logo/watermark help needed

sikahunter

hey just wondering what is the best way to make a logo/watermark for photo,s thank you

Paulw

A lot will depend on what software you use.

Dara Robinson

Its a watermark creator and very simple. Works like a treat really. All you need to do is create a watermark file and this will put it on your pics quickly and easily. Plus there will be consistency. Also you can work on batches to make life easy.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=678219&highlight=watermark+napp

Video tutorial for the PS extension
http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/WatermarkCreator.mov

sikahunter

thanks dara but just looked at that it says you need ps to use it

AnCatDubh

While i'm 150% against the idea of watermarking if your purpose is to display your images somewhere, I've seen Hugh Chaloner's efforts in this regard which are quite acceptable to my mind. For me the reason it works with Hugh's images is that it is just so simple - simple text, simple transparency, simple and unobtrusive location. It simply says "hugh chaloner PHOTOGRAPHY" - the main thing is it doesn't detract from the image.

I appreciate people's needs and desires to go spraying the image with "don't copy me you damn pirate" type of overlays but gah, they are such a turn off tbh and that includes on some magnificant images from the like of the Magnum agency. If it don't work for them then it certainly won't work for me.

To do the simple version as above, you could simply do your text as a layer (gimp/photoshop) on top of your image - adjust the transparency so your text is just about visible and export your jpg. Simple.

EDIT: Gimp is free. I think picassa now does it too and irfranview also. - The three of these all free.

smelltheglove

I use watermarks when I feel I may need them or when I take shots which people want to display on the likes of facebook, then my watermark is like an advertisement if any of their pals want pics taken too. I go as simple as possible, I choose one font, and its a simple copyright symbol and rachel fox photography, I then reduce the transparency of the watermark, I usually put it in the bottom corner but sometimes if I really want my name to be seen on the image I will put it somewhere else. I do agree that a watermark can take away from an image when doing this but often I do it as an advertisement rather than protecting the image when it is done this way.

Masada

You can write your signature on a piece of paper, take a photo of it and import it into photoshop, make a pencil tool from it and just stamp your signature onto your photos.

Theres an old thread on here explaining the process for making the pencil tool thing, I learned it here too.

squareballoon

I like watermarks too and use them all the time. I make mine into a PS brush so I'm no use to you I'm afraid.