The opacity slider is above the layers panel on the right, you can change it to suit your preference. You can also move it around when it is highlighted as well. You can change the size and colour of the text at the top, in the tool options bar below the main menu (or choose Window>Character to show the text adjustment panel). Remember you can also add the copyright symbol the same as you did using Lightroom.
The image below shows where it is located.Ĭlick on the image where you want to put the watermark, and start typing. Once you are ready to save your image, read for use, one of the easiest ways of watermarking it is to simply use the text tool, located in the tool bar on the left of your workspace. Prepare your image as usual, then get it ready for its designated use and how you want to add a watermark to protect it. I resize every image I put online, that is my choice, it is up to you whether you decide to or not. It is a little different, but not harder. There are also some simple ways of watermarking in Photoshop CC as well. Here you can see that I have called one of my presets: watermark-3. The next time you want to watermark an image, just look in the same drop down menu that you used earlier to edit the watermark, and you will find your saved preset there. You can save what you have done as a watermark preset, and give it a name (pull down the menu top left where is says “Custom” to find Save Current Settings as New Preset – select that to see the pop-up box below). Once you have worked it all out, you don’t have to do all that every time you want to export images. You can make the same changes in regards to size, opacity and location as you did with the text watermark. Directly underneath you will see Image Options where you can load your file. In the same window that we have been using, go back to the top and select graphic. If you have a logo or a special watermark you can use this in Lightroom too. There is also a size slider to make it bigger or smaller. There are different things you can do to adjust the watermark, for example changing its position. A lot of people looking at images can find watermarks distracting, so it is something you should keep in mind when you are adding them to your images. I like to make mine so that you can barely see it. There are various sliders in the Watermark editor as well, one allows you to change the opacity of the watermark.
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The most common thing to do is put the copyright symbol, ©, with your name or business name after it. To make the copyright character on Windows simply press the Alt key and type the number 0169, on a Mac press Option+G. In the box underneath the image you can see the simple watermark, you can now select that and delete it, and write anything you like. In the image below you can see the window for the Watermark Editor and in the top right corner you can see Watermark Style. In this section you can edit the text for the water, or what you want it to look like.īefore you can change the simple watermark you will have to make sure that at the top where it says Watermark Style, you have selected Text. Though you must be registered in order for Lightroom to know your name.Īnother option under that drop down menu is Edit Watermarks, so let’s go through that option. If you’ve never watermarked anything before, then you could simply click on Simple Copyright Watermark and it will just put your name on the photos. Next to that is a drop down menu click on that. If it hasn’t been ticked, then check the box for Watermark. For this purpose we are concerned with the section down near the bottom, so scroll down until you see Watermarking.
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We aren’t going to go through how to export your images, there are other tutorials that will show you how to do that. You need to make sure you are in the Library module, then click on Export. Select the images you want to export and watermark. Lightroom makes watermarking your images very easy, there are a couple of ways of doing it. Once you have processed your images and are ready to export them, then it is also time to watermark them. In this article I’m going to show you how to add a watermark to your images using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CC. There are many ways to watermark your images. If you are like me, I do it as a deterrent. Although, just because you have one on your image doesn’t mean it won’t be stolen. Watermarks, love them or hate them, are a way of protecting your images.