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by Les Voorhis on Thu Jan 15, 2004 9:54 pm

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The latest thread brings up something I have been working on for a while. With the advent of my new company and website I am wanting to do a better job of protecting my digital images.

For those of you who use a watermark, how do you make one. Is it a layer with a lower opacity level? Or is it a specialized mark? I am interested in different ideas. Thanks.

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by Greg Downing on Thu Jan 15, 2004 11:17 pm

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The simplest watermark is created by using text with the layer set to a low opacity, just as you said.

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by Campbell on Thu Jan 15, 2004 11:58 pm

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If it is set at a very low opacity, how do you then see it? can you see it?

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by Alexandre Vaz on Fri Jan 16, 2004 5:26 am

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I believe that all watermarks (except maybe digital ones embedded in the file itself) can be removed with more or less work. So, I'm not including my name anymore in the images I'm displaying on the web. I'm stating my name and the copyright symbol under the photo, because watermarks are very distractive to me.

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by DC on Fri Jan 16, 2004 5:29 am

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Campbell wrote:If it is set at a very low opacity, how do you then see it? can you see it?

It's up to you how opaque you make it I guess. It would need to be in a suitable place in the picture so that it can't be cropped out, but opaque enough to still be able to see the actual picture.

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by Chas on Fri Jan 16, 2004 9:20 am

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Les, save it as a layer image, should an infringment arise you need only raise the opacity to find its placement in the copied image. I typically set the opacity between 4 and 6 percent., but I might raise it.

Give me a shout should you need further assistance.

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http://www.naturescapes.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=8308

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by Mark on Fri Jan 16, 2004 9:49 am

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I have just implemented something similar using the new PHP script I implemented. I don't even add the watermarks in Photoshop anymore, the script does it automatically when I upload pics to my site.

However, I am considering lowering the opacity. It really stands out on some images, some not so much. It is a lot easier to crop a name off the bottom than to go in and clone out a watermark in the main area of the image.

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