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Parameters
The following table describes the parameters taken by this method.
Parameter Description
Type This indicates the type of digimarc you wish to embed. The default is “basic”.
Other options are “image”, “transaction”, and “copyright”. The type
determines which set of additional parameters that are valid for the
watermark.
CreatorID A number which uniquely identifies the creator of the image. The creator ID
maps to a profile of the creator, at the Digimarc MarcCentre website. Valid for
the following types: basic, image, transaction, and copyright.
CreatorPin This is a unique Personal Identification Number (PIN) issued with the
associated CreatorID. This value is used by DWM to check the validity of the
CreatorID. Valid for the following types: basic, image, transaction, and
copyright.
DistributerID Identifies the organization that distributes the image. This is a numeric value
and can be DistributorID may be set to zero to indicate that no distributor ID
is to be placed in the watermark. Note that if a DistributorID of zero is
specified, then the CreatorID above should not be zero. Valid for the following
types: image, transaction, and copyright.
DistributorPin This is a unique Personal Identification Number (PIN) issued with the
associated Distributor ID. This value is used by DWM to check the validity of
the Distributor ID. Valid for the following types: image, transaction, and
copyright.
ImageID This a 24-bit number that uniquely identifies the image (similar to an image
catalog number). If no image ID is desired, set the image ID to zero. Valid for
the following type: image.
TransactionID This is a 24-bit number that uniquely identifies an instance of the image. For
example, if an image was licensed to a publication for a one-time use, the
Transaction ID can be used to track that specific licensing transaction vs. the
same image licensed to a different customer for 1 year of use. If no
Transaction ID is desired, set the Transaction ID to zero.Valid for the following
type: transaction.
Year1, Year 2 These are the copyright years that are embedded in the image. One or both
of these fields can be empty (zero). Valid for the following type: copyright.
Adult Indicates that image contains adult content when set to “TRUE”. The default
value is false (empty). Valid for all types.
Restricted Indicates that image has restricted use when set to “TRUE”. The default value
is false (empty). Valid for all types.
CopyProtected Indicates that image should not be copied when set to “TRUE”. The default
value is false (empty). Valid for all types.
Durability Indicates the “amount of energy” of the watermark, between 1 and 16. The
higher the durability value, the more robust the watermark. The default value
is 8. Valid for all types.
