how do you put a watermark on a picture?

i am not sure if this is the right place to ask this but i figured it was the closest. i am a photographer and want to post some of my photos online. i want to make it harder for people to steal my photos and to mark them so people know they are my work. i have no clue how to do this. any info would be great. thank you.

this is one way http://www.exifer.friedemann.info/
havent tried this before, just heard of it from somewhere else

if you have PS you could make some nice custon ones.

yeah i dont have photo shop right now. thanks for the link i will check it out.

good luck with it, you can use irfanview for it too, but its a pretty basic way of doing it...plus its good for a few pics, not for a whole folder full of them.

Photoshop will probably allow for the best effect i think, but i havent used mych else

but it will never stop people from cropping it off, unless you place it centrered, but if its too big...it will take a way from the pics awesomeness.

You could try Digimarc, which will leave a digital watermark on it. It wont be visible, but youll always be able to prove it was your work. It will cost you $$$ though as far as i know

photoshop can embedd a Digimarc watermark but you will need to pay a yearly susbcription to the owners of the program

http://www.digimarc.com/register

for more info

You could use ACDSee that has a good batch watermarking feature..

Rest your coffee cup on it

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Originally posted by Latino

good luck with it, you can use irfanview for it too, but its a pretty basic way of doing it...plus its good for a few pics, not for a whole folder full of them.

Photoshop will probably allow for the best effect i think, but i havent used mych else

but it will never stop people from cropping it off, unless you place it centrered, but if its too big...it will take a way from the pics awesomeness.

You could try Digimarc, which will leave a digital watermark on it. It wont be visible, but youll always be able to prove it was your work. It will cost you $$$ though as far as i know

i have irfanview and use it to do some effects on my abstract work. how do you use it to to a watermark? tickles wtf? do we really need a demitroll in one of the least used sections of the forum?

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Originally posted by Latino

this is one way http://www.exifer.friedemann.info/
havent tried this before, just heard of it from somewhere else

if you have PS you could make some nice custon ones.

i tried the program from this link. it works pretty good and is easy to learn to use. thank you. you can lock this thread now.

glad it helped