Watermarking Copyright Info

If you are planning to put your photos on the Internet and provide them some protection against piracy, you may want to add the copyright symbol to them. Follow these steps:

1. Create a New Document.
2. Press D to make your foreground color Black.
3. Choose the Type tool and select Arial Bold.   Press Alt + 0169 to create the copyright symbol or you can find the same symbol from the Custom Shapes dropdown menu.
4. Make sure your Type tool is selected and type your name.
5. Click on the Layer where your name and/or copyright symbol is.
6. Click on the Filter menu and choose Stylize, Emboss.
7. On the Layers palette,  change the layer mode to Hard Light.
8. Repeat the same process for the symbol if it wasn’t in the same layer as the type.
9. Click on Image, Trim based on Transparent Pixels.
10. Save this file to use it with any photo.

I like this way of watermarking the copyright because it allows me to put that notice wherever I find more appropiate for my photo. I hope you like it.

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