Creating a logo / watermark

<p>Hello - how would I go about creating a logo/watermark to add to my photos? I have an image in mind and then my name with the copyright symbol, but I have no idea how to create it, make it transparent and use it on my photos. Any suggestions? Thank you.</p>

<p>Stacey</p>

<p>With Photoshop it is supereasy: use the Text tool and type away.<br /> Alt-0169 is the © Copyright symbol. (hold down Alt key and then press the four digits in sequence on the numeric keypad)<br />Then, open the layers palette and then adjust the transparency of the text layer to something between 30 to 70%. Flatten and save! Done.</p>

<p>Common Symbols And Codes<br />Euro € 0128<br /> Ellipsis … 0133<br /> Dagger † 0134<br /> Double Dagger ‡ 0135<br /> Bullet • 0149<br /> Trademark ™ 0153<br /> Cents ¢ 0162<br /> Pounds £ 0163<br /> Yen ¥ 0165<br /> Copyright © 0169<br /> Registered ® 0174<br /> Plus/Minus ± 0177<br /> Paragraph ¶ 0182<br /> Degree ° 0176</p>

<p>Ken's instructions are also the way to go with an logo image - just create the image in Photoshop and then add it as a layer to your photo and set the transparency as above.</p>

 

<p>Stacey,</p>

<p>More important that watermark / logo,... <strong>contact information</strong> on your images or<a href="../photo/8618764&size=lg"><strong> in the borders</strong></a> is essential if you want people to contact you about buying usage rights etc.</p>

<p>I sell rights to many of my <a href="../photodb/member-photos?user_id=215599"><strong>stock photos</strong></a>, which get found here on photo.net. <em>Without the contact info in my borders, that would not happen!</em></p>

<p>BTW, I created an action in Photoshop so I can resize for web, add border and contact info, all with one keystroke.</p>

<p>J. Harrington, I would be intrested in your steps in your action.</p>

<p>I've created the logo that goes on my posted images similar to the way Ken described; BTW, for those Mac users the copyright symbol (©) is Option-g. To get a logo on a transparent background, though, I start in a new file with the background transparent already, create my logo, then save as a .png file. This preserves the transparency of the background and means I can put it on any colored image and show only the logo - no white box around it. I just open the logo file and then drag the logo layer to the image I want to put it on, using the Edit>Transform command to adjust size.</p>

<p>If you're using Lightroom you can have it put your logo on the images automatically when you export them using the LR/Mogrify plug-in. Check it out here: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&extid=1822523</p>

<p>Figured it out.</p>

<p>Also a nice little tip Mel, appreciate it.</p>

<p>Thank you all. I was able to do it. </p>

<p>You can also create a brush with your © Signature and just use the brush tool with your sig chosen and place it wherever you want.</p>