Watermark is a little text or logo that you can use to protects your images. You can simply type or copy-paste watermark to an image using any photo editing software. But if you have more than 20-30 images, it can cost you some series time.
Fortunately, there is an easy way of doing this with Photoshop. Once you complete this tutorial, you can add your watermark to any image with just one click.
Creating Watermark with Photoshop
Open your Photoshop and create a new file (Ctrl+N). A dialogue box will open. Give your watermark a name, size and select ‘Background Content’ as Transparent. Then hit ‘Ok’. It’ll create a new blank image. Size can be anything you want. If you would like to add a big watermark, you may need something like 1000×300 or if you prefer small size, you can go with 100×40. I’ll use a 400×100 image for this tutorial.
Now type your text into the image we just created. You can also copy-paste image (Logo) into this new image if you have any. Be creative with your watermark. Try deferent fonts and make it unique.
Now you need to select your watermark. So go to ‘Select’ –> ‘All’. Then click ‘Edit’ and select ‘Define Brush Preset’ from the dropdown menu.
Another dialogue box will open. This will create a new brush. So give it a name and click ‘OK’.
Adding Watermark with Photoshop
Your watermark is now ready to use. Open image you want to add watermark and click brush icon on the tools panel. Then on the options bar, click ‘brush Preset Picker’ Icon (See image on the right). You’ll see list of preset brushes available to you. Scroll down to end of the list. The last brush should be the watermark we just created.
Now you can use this brush to watermark any image you want. You can adjust Opacity and Size on the Options bar. Changing color on the tools panel will change the color of watermark.
For an example on how this work, all images on this page except from featured image at the top were watermarked using this method.
