Your name on your photos
Jan 22, 2013 22:44:01 #
How do you get your name on your photos? I have Lightroom 4. Is the watermark what you use to put your name on your photos? I've tried doing that but I cant get it to save to my presets. Any suggestions?
Jan 22, 2013 22:45:54 #
Jan 22, 2013 23:22:59 #
IMHO watermarks are worthless and just detract from the photos.
Also it seems that at least 80% of those with watermarks on their photos are not worth watermarking.
Watermarks are not that difficult to remove, so why bother? Doesn't really make any difference in copyright issues as long as you can prove you took the picture.
Also it seems that at least 80% of those with watermarks on their photos are not worth watermarking.
Watermarks are not that difficult to remove, so why bother? Doesn't really make any difference in copyright issues as long as you can prove you took the picture.
Jan 22, 2013 23:26:18 #
As i said in another post, watermarking can be used for a different than trying to stop people from borrowing/stealing a photo.
I watermark if my pictures are going to be uploaded to my blog and linked to facebook, for one reason and one reason only... marketing and branding (guess that's two reasons). There is no way in H-E-double hockey sticks am I passing up on that marketing opportunity.
If they are loaded on my website as part of my portfolio, then they are not watermarked. People already know who took them are on my webpage and main marketing platform.
To pass up a marketing/branding opportunity is foolish, but at the same time if a photographer thinks a watermark is going to protect you from someone borrowing/stealing your images you are just as foolish.
I watermark if my pictures are going to be uploaded to my blog and linked to facebook, for one reason and one reason only... marketing and branding (guess that's two reasons). There is no way in H-E-double hockey sticks am I passing up on that marketing opportunity.
If they are loaded on my website as part of my portfolio, then they are not watermarked. People already know who took them are on my webpage and main marketing platform.
To pass up a marketing/branding opportunity is foolish, but at the same time if a photographer thinks a watermark is going to protect you from someone borrowing/stealing your images you are just as foolish.
Jan 22, 2013 23:51:37 #
It is easy to create a watermark and enable or disable it. Just read the manual or go to the tutorials and find it. I cannot remember how to create it step by step, but you create a preset exporting mode with the criteria you prefer like length, width, compression quality, even folder to save it, and also... a watermark.
You can create different watermarks for a certain look and with different information/details and use whichever you want every time or leave a default. It is up to you.
You can create different watermarks for a certain look and with different information/details and use whichever you want every time or leave a default. It is up to you.
Jan 22, 2013 23:53:31 #
Bubu wrote:
It is easy to create a watermark and enable or dis... (show quote)
Watermarks are a pain, can't understand your method.
Jan 23, 2013 01:33:44 #
lawpaws wrote:
How do you get your name on your photos? I have Lightroom 4. Is the watermark what you use to put your name on your photos? I've tried doing that but I cant get it to save to my presets. Any suggestions?
Bulk Watermark Tool
http://www.northwebtech.com/free-software
Jan 23, 2013 01:58:18 #
Jan 23, 2013 06:31:58 #
Using LR 4 go to Print Module/Identity Plate/change to your name/select location as to where you want it/thand print as a jpeg on your desktop.
I use this a lot and have my name and year photo was taken (F.Ricciardi / 2013). Works great and is very easy to do. Give it a try
I use this a lot and have my name and year photo was taken (F.Ricciardi / 2013). Works great and is very easy to do. Give it a try
Jan 23, 2013 06:32:58 #
I made a copyright symbol + name watetmark upon exporting. It asked if is like to save the watermark. If you're uploading to FB, or in my case....submitting images as part of a Photog club, you nerd a branding
Jan 23, 2013 06:34:27 #
Jan 23, 2013 06:39:47 #
Watermarking is one way of marking photos but I find that in Picasa there is a very powerfull write facility.
You can choose font, size, and virtually any colour you want. You can place the writing anywhere on the photo at any angle you fancy. Best of all its pretty intuitive.
I use the feature to place a discrete 'Jesse' somewhere on my prints or Flickr images. Better still I can change every feature of the signature to suit every picture, no permanent 'stamp' saved away somewhere.
Stongly suggest you look at this feature.
jesse
You can choose font, size, and virtually any colour you want. You can place the writing anywhere on the photo at any angle you fancy. Best of all its pretty intuitive.
I use the feature to place a discrete 'Jesse' somewhere on my prints or Flickr images. Better still I can change every feature of the signature to suit every picture, no permanent 'stamp' saved away somewhere.
Stongly suggest you look at this feature.
jesse
Jan 23, 2013 12:23:07 #
ole sarg
Loc: south florida
Japan's greatest pot maker was Hamada. His pots are considered national treasures. He never signed his pots, but you could look at one and say: That is a Hamada pot.
Soon many other potters ceased signing their pots. When Hamada was asked his opinion on this he said: To think my lesser works will be assigned to them and their greater works will be assigned to me.
I can tell a Lang photo by just looking at it. It is not signed.
Soon many other potters ceased signing their pots. When Hamada was asked his opinion on this he said: To think my lesser works will be assigned to them and their greater works will be assigned to me.
I can tell a Lang photo by just looking at it. It is not signed.
Jan 23, 2013 13:01:18 #
redpepper wrote:
OMG, sorry for the typos...word predictor.
Your typos made me laugh. :-) Love it
Jan 23, 2013 15:30:59 #
Is it me or are the answers already given answers to a question that was not asked?
I read you question to be (paraphrased) 'how do I get my signature onto the face of my photograph?'. Seems the answers thus far are about putting watermarks into the paper layer!
Sorry I can't help with an answer to either question but thought a little clarification might be guessed at.
If my assumption as to the exact meaning of your question is anywhere near accurate I wouldn't mind knowing how to capture my signature and have it print on my photographs .
Hope this helps a little.
I read you question to be (paraphrased) 'how do I get my signature onto the face of my photograph?'. Seems the answers thus far are about putting watermarks into the paper layer!
Sorry I can't help with an answer to either question but thought a little clarification might be guessed at.
If my assumption as to the exact meaning of your question is anywhere near accurate I wouldn't mind knowing how to capture my signature and have it print on my photographs .
Hope this helps a little.
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