Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
If your images are going on the web, there's not much to keep folks from taking
your images and using them in their own projects (sadly, it happens every day).
One way to help limit unauthorized use of your images is to put a visible water-
mark on them. That way, if someone rips them off, it'll be pretty obvious to
everyone that they've stolen someone else's work. Also, beyond protecting your
images, many photographers are using a visible watermark as branding and
marketing for their studio. Here's how to set yours up:
Adding a
Watermark to
Yo u r I m a g e s
Step One:
To create your watermark , press Command-
Shift-E (PC: Ctrl-Shift-E) to bring up the
Export dialog, then scroll down to the Water-
marking section, turn on the Watermark
checkbox, and choose Edit Watermarks
from the pop-up menu (as shown here).
Note: I'm covering watermarking here in
the Export chapter, because you can add
your watermark when you're exporting your
images as JPEGs, TIFFs, etc., but you can also
add these watermarks when you print an
image (in the Print module), or put it in a
web gallery (in the Web module).
Step Two:
This brings up the Watermark Editor
(seen here), and this is where you either
(a) create a simple text watermark, or
(b) import a graphic to use as your water-
mark (maybe your studio's logo, or some
custom watermark layout you've created
in Photoshop). You choose either Text or
Graphic up in the top-right corner (shown
circled here in red). By default, it displays
the name from your user profile on your
computer, so that's why it shows my copy-
right down in the text field at the bottom
of the dialog. The text is also positioned
right up against the bottom and left
borders of your image, but luckily you
can have it offset from the corners (I'll
show you how in Step Four). We'll start
by customizing our text.
 
 
 
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