Watermark tutorial

Posted by Gina K at 2/13/2008 11:14 PM and is filed under uncategorized
Tonight, I wanted to show you how I used my Microsoft Photodraw program to create my watermark.
The first thing I do is edit my photos using this tutorial.

Here is an edited photo on my screen ready to be watermarked.



First, I click on "text, insert text" and a box will come up.



If you look up on the right, you will see a box with some highlighted text in blue. That is where you type what you want it to say. But first, I will click on the word "fill" right above that box and then click on the white box to change the color or the text to white.



As you can see, I've now changed the text to white and I dragged it up top so you can see it a little better. Next, I will click on the words in my picture. Then, I will click on "text." When the box drops down, I'll click on "format text." These buttons are found up of the top left.   Then, I will change the text to what I want it to say.



Next, I changed the style and size of the type using the boxes to the right under my words.



My last editing step is to make the text more transparent. I will do that by clicking on the word "fill" in the top box and then moving the slider to 45%. Then, I dragged the text down and rested it partially on my card to help prevent someone from claiming my project as their own. If you don't put the watermark on the project, anyone can just cut off your copyright and use the whole project.



Finally, I save the project as either a .gif or .jpeg file for use on the web.

So that's how I do my watermark using Microsoft Photodraw. It takes me under a minute to add it and it helps protect my projects. If you submit your work for publication, it's a good idea to save your projects with and without the watermark in case the publication wants it watermark-free.

I hope this tutorial helped those of you who are using Photodraw or are considering it for your photo editing software. I'm sure what ever program you have, you can do a similar type of text overlay.
 
By this weekend, I will be posting a Janome Sew mini tutorial so stay tuned for that.
Have a wonderful evening!

Hugs,
Gina K.


 

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