David2074
What software are you using to physically add the watermark to the photos?
I realize there is various software that can do it, I've just never actually bothered to do it and I'm thinking about starting.
I have photoshop elements but not the full version. And, good grief, I can't even remember the software titles without doing some digging later. Some software that came with my Nikon that I rarely use but keep because it can do more with raw. Most of the time I'm pretty happy with the hi-quality jpg and don't bother editing the raws.
I ended up using that logo as the logo for my webzine. So, it ended up not going to waste! I could probably fade it out as well, but like the font text a little bit better (and I do play around with different fonts from time to time).
The reason why I did it solid for so long, was my pictures were being stolen. Hell, my labels were edited out from my pictures a few times.
scream People do not show respect at all these days. I've had a few friends give proper credit on Tumblr as well, since they're familiar with my work which is nice.
I use Photoshop Elements 5, since I bought it during a digital photography class so I could work on my assignments at home and that was the program we learned with. I'm thinking of upgrading my laptop (it's a 2007 Toshiba hunk of junk) to a Macbook, since most reviews say they're great for photography. Photoshop was also meant for macs, so hopefully it won't constantly freeze like it does on my current laptop.
gonk All you have to do is select the type tool in photoshop. In Elements 5, it's a little T icon. Then move the mouse to the picture and it should look like it would if you were to select an area to type on in word. Then you can select the font/color/size/etc once you've typed whatever you wanted to on the picture. From there you can move the text wherever you desire it to go, and can control if you want it on more than one line, etc. One the right hand side under the layers, the layer with the text will take on the name that's typed in the text. Make sure it's selected, then beside Normal, it has the Opacity option. I just go in and manually type in how see through I want the text to be for a certain image (brighter colors mean less opacity). Hope that made sense! If not, I suppose I could make a quick video tutorial...
xd As for the C for copyright, I have to go to Accessories>System Tools>Character Map, then select the Copy Right logo and copy it to paste into my font window in Photoshop.
biggrin A fellow Nikon user! I rather love how much the color can pop all on it's own from Nikon cameras/lenses. Agreed about the raws, whenever I've tried shooting them, I don't see too much of a difference between them/jpgs. But I do know, they're higher quality for if you plan on selling enlarged prints.
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