Photoshop Video Tutorial - Adding a Watermark

Aug 25 2008

Photoshop Video Tutorial - Adding a Watermark

Published by Yanik at 3:09 am under Personal, Photoshop Videos, TUTORIALS, Video Tutorials

You may or may not want to add a watermark on your images when posting them on the Web in public forums or Websites. You have to ask yourself why go through the trouble? For me, the question isn’t even necessary. Since I sell most of the images I post in public arenas, by respect for my clients buying my images, I add a watermark to reduce the risk of theft long term borrowing. I’ve been asked by many Yanik’s Photo School readers how I add a transparent watermark on my images using Photoshop™. You’ll see that it’s relatively easy.

You can do it with either text or an image.

Enjoy!

I’ve added a Youtube version since some readers had mentioned not being able to see the Vimeo movie.

PS: If you want to look for your images online, there a great new tool available called TinEye. TinEyey is like the Google of image search. It still has a relatively small database of online image but it’s growing more and more! Youca can check out my video tutorial on TinEye.com HERE.

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7 Responses to “Photoshop Video Tutorial - Adding a Watermark”

# Ann Parryon 25 Aug 2008 at 10:59 am

I DUGG it! Until your tutorial, I didn’t realize there was a copyright symbol in PS Shapes - yikes! - makes things much easier. Like the logo idea and instructions, too. Thanks so much.
# Paulon 25 Aug 2008 at 11:14 am

Thank you Yanik another excellent Video.

When I select the Copyrifgt symbol it add it to the image and not as a new layer???
# Yanikon 25 Aug 2008 at 11:30 am

Paul:

That’s very strange indeed. It should add it as a separate layer automatically. Dunno what to tell you. I’m stumped. I just tried it again with various shapes and they were all created on a separate layer.
# Yanikon 25 Aug 2008 at 11:31 am

Thx Ann! Keep on DIGGn’
# danoon 25 Aug 2008 at 2:52 pm

Paul,

you should look at the options bar at the top and make sure that the square with the four anchor points at the corners are selected.

If you have any of the other two selected it will just add it to the existing layer.

The one with the pen tool will only add the path and the one with the square only will just add the shape to the existing layer.

Yanik,

thanks for your version of copyrighting our images
# Yanikon 25 Aug 2008 at 3:17 pm

Thanks for that Dano! I rarely use custom shapes so I wasn’t familiar with the top menu and the effects of the various options. I love learning new things!
# ericaon 29 Aug 2008 at 4:59 pm

Hi Yanik,

Great tutorial! Is there a way to mass update a large number of images with a watermark, or copy the watermark and paste to other images? Or is the only option to edit each image individually through this process? Thanks!