot print or save the pictures. You will then be able to set a watermark for your images.

 

Note: If you only wish to encrypt some of the albums on your CD (& leaving the other albums "as is"), you will need to uncheck the "Encrypting All Albums" option & encrypt each album individually.

 

Watermarking:

 

As an added security feature to encryption, you can set a watermark on all the images in the FlipAlbum CD. The watermarking feature is only available when encryption is turned on. You can either use a picture or text for your watermark.

 

Use a Picture as Watermark:

 

  1. With encryption turned on, check the Embedded Watermark check box.

  2. The Set Watermark dialog box will be displayed (Fig 7.10.4).

  3. Click the Browse button to navigate to the folder their contains your picture (only JPEG, BMP, ICO, EMF and WMF files accepted).

  4. Select the desired position for your watermark.

  5. Adjust the depth of the watermark by dragging the depth slider button or clicking the left or right arrow.

  6. Click OK.

 

Use Text for Watermark:

 

  1. With encryption turned on, check the Embedded Watermark check box.

  2. The Set Watermark dialog box will be displayed (Fig 7.10.4).

  3. Select the Text radio button and enter your text.

  4. Click the Font button to change the font, size, style, color etc.

  5. Click the Rotate angle up or down arrow to rotate the watermark to a desired angle.

  6. Select the desired position for your watermark.

  7. Adjust the depth of the watermark by dragging the depth slider button or clicking the left or right arrow.

  8. Click OK.

 

To set the picture or text watermark for use in other albums, click the Set As Default button.

 


Fig 7.10.4 Set Watermark

 

 

Creating Multiple Albums on CD:

 

Following the steps in Section 7.8, you should arrive at Fig 7.10.5.

 

Fig 7.10.5 Drag Multiple Albums

 

The concept of adding security features to multiple albums is similar to the steps described above.

 

  1. In the lower window, select the album you want the security settings changed.

  2. Click the Options icon. Alternatively, right click on the album name and select Option.

  3. Follow the rest of the instructions as described above for Creating Single Album on CD.

  4. Repeat the process for other albums if the settings for each album are different.

 

Note: Checking either the Password Protection or Encrypt All Albums check boxes will encrypt all pictures in the albums. If you do not want to encrypt all albums, you have to change the security settings one album at a time.