I have transitioned to zpMasonry 1.4.1 from zpGalleriffic 1.0, having tried out 1.4.1 of zpGalleriffic.

Thanks for the theme! It's beautiful and very fast.

When I was using zpGalleriffic 1.0, there were no problems with controlling access to the full-size images. I used the corresponding fields under Options: Image to password protect those files.

When my shoot subjects needed to access the full resolution file, they needed to enter a common username and password which I gave to them.

This seems to have changed under zpMasonry 1.4.1.

Firstly, I set the Options: Theme: 09 Final Image Link Option to Standard ZenPhoto.

When I tested on another browser (not logged in to my admin account), I could, as a public user, access the full-size image without being accosted by a username/password dialogue.

Past threads such as http://www.zenphoto.org/support/topic.php?id=9307 seem to imply that the core protection of full-size images only applies to "protect script access to the images". This statement, along with the fact that nothing has changed in my configuration but the theme, leads me to suspect a different access method to the images used by zpMasonry is bypassing that protection process.

The option you describe accesses the image with the same function the default theme does:

`"><?php printDefaultSizedImage(getAnnotatedImageTitle()); ?>`

Make sure you have the appropriate setting selected in options->image->Full image protection.

You are right, the problem does not seem to reside with the zpMasonry theme, since testing with the Default theme also results in protection being bypassed, despite setting Protected View and username + password in the Options -> image -> full image protection section.

I will be trying to diagnose the problem though with my current skill level I am not sure how far I will get. It's probably my own installation instance having a problem, but I also suspect the deprecation of theme password forms might have something to do with this.

Of course if you are loggedin with admin or other appropiate rights the protection is disabled.