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Old 02-19-2006, 08:56 AM
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Watermarks

Since we are hosting pictures online anyone know how to watermark in adobe? I would like to do this so in the future as I get better photos people just can't take them and claim they are theirs.
Old 02-19-2006, 09:11 AM
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do you mean a digital embedded watermark or just a layer with text/images and a low opacity?
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either way this should help:
http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/22319.html
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Another way to go about doing this is to make your watermark/sig on a white background, then select all/copy, paste in your image and set the layer style to "multiply"
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The method I've used...

1) New Layer (transparent background)

2) Foreground color to black, type text

3) Slight bit of guassian blur (1.0 pixels in example below)

4) Filter -> Stylize -> Emboss. Usually use exaggerated height value (example below is 6 pixels)



5) Set blend mode of this layer to "Hard Light" and reduce opacity to taste (85% in sample below)

This technique leaves you with a pretty unobtrusive, but still noticeable watermark.



BTW - Sorry about the big sample images.
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