Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Three:
Type in the name of your studio in the text
field at the bottom left, then choose your
font in the Text Options section on the
right side of the dialog. In this case, I chose
Futura Book. (By the way, the little line that
separates SCOTT KELBY from PHOTO is a
text character called a “pipe,” and you create
one by pressing Shift-Backslash.) Also, to
put some space between the letters, I just
pressed the Spacebar after each one. You
also can choose the text alignment (left
justified, centered, or right justified) here,
and you can click on the Color swatch to
choose a font color. To change the size of
your type, scroll down to the Watermark
Effects section, where you'll find a Size slider
(seen in the inset) and radio buttons to
Fit your watermark to the full width of
your image, or Fill it at full size. You can
also move your cursor over the type
on the image preview and little corner
handles appear—click-and-drag outward
to scale the text up, and inward to shrink
it down. Here, I moved it to the bottom-
right corner, and I'll show you how to do
that next.
Step Four:
You get to choose the position of your
watermark in the Watermark Effects section.
At the bottom of the section, you'll see an
Anchor grid, which shows where you can
position your watermark. To move it to the
upper-left corner, click the upper-left Anchor
point (as shown here). To move it to the
center of your image, click the center anchor
point, and so on. To the right of that are two
Rotate buttons if you want to switch to a
vertical watermark. Also, back in Step Two
I mentioned there's a way to offset your text
from being tucked right up against the sides
of your image—just drag the Horizontal and
Vertical Inset sliders (right above the Anchor
grid). When you move them, little position-
ing guides will appear in the preview window,
so you can easily see where your text will
be positioned. Lastly, the Opacity slider at
the top of the section controls how see-
through your watermark will be.
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