Another art/photoshop question...

[brendala]

Just wondering if anyone here knows if Photoshop can be used to make watermarks. And, if so, how do I go about making one and putting it in my drawings?

Thanks again, guys!

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[dqbunny.livejournal.com]

You can, yes. Here's a basic tutorial.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Here's another good tutorial : http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=watermark+tutorial#/d1hfxrl

[steamage.livejournal.com]

It's possible to design a watermark image, save it as a .pdf and then use it by adding it as a layer to each image you want to watermark. Very convenient- and in 7.0, it was even possible to automate it to do repeated images (I forget how- it's been years since I switched to the GIMP.)

If you want to do something simple and in bulk, I recommend using FastStone Photo Resizer (http://www.faststone.org/FSResizerDownload.htm), though. It can place an image too, as I recall + add text, resize and rename in bulk operations. It's my go-to program for generating small, watermarked collections of my art for online galleries. (And it's free, of course, 'cuz I'm a cheapskate.)

The main thing I recall from watermarking is the key of layer transparency- put the info you want (text/url/image watermark) on a separate layer on top of the image, and then adjust the transparency so that it barely shows.