HI Gang.
This month we are talking about watermarking your images for displaying on the www, be it here in the forum, on Facebook or wherever on the www.
I watermark all my photos and my photos of my LO's for two reasons.
1. To make it that little bit harder (but its not fool proof) for people to pirate your images.
2. To get my name out there. Its a way of advertising.
So lets get to it.
This tute is for Windows users. If there enough MAC users (and I use both systems) I'll post a MAC one as well.
go to
http://www.obviousidea.com/windows-software/light-image-resizer/#
this is a windows only program. they don't do a MAC version.
once downloaded, unzipped and installed
click thru the purchase window... this is a free downloaded version which is perfectly usable and I've used it for years.
I'll dot point it to make it easy to follow.
- options tab
- on the bottom left pane thats blue is an orange area with a downwards arrow. click on it. shows more options which you'll need to watermark.
set the settings as shown from the screen shot of mine from my laptop. these settings are for uploading onto www or for email. Not for print quality.
at this point save it by clicking on the save icon (floppy disc icon on right side up top.
- click on the 'effects' tab (next to general)
-tick the integrate watermark box and then click on the word 'watermark'.
for the next step watch the utube video. Easier to see rather than to explain by a bunch of words. Only takes a couple of minutes.
Its easy.
http://youtu.be/nMpKb-h1uwc
at the end of the video she clicks on dont save, I want you to save!!!!!!!
This then becomes you default setting.
I like to use 'Tiff Firth Photography' as that's the way I want to promote myself. You can use your name, or 'created by....... or your blog name.... or whatever you want to be recognised by.
I suggest your name or your blog name so you are promoting yourself and your work.
I like my opacity at 50% so it sits better on the image, in the centre and the 20 at the vertical lifts the watermark off from the bottom of the image.
Use a thicker font so it doesn't look too thin and spidery, and you may need to produce two. A white one for darker backgrounds and a black one for lighter backgrounds.
let me know if it works for you, or if u need a bit more help. That's why I'm here.
So as far as the challenge for this month,
By the end of June I'd like to see your best three images with a watermark on them in the gallery "using any one of the previous tutes, but you need to shoot the images this month. Not post older images."
These are direct links for the tutorials for your convenience.
Portraiture
Landscape
Action
Macro
Starburst
Bokeh
Sunflare
Black and White
Arpeture
how to photograph your scrapbook LO’s.
Picasa
Smart Phone Photography
Christmas
More Christmas
Christmas Lights
Mother's Day
You can pop up images here in this thread for critiquing and suggestions ie does it need to be darker, lighter, in the right spot??? (I only do this if I’m asked to, as I really don’t want to offend anyone). When you are happy with your final shots you can load up to 3 images into the Tiff's Photography challenge folder in the gallery for the chance to win a $25 Scrap Therapy Voucher that’s valid for a month upon receipt of the voucher code.
The winner will be announced in July on the Saturday after the announcement of the new Man of the Month which is the first Friday of the month.
You work is worth putting your name on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cheers
Tiff
