How to Watermark/Copyright Photographs

rahulzzz

Member
Re: Copyright of photos - how it can be done??

speaking of whcih i have ps cs3 and wud be great if any 1 can guide me step by step how to make watermarks and that too transparent would be really great...

thanx
 

Yogesh Sarkar

Administrator
Re: Copyright of photos - how it can be done??

I may be wrong, but from what I recall, photographs taken by you are copyrighted automatically, notice or no notice. I guess the notice just serves as proof. Kinda clueless on that.


Hi guys :D
Yes, but having a watermark on it makes it easy for you to pursue copyright infringement claims, especially initially.

just watermarking on sides dont work anymore. any 1 can just crop it and use it again.. we dont have any fool proof way untill and unless we watermark right in the middle like anupm sir.
You are right Rahul, however writing in the middle takes away the essence of the photo and is something I personally like to avoid unless I know the photo I am posting is bound to be used by other people on their blogs/sites.

speaking of whcih i have ps cs3 and wud be great if any 1 can guide me step by step how to make watermarks and that too transparent would be really great...

thanx
Here is a tutorial for ps2, I am sure it is similar in ps3 as well.

Click on the horizontal type tool
horozontal-type-tool.jpg


On the photo, click on the area where you want the copyright text to appear. Once you have typed the message, you can change the placement by first selecting move tool and then dragging and dropping the text where you want.
inserting-copyright-message.jpg


In case you want to make the copyright transparent, you would need to change its opacity in layer pallet (viewable on the bottom left hand in the screen shot below).
changing-opacity.jpg


Let me know if you need help or any more info.
 

anupmathur

Super Moderator
Staff member
Re: Copyright of photos - how it can be done??

speaking of whcih i have ps cs3 and wud be great if any 1 can guide me step by step how to make watermarks and that too transparent would be really great...
thanx
Hey there! I'd sent you some info. You never got back!
Have you not managed to do the needful yet?
 

rahulzzz

Member
Re: Copyright of photos - how it can be done??

@yogesh : thanx bro.
@anumpM: my bad cud'nt figure it out :).. i did get the copyright sign right and cudnt emboss it transparent and got lost..may be a tutorial or something wud be gr8. if u know any site that has easy tutorial or something wud do i guess. thanx
 

anupmathur

Super Moderator
Staff member
Re: Copyright of photos - how it can be done??

Rahul, what do you mean by "got the copyright sign right"?
It is done by keeping ALTkey pressed and typing in 0169.


Only one more step is required after this: apply an effect to your text; this TEXT effect is called Clear Emboss - Outer Bevel.
You can then resize and position your watermark wherever you like!

If this doesn't work, I'll post a VIDEO-tutorial next! :mrgreen:
 

rahulzzz

Member
Re: Copyright of photos - how it can be done??

anupmathur : sir..i think video tutorial wud be cool. ps cs3 got me all confused again..i did try nothing really happened. cant clear emboss it!!

thanx :)
 

anupmathur

Super Moderator
Staff member
Re: Copyright of photos - how it can be done??

Right then, here we go: (YouTube has chewed up the aspect ratio and the quality!!).
The TEXT effect is Clear emboss - Outer Bevel.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W3vIgfGmco"]YouTube - Watermark for photos[/ame]
 
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anupmathur

Super Moderator
Staff member
Re: Copyright of photos - how it can be done??

Thanks YS. It's BB Flashback.
Question is whether the tutorial served the purpose.
And I want to hear what Rahul says!
 

rahulzzz

Member
Re: Copyright of photos - how it can be done??

finally.. thanx anump sir : ur video tutorial did the trick .:) jst one more thing how can i watermrk batch files?
 
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