Watermarking your photos using Photoshop (brush method)

[ricktas]

© - ALT + 0169 gives you the symbol you seek Mat!

[Elvie]

Thanks Rick, I have also been looking out to how to add a watermark . many thanks , Elvie

[roz]

Oh my word, I am so pleased I found this tute,
Thankyou Rick - now I have some work ahead of me

[Wandapics]

Thankyou. I was wondering how to do watermarks.

[Kym]

Copyright symbol ... (cut/paste) ©

[bugeyesj]

Many thanks for this, makes life so much easier. I have been going the long way around & playing with the text tool every time.

[sugarcourt]

This is something i have been wanting to do to my photos for ages but never got around to do it. This has inspired me to get my act together and finally do it. Thanks :-)

[carrg1954]

google"creating an action" in photoshop, then add your name and year behind the copywrite symbol and you will be set

[Roosta]

Alright Rick, works a treat, except when I left click at the end, it won't let go of my WM, it stays as a cursor and moves with the mouse. Any suggestions?

P.S, Are you able to add a symbol .gif to the WM ???

Thanks in advance.

[ricktas]

you wont be able to add the GIF directly, you will need to convert it to the same format as your orginal watermark document and then just drag it in as a layer and position it, flatten the layers. You can fairly much add anything to the document before you select it and define it as a brush.

Re the cursor, not sure what the issue is there, its just a brush, the same as any other brush you can select from the tool.

[Roosta]

you wont be able to add the GIF directly, you will need to convert it to the same format as your orginal watermark document and then just drag it in as a layer and position it, flatten the layers. You can fairly much add anything to the document before you select it and define it as a brush.

Re the cursor, not sure what the issue is there, its just a brush, the same as any other brush you can select from the tool.

Thanks mate will give it a go. Was getting late lastnight and the brain was fading. Apperciate the help as always.

Cheers

[dtrang]

ive been looking at making one for a while now. how would you go about doing a batch of photos in one go?

[ricktas]

ive been looking at making one for a while now. how would you go about doing a batch of photos in one go?

You need to create a Photoshop Action to run on all the photos. Note that this will put the watermark in the exact same place in every photo and sometimes this an e detrimental. Say your watermark is white and you put it in the lower left corner. If some photos are of snow, you won't see a white on white watermark, etc

Google can help with a how to, for creating actions in PS

[katcam]

Thanks, I just had a go and it worked really well.

[richardb]

Hi all,
A suggestion: Photoprocessing newbies, who don't have Photoshop, easily can download tools from Gimp.org. Free of charge !!
I've scanned the web : "how to watermark with Gimp". It works with layers as well. Did a hundred watermarks and got a bit fed up.

[reflect]

Thanks Rick, when I get home I will try this in Elements 9 and see how it goes, glad to be back on the forum after several moths away doing worky type stuff, hopefully upload some new images with my new watermark, thanks again.

[pearson]

Thanks Rick. I managed to fumble my way through to get a watermark on my images but this made it so much easier. Cheers!

[ricktas]

Thanks Rick. I managed to fumble my way through to get a watermark on my images but this made it so much easier. Cheers!

Hope we get to see some of the photos you have watermarked, up for critique soon!

[Casull]

Thanks for the great tutorial, good for us beginers

[leemiki]

It's very useful tutorial. Thanks heaps ")