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Apr 10, 2019 14:27:50   #
Deanie1113
 
Minx wrote:
I recently learned a lot a in a tutorial by Matt Kloskowski..."Photographers Logo & Watermark Toolkit"
It helped me a lot in getting my ideas in line w/ what I wanted to do. Matt is a very good teacher.
Try going to mattk.com Hope this helps.


Will check that out, thank you.

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Apr 10, 2019 14:32:14   #
Deanie1113
 
amfoto1 wrote:
It's tricky to create a watermark that will work on a wide variety of images, to be automatically added by Lightroom.

Watermarks cannot be "created" in LR. There may be some preset ones, but they will no doubt be "generic".

Use some other program to create the watermark. I used Photoshop (but have used other programs in the past). I assume you don't have Photoshop, since you went online to create your watermarks.

Lightroom can scale the size of the watermark to match each image... so make the watermark fairly large (if I recall correctly, I used 60 pt type).

I use a fairly bold, easy to read type face and colored it gray. Next I outlined it in white (which is easily done in "Layer styles" in Photoshop... if using another program to create the watermark, you'll have to figure it out). This way the watermark will be visible and readable on virtually any image.... whether light toned or dark toned. I leave the original watermark with no reduction in transparency, but later will set transparency in Lightroom.

Then it's just a matter of "flattening" any layers and saving the image as a "PNG" file.

The "PNG" file type is important if you want the watermark to have a transparent background, so that only the type shows up on your images when Lightroom adds it. JPGs and GIFs cannot have a transparent background, so will look like a strip of tape with the type on it, laid on your image.

Once the watermark is ready to use and has been saved somewhere, you probably already know you next need to tell LR where it is. You can have multiple watermarks for different purposes. LR will store a list of them, which you can change manually prior to exporting your images (I store a "watermark" and a "signature", which I use for different purposes).

Here are examples (Note: in this case, the signature was applied manually using Photoshop, but it's largely the same when LR automatically adds it to each of a batch of images):
It's tricky to create a watermark that will work o... (show quote)


Thank you so much, that was great info.

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Apr 10, 2019 15:52:41   #
CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska
 
Deanie1113 wrote:
Since I wanted a really cool watermark to apply upon exporting to LR, I uploaded to my computer a bunch from a couple different free font sites. Unfortunately, even though I have the opacity set to 100, these are not showing up well in the LR watermark editor. They are showing at a low opacity and too light. Is there something I am doing wrong or is it the fact that these were free? The fonts that came automatically with the computer show up just fine. Thank you!


Whatever you figure out think small, subtle, but nice looking and don't put them over the main part of the picture. If the point is to let people know who you are that is all it takes. If you are trying to protect your pictures using low res for posting is a better and less annoying solution.
...Cam

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Apr 10, 2019 16:12:26   #
Deanie1113
 
CamB wrote:
Whatever you figure out think small, subtle, but nice looking and don't put them over the main part of the picture. If the point is to let people know who you are that is all it takes. If you are trying to protect your pictures using low res for posting is a better and less annoying solution.
...Cam


Small and subtle is def the way to go. thanks for responding!

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Apr 11, 2019 10:35:55   #
via the lens Loc: Northern California, near Yosemite NP
 
Deanie1113 wrote:
Since I wanted a really cool watermark to apply upon exporting to LR, I uploaded to my computer a bunch from a couple different free font sites. Unfortunately, even though I have the opacity set to 100, these are not showing up well in the LR watermark editor. They are showing at a low opacity and too light. Is there something I am doing wrong or is it the fact that these were free? The fonts that came automatically with the computer show up just fine. Thank you!


Hi Deanie. Fonts are a function of the computer, not the software. Check to determine what fonts will work with your computer platform. For watermarks, some people now purchase a premed graphic watermark and import it into LR. You can also, as others have said, create a graphic watermark in PS, save as a PNG, then import that into LR. And, you can use both the Watermark function and the Identity Plate function in LR to create a watermark with two lines. You can create a watermark with two lines in the Identity Plate function but it is tricky to do that. I have included images below with two examples. The first example is a watermark created in PS, imported into LR. The second example (I simply used my name twice just to show two lines) is a watermark that you can create with both the Watermark Editor and the Identity Plate Editor. The name font I am using was purchased online for a Mac. Using both Watermark and Identity Plate functions allows you the ability to put additional text on an image, for example, when creating a Christmas card.





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Apr 11, 2019 15:18:50   #
Deanie1113
 
via the lens wrote:
Hi Deanie. Fonts are a function of the computer, not the software. Check to determine what fonts will work with your computer platform. For watermarks, some people now purchase a premed graphic watermark and import it into LR. You can also, as others have said, create a graphic watermark in PS, save as a PNG, then import that into LR. And, you can use both the Watermark function and the Identity Plate function in LR to create a watermark with two lines. You can create a watermark with two lines in the Identity Plate function but it is tricky to do that. I have included images below with two examples. The first example is a watermark created in PS, imported into LR. The second example (I simply used my name twice just to show two lines) is a watermark that you can create with both the Watermark Editor and the Identity Plate Editor. The name font I am using was purchased online for a Mac. Using both Watermark and Identity Plate functions allows you the ability to put additional text on an image, for example, when creating a Christmas card.
Hi Deanie. Fonts are a function of the computer, ... (show quote)


Great information and a great explanation. Thank you.

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