To protect your images from being
plagiarized or used without your permission, Photoshop has a way of creating
watermarks for your images for web display. *The direction I follow is based on
the sourced tutorial, as there are other methods in producing watermarks.
I would like to make a watermark for this
image
I first open up the document in Photoshop
and select the text tool in the tools menu (or select ‘T’) and create a text
layer on the image where I have chosen to write ‘Copyright’ (other options
could be ‘proof’) or any indication of ownership.
I create another text layer with the copyright
symbol ‘©‘ as it establishes legal rights (I’ll make the symbol with a larger
font size so it is more prominent) and one more text layer to identify yourself
e.g. a brand name.
For this task I am using ‘Dayphotography’
as my brand name.
Once I am happy with all the positions of
my texts, I then group all text layers by holding ‘Shift’ and selecting the
layers in the layers panel and drag all the highlighted layers to the bottom of
the panel to an icon that looks like a folder.
Once they are grouped, every change applied
to the group, is applied to every layer within that group. Next I select ‘Layer
style’, under the option ‘Layers’ from the top toolbar, from that I then select
‘Bevel & Emboss.’
This opens up a small window with options.
Under ‘Structure’ you can play with the different options of how you would like
the watermark to appear.
I chose to have the ‘Style’ set to ‘Emboss’
and kept the ‘Technique’ on ‘Smooth’ for effect I wanted.
Once I was happy with my decision, I
clicked ‘OK’ and style is then applied.
To create the transparent effect of the
watermark lower the Opacity, located above the layers panel, to 50% or lower depending
on how visible you would like the watermark. I set mine to 40%.
For the next section, is including
copyright information in the metadata and is displayed under file information
when opened in any document.
To do this, Open ‘file info’ under ‘file,
in the top menu bar. A small window is then opened with ‘Description’ of your
image document.
Under the section you are able to add all
information such as title, author, key words, etc. Under ‘copyright status’,
select copyrighted and then type your copyright (the water mark is the best
description) and if you have a website where you wish to originate your image,
the website maybe your personal website.
-I have typed an unregistered website for
my example.
Once all information is included, press
okay and the information is saved.
The next step is to flatten the layers to
form the single image with the watermark by selecting ‘flatten image’ under
Layer in the menu bar (or command ‘E’).
Once the image is saved, the end result is
the final image is then legally owned under personal trademark.
My end result:
Source:
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