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Judy,
There are different ways to make a watermark which I won't go into. For $3 you can buy one from Doodle Pantry. They are very pretty, and for $3 I figured it wasn't worth the grief of trying to make it myself. You can select from a list of fonts and styles and have the words you want used, so it is customized, all for that $3
[QUOTE=andersen65;17454523]Judy,
There are different ways to make a watermark which I won't go into. For $3 you can buy one from Doodle Pantry. They are very pretty, and for $3 I figured it wasn't worth the grief of trying to make it myself. You can select from a list of fonts and styles and have the words you want used, so it is customized, all for that $3 [/QUOTE
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Thank you !!! I kept looking for How to Make.. and wasn't finding.. I getting getting the response its in thread #10... NO its not. So thank you very much. $3 is well worth it...
Certainly don't mean to leave anyone out, so if anyone knows of other resources, please share
If you want to try creating your own very basic watermark in Photoshop Elements, in the Editor mode, start with a new file (Ctrl-N). Size doesn't matter too much, since you can re-size it once you add it to your photo, but if you want, set the width and height for 250 x 100. For "Background Contents" choose "Transparent." Using the Type Tool, indicated by a large "T" on your toolbar, type out your name and blog address (or whatever info you wish to include). Double-click on the text and set font, size, and color (these tools are along the top for me.) I use white text for my watermarks. Over on the right side, under "Layers," your type layer will be highlighted. There's a little "Opacity" drop box in that layers window. Reduce it if you want a more faded look to your watermark. When you're happy with the watermark, save it as a .PNG file.
To add it to your photo, open up your card photo and your watermark file. Select your card photo, so that it appears in the main window. Your watermark file will be in the tray below, along with any other open files. Click and drag your watermark file onto your card photo file. It should land smack dab in the center of your card photo. Use the handles to resize it, then move it to wherever you want it, and click the green check mark. At this point, you can also reduce opacity over in the layers toolbar to the right of your main window.
Hope that helps a little bit! I've tried making fancier watermarks with images and such, but wasn't able to get that to work that well. I also don't know much about adding watermarks as Photoshop brushes, mostly because I'm a creature of habit and the above has worked just fine for me
Sara Williams (she's the graphic designer I linked to earlier in this tutorial) has some watermark info that might be helfpul, too:
Thank you!
This will help with stamping pics ... but it's also a wonderful mini-tutorial on Photoshop Elements, which I use sometimes at work. You've really helped me with some things I just didn't 'get' before! (Despite dh and ds trying to explain them!)
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Amy, thank you very, very much for this info you posted. I just started posting in my gallery a couple of days ago but haven't been happy with my pictures, even tho the cards themselves looked great. I'm using Corel PHOTO-Paint so the instructions are very different but the 'tulip' setting tip made all the difference. I can't believe the difference from my original photo compared to the one I have just uploaded. Your tutorial also gave me the 'courage' to experiment with a whole bunch of special settings and WOW!
I'm quite computer literate so I really appreciate all the time and detail you put into your tutorial. I still need to figure out a setting that softens the edges in my software but I'm still impressed. There are only 2 pictures in my gallery so far, and it's the "pretty blossoms" one that I re-took and uploaded (the other card was mailed already!)
This thread should somehow be made a sticky so that everyone sees it. I found it via a link to it. If I did it right, I added a link within my picture description so that others will see it
Meant to add in my previous post that I used a lightbox to take the picture. I bought it MANY years ago, have hardly used it so I'm very excited that I have a fantastic reason to use it!
I skimmed through this last night made a change to the camera setting "tulip" and worked on the contrast in the photo editor and my pics look much better. Thanks for you patience putting this together!!
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This is one of the best threads on SCS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for this invaluable information. I'm sharing it with all my SCS scrappin' friends!
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Wow! You are so kind to share all this work and insight! I'm hopeful for the first time, that I CAN improve my photos, even though I don't own photoshop. Thank You so MUCH!
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Hi, just seeing this post and am most grateful that I did. Thank you so much for your very detailed and informative 'tutorial' on photography. The accompanying photos were certainly wonderful visual aids - much appreciated
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Amy, I am so thankful for all the info that you shared ...and especially the pictures!! These are just so helpful I recently purchased Photoshop Elements 9 and while there may be differences, hopefully I can still find my way around and utilize all your fabulous tips! I've never owned PE before this so your tips are so timely for me to learn. Thank you soooo much!!
I've got PSE 8, and I've never seen that "straighten" tool. What a cool trick! I've gotta see if I can find that in my software. Thanks so much for this valuable resource, Amy!!
thanks so much! I didn't know about the tulip setting! I've found it and can't wait to try it out on card photos to see the difference! I also need to make use of the fabulous morning sun I get on the south side of my house in my breakfast nook...
Oh and Amy--can I come to your house and play that FABULOUS piano??! Drool Drool Drool...I wasn't looking at your set up! I was admiring your piano! LOL!
Thank you Amy! These tips are cool and I will have to get photoshop some day, when I get to reading instructions. I read most of all that you put here and I am so happy I took the time to do so.
Adding a Watermark
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