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Watermark Help?

AnthonymrbAnthonymrb Registered Users Posts: 8 Beginner grinner
edited December 2, 2011 in Finishing School
I have tried and failed at making a watermark. If anyone could maybe help, I am looking for something to say:

© AnthonyBlairProductions.com

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    Merlin_AZMerlin_AZ Registered Users Posts: 53 Big grins
    edited December 1, 2011
    It depends on the look you want.
    Thick font with decreased fill to make it transparent?
    Font style
    Color
    Location
    There are a lot of possibilities. Too many choices, really. It depends on what type of look you want.
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    PeanoPeano Registered Users Posts: 268 Major grins
    edited December 1, 2011
    This thread might be helpful. (You can use ordinary fonts instead of a pen and tablet.)
    Peano
    RadiantPics
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    RogersDARogersDA Registered Users Posts: 3,502 Major grins
    edited December 1, 2011
    Here is a Photoshop brush preset.

    Does this help?

    http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25114862/AnthonyBlair.abr

    It looks like this (the brush does not have the white background, obviously).

    abp.jpg
    David
    GreyLeaf PhotoGraphy
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    PeanoPeano Registered Users Posts: 268 Major grins
    edited December 1, 2011
    Here's an illustration of what you could do using layer styles (described in the other thread I linked to above). This of course could be resized when you applied it to an image.

    blairdp.jpg

    That one uses a drop shadow. This one, below, uses bevel and emboss ...

    blair2v.jpg
    Peano
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    AnthonymrbAnthonymrb Registered Users Posts: 8 Beginner grinner
    edited December 1, 2011
    Peano wrote: »
    Here's an illustration of what you could do using layer styles (described in the other thread I linked to above). This of course could be resized when you applied it to an image.

    blairdp.jpg


    I LOVE the top white one. How would I go about getting that with a transparent background?
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    RogersDARogersDA Registered Users Posts: 3,502 Major grins
    edited December 1, 2011
    Do you use Photoshop?
    David
    GreyLeaf PhotoGraphy
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    AnthonymrbAnthonymrb Registered Users Posts: 8 Beginner grinner
    edited December 1, 2011
    RogersDA wrote: »
    Do you use Photoshop?

    I did, but my old laptop crashed, and I am having trouble with getting it onto my new laptop (got it 2 days ago). It's hard to try and get it on my new computer because I work all day, and when I am not at work, I am usually still busy :cry
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    RogersDARogersDA Registered Users Posts: 3,502 Major grins
    edited December 1, 2011
    Anthonymrb wrote: »
    I did, but my old laptop crashed, and I am having trouble with getting it onto my new laptop (got it 2 days ago). It's hard to try and get it on my new computer because I work all day, and when I am not at work, I am usually still busy :cry
    The reason I asked is that you would be better off using a brush preset which you would then "paint" your watermark on a separate layer. You could then add the beveling, shadows, color overlays, etc. in order for you to adapt the watermark for each image.
    David
    GreyLeaf PhotoGraphy
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    AnthonymrbAnthonymrb Registered Users Posts: 8 Beginner grinner
    edited December 1, 2011
    RogersDA wrote: »
    Do you use Photoshop?
    RogersDA wrote: »
    The reason I asked is that you would be better off using a brush preset which you would then "paint" your watermark on a separate layer. You could then add the beveling, shadows, color overlays, etc. in order for you to adapt the watermark for each image.

    Yeah I get that. I was never amazing at Photoshop, but I got it for free and was able to edit a lot of the things I get at work with it.
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    PeanoPeano Registered Users Posts: 268 Major grins
    edited December 1, 2011
    Anthonymrb wrote: »
    I LOVE the top white one. How would I go about getting that with a transparent background?

    As noted in the post I linked to earlier, save it (the Photoshop file) as a PNG file. That will preserve background transparency.
    Peano
    RadiantPics
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    AnthonymrbAnthonymrb Registered Users Posts: 8 Beginner grinner
    edited December 1, 2011
    Peano wrote: »
    As noted in the post I linked to earlier, save it (the Photoshop file) as a PNG file. That will preserve background transparency.

    I saved it as a PNG file and it never worked...Hmm. Never had that happen before? Also, those 2 images are together. They grey and white one.
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    PeanoPeano Registered Users Posts: 268 Major grins
    edited December 1, 2011
    Anthonymrb wrote: »
    I saved it as a PNG file and it never worked...Hmm. Never had that happen before? Also, those 2 images are together. They grey and white one.

    You have to build your own file in Photoshop. Put in the text, apply the layer style you want, then save that as a PNG file. I added the white and gray backgrounds to show how it would look applied to an image.

    Your Photoshop file will look like this before you save it:

    blair2.jpg
    Peano
    RadiantPics
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    AnthonymrbAnthonymrb Registered Users Posts: 8 Beginner grinner
    edited December 1, 2011
    Peano wrote: »
    You have to build your own file in Photoshop. Put in the text, apply the layer style you want, then save that as a PNG file. I added the white and gray backgrounds to show how it would look applied to an image.

    Your Photoshop file will look like this before you save it:

    blair2.jpg

    What text is that? And how did you make it thicker etc..?
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    RogersDARogersDA Registered Users Posts: 3,502 Major grins
    edited December 1, 2011
    Anthonymrb wrote: »
    What text is that? And how did you make it thicker etc..?
    It appears to be Tekton Pro typeface.
    David
    GreyLeaf PhotoGraphy
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    PeanoPeano Registered Users Posts: 268 Major grins
    edited December 2, 2011
    Anthonymrb wrote: »
    What text is that? And how did you make it thicker etc..?

    It's Tekton Pro bold condensed. Here's a link to download the PSD file so you can see exactly which layer styles I used and how I adjusted them. You can tweak those to get whatever effect you want, and also experiment with different fonts.

    https://www.yousendit.com/folders?addFolderStatus=success&fId=6025403
    Peano
    RadiantPics
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