In today's article I will tell you how to put a watermark on your photos, or what is the same, add a signature to your image. What is this signature for? Well, it is for anyone to know the authorship of the image and not to be "robbed". Internet is available to everyone and if you publish a picture of you, anyone can download it and use it as they please. Which does not mean that it is legal or ethical, but doing so can be very easy. If your photos are really good, this can happen often. And if you dedicate yourself professionally to it and make images to sell them, with more reason you should be careful with this subject. eye! That neither should be obsessed and any photograph placed in the middle a signature that covers the entire center of interest and does not contemplate anything. Many times we become so obsessive that all we can do is spoil the photo. Keep all these things in mind when inserting your signature. It is just an advice. I will explain (with images) the steps to add the watermark in Photoshop, although you can do it with any online editor. The advantage of doing it in this program is that it is worth doing it once and automating it to save work the rest of the time and it will always remain the same. Otherwise you will have to do it every time and it is easy that you do not always stay the same, either because you do not remember or because you put a font that is only specific in that editor, for example. The good thing about this is that if you do so, you can also "customize" the signature so that it harmonizes with the rest of the image and does not stand out so much (see next image). As you can see, everything has its advantages and disadvantages. Now, let's see step by step how to insert the watermark with Photoshop, check that it works and record the action to do it with the rest of the images automatically.
INSERT WATERMARK
1. Create file To do this go to File> New. Once the dialog box is opened, name it and put 800 × 600 pixels and the Transparent Background Content and press «OK». 2. Insert text Select the Text option in the menu on the left and enter the name. To change the color select the text with the mouse and go to the option to change color. Choose the color you want for your watermark and press «OK» Choose the source you want. You can also add a second line (this is optional) to put your business name, website ... or whatever interests you. Add the text on the second line with an Enter, change the font size to differentiate the name from the rest and use the combination «ALT + ?» to separate the second line from the first. 3. Validate Once you have it to your liking validate by clicking the icon that you have indicated in the image with a red circle. You already have the signature done. The next step will be to make some adjustments so that the fingerprint or signature looks good when inserted. If for any reason you have not set the transparent background when creating the document, deactivate the eye in the "Background" box to make it transparent. 4. Cut Go to the menu> Image> Cut and a dialog box will open where you have to click on the option "Based on ... Transparent pixels" and check all the boxes of the option "Separate" (See image). When you click on “OK”, the image will be adjusted to the part that contains information. 5. Save From the menu choose File> Save As and a dialog box like the following will open. Name the file and save. It is important that you always have the file saved in the same place in order to automate this action. 6. Place Open the image where you want to insert your watermark and go to the menu: File> Place. Find the file created in the folder where you saved it and click on «Place Now you can reposition the signature wherever you want with the mouse dragging ... ... or automatically. To do this, use the "Ctrl + A" combination to select the entire image and the buttons shown in the following image will be activated. With them you can with one click place your signature up, down or in the corners. Choose the place where you want the mark to be and press «Ctrl + D» to deactivate the selection. With "Ctrl + T" you will activate the free transformation and dragging with the mouse of a corner you can make the signature bigger or smaller, as you prefer. Once this is done, validate in the upper right on the icon that I underline in the following image.AUTOMATE
You already have your watermark created, now what we are going to do is record this step so you can do it automatically with all the images you want. 1. Remove layer To do this, remove the "Signature" layer (or as you have named it) by dragging it to the trash or by clicking on it with the right button: delete. 2. Create new action Go to menu> Window> Actions Create a new action on the shaded icon in the following image: A dialog will open. Name it and hit "Record." With this gesture you activate the recording so that Photoshop remembers the steps you take from now on. 3. Place mark Replace your watermark by clicking on the menu> File> Place> choose the signature document and click on «Place». You will always search for the file at the same place as the recording, so it is important that it be stored in the same location. Validate and as it will have appeared again in the center, to put it back where you want go to menu> Selection> All and align to the edge with the buttons of the second figure. To deselect go again to the menu> Selection> Deselect or with the combination "Ctrl + D" Once this is done, change the size to your liking with "Ctrl + T" and dragging a corner with the mouse. Validate the changes and with «Control» and the arrows you can move the mark to separate it from the edges. When it is right where you want, for the recording on the button that I indicate in the following figure. To verify that it is well executed, remove the signature layer and press play to execute. Now you can open another image, select the Signature action (or as you called it) and press play to execute it. And the watermark will be inserted in the new image You already know how to insert your watermark (I have inserted a text, but this can also be applied with your logo or an image you want). Remember that it is not always good to abuse it, it can cause indigestion or how we talk about water ... drowning I hope it has been useful to you, if so, in return I would ask you to share it so that other people also serve them. Thank you and see you soon!