How to implement a voluntary disclosure standard.

Download the pill package and usage guide.

The full pill set (16 SVGs at 75% opacity, plus 92% alternates) and Photoshop workflow guide are available on the Pills page.

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Update your Photoshop delivery template.

Add a pill layer group to your delivery PSD. The most efficient workflow is:

• Create a "VIDP" layer group at the top of your layer stack
• Drag in the SVG files for whichever pills apply to that image
• Position in the bottom-right corner per Section 5.2 of the specification
• Flatten and export at delivery time

Archive the base image alongside the final.

The "base image" is the fully-processed version immediately before any Tier 1–3 edit. Save it with the naming convention [listing-id]_[sequence]_base.[ext] so future verification is possible even if you don't set up a full gallery.

Disclose to your clients.

Tell your agents that your deliveries will include VIDP pills going forward. Most agents react positively — it signals professionalism, and it protects them from liability under AB 723 and similar laws. A single paragraph in your next delivery email is sufficient.

Sample language:

Going forward, my deliveries will include VIDP disclosure pills — small labels identifying any digital edits applied to each image. This aligns my work with emerging disclosure standards and protects you and your client under laws like California AB 723. Learn more at vidp.org.

Consider the full Verification Gallery.

If you want to offer full VIDP Compliance (not just pill disclosure), stand up a Verification Gallery — a public URL where each pilled image has its base image available alongside. This is a medium-effort addition to your workflow with high signaling value.

Implementations can be as simple as a shared Drive folder, or as sophisticated as a per-listing subdomain. The specification is infrastructure-agnostic.

Understand your AI disclosure exposure.

As of January 1, 2026, California's AB 723 makes undisclosed AI alteration of listing photos a misdemeanor. Analogous laws are active or pending in multiple states. Several major MLSs already require watermarks on altered images. Regardless of state, the FTC Act §5 prohibition on deceptive commercial practices applies nationally.

If you're publishing photos you didn't create, you're publishing disclosures (or omissions) you didn't write. VIDP standardizes this so you know what you're publishing.

Update your photography vendor agreement.

Add a single clause requiring VIDP-compliant delivery. Sample language:

All imagery delivered under this agreement will follow the Verified Image Disclosure Protocol (VIDP) v1.1, available at vidp.org. Each delivered image bearing element-level edits will include the appropriate disclosure pill(s), and a base image will be archived per the specification's retention guidance.

This shifts the disclosure obligation to where the knowledge lives — with the producer who actually made the edits — while preserving your upstream compliance position.

Disclose VIDP compliance in listings.

Add a short line to your MLS remarks and listing descriptions:

Photography is VIDP-compliant. Digital edits are disclosed on each image. Unedited base images available via QR code.

This signals to buyers that they're looking at honestly-labeled imagery — a differentiator against listings with undisclosed AI alteration.

Train your team on what the pills mean.

Agents should be able to answer buyer questions about VIDP pills at a basic level: what the tiers mean, what the QR code does, why the standard exists. A 15-minute team briefing is sufficient. The FAQ covers the questions buyers are most likely to ask.

Reference VIDP in your photo policy.

The lightest adoption path is a single paragraph in your photo submission rules:

Listing photography with element-level digital edits should follow the Verified Image Disclosure Protocol (VIDP), available at vidp.org. VIDP compliance satisfies [MLS name]'s disclosure requirements for altered imagery.

No licensing arrangement is required because VIDP is published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Attribution to the author and a link to the canonical specification are the only requirements.

Consider VIDP as a safe-harbor compliance path.

For MLSs in jurisdictions with disclosure laws (California, states considering analogous laws), members face genuine uncertainty about what satisfies legal requirements. VIDP provides a concrete, defensible compliance path. Identifying it as such in your member communications provides real value to members while supporting your upstream disclosure posture.

Adopt VIDP pill imagery in display rules.

MLSs that already require watermarks on altered imagery (Houston, Greater Lansing, and others) can standardize on VIDP pill visuals. The pill system is more informative than a generic watermark because it identifies the type of edit, not just the fact of editing.

Provide VIDP as a member resource.

Link to vidp.org from your member resources page. The Adopt guides on this site are written for self-service adoption at the individual member level — supporting members without requiring MLS-led training programs.

Engage with the spec.

VIDP is a living standard. Feedback from MLSs about practical adoption friction directly informs future versions. Contact information is on the About page.