Watermarking your photos using Photoshop (brush method)

[in2fx]

I tried this and it worked, but the text is hollow and not a solid colour, what did I do wrong ?

[ricktas]

I tried this and it worked, but the text is hollow and not a solid colour, what did I do wrong ?

Depends what font you chose.

[in2fx]

thanks Rick, I think I have it worked out now

[Ezookiel]

Thanks Rick.
I'd created a transparent layer with the text in it, and was adding that to my photos, but creating it the way I originally did it, meant the whole thing all had to be in one font. This has allowed a much better way of doing it, and a much easier way to apply it, and of course the font can be different for the © symbol and the name.

[photomike666]

Great tips, thanks

Now put ur watermark brush on the transparent layer & you have the options of layer blending like emboss. Enjoy

[Ezookiel]

That was the one thing I did differently to Rick's instructions. In the very first step where you create a new blank document, I scrolled down slightly in the create new document dialogue box, and for "background contents" I selected "transparent"
Not sure it made any difference to the final result, but I wanted to be sure just in case.

[ricktas]

That was the one thing I did differently to Rick's instructions. In the very first step where you create a new blank document, I scrolled down slightly in the create new document dialogue box, and for "background contents" I selected "transparent"
Not sure it made any difference to the final result, but I wanted to be sure just in case.

Not really cause a brush always has a transparent background. Once you have your design done, and make the selection and select to save it as a brush, the background (white) automatically becomes transparent, for the end result.

[Bindybur9]

Thanks this has been very helpful.

[MALCEB]

This is awesome, but this is probably a stupid question. But once I create my watermark in photoshop, canI then save it and then import into lightroom?

Lam

[One Click]

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Now I've got something else I can waste my time playing with.
Anyone else want to do my this weekend?

**Thanks for this**

[Crysis]

This is way better way of doing your watermark than anything out there in the www. world.
I had do this twice now as my last laptop dies and this made me have to redo everything.
The way it is written is so easy to follow. So thanks heaps for this simple but more than effective way to do it.

I did notice that somewhere I seen that someone had asked about the copyright thing.
I have got a simple way to do this.
Hold down you ALT key, then touch these numbers while hold down the ALT key the numbers are 0 then 1 then 6 then 9.
This will give you the C for copyright and I think if you do all of this but leave out the 0 you will get an R in a circle.
Hope this helps a few out.But the watermark layout is the best.

[Debom]

whoo hoo Rick, thank you I just created my watermark - easy peasy!

[Kurrajong]

I'll have to give this a go; should be handy, not only on this site, but anywhere that I upload images. Thanks,

Jan