To help discourage photos from being stolen and help identify when an image has been used without permission, the RAE working with the Technology Committee will be implementing a watermark on all images.
The watermark will appear on images as soon as you save a photo to a listing in Paragon. The REALTOR® Logo will be used as the watermark and will appear in the bottom right of all photos on Paragon, REALTOR.ca and third-party sites.
Below are some commonly asked questions.
1. Why are the watermarks varied sizes?
The watermark size depends on the size of the photo loaded into Paragon. The smaller the photo (low resolution), the larger the watermark. For a consistent look throughout your photos make sure they are all the same size and a higher resolution.
The maximum photo resolution size you can load into Paragon is 3072x2304. The minimum photo resolution size is 640x480. Below displays the difference between five photo resolutions and the size of the watermark.
| 726 x 547 | |
| 972 x 729 | |
| 1296 x 972 | |
| 1728 x 1296 | |
| 2304 x 1728 | |
| 3072 x 2304 |
2. What happens when I copy/clone a listing?
When you copy/clone a listing, Paragon will bring over the original images without the watermark for you. It will not overlap the watermark. Occasionally, if the photo doesn't meet the current photo resolution, the listing will have broken picture, in this case you will need to obtain new photos of the listing or resize the old photos and upload those manually.
3. What if I have permission from other agents to use the photo from a previous listing?
You will need to get a copy of the original photos to upload directly. If you save them from Paragon, then upload them, the image size saved will be smaller than the original and the watermark will appear twice. See an example below.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please see this page to learn about updating, adding or deleting photos.