How to Make an Image With a Watermark in Photoshop
If you ever paid for something with a $20 bill and watched as the cashier held your cash up to a light source, you observed a watermark in action. Watermarks are faint overlays placed on items such as cash to serve as protection against counterfeiting and piracy. This kind of protection isn't relegated to just tangible paper, though; you can create digital watermarks to protect your electronic artwork. When posting your photos, drawings and images on a website, for example, a watermark can help prevent people from downloading or copying your work and passing it off as their own. Make your own watermark using Photoshop and consider it at least a minimal extra layer of security.
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Instructions
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Open Photoshop, click the "File" menu and select "Open." Browse to a digital photo, sketch or painting on your computer. Double-click the file so it opens in the Photoshop workspace.
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Click the "View" menu and select "Fit on Screen" so you can see your entire image on the screen.
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Click the "Type" tool, which looks like a "T" on the "Tools" palette, and select a font and text size from the toolbar at the top of the page; choose a large text size such as 150 point so your watermark is visible.
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Click the image and type the watermark words, such as "COPYRIGHT," "PROTECTED" or "PROPERTY OF" and your name.
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Pull down the "Window" menu at the top of the screen and click "Layers" to open the "Layers" palette. Right-click the new layer with your text and select "Rasterize Type."
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Pull down the "Edit" menu, click "Transform" and click "Rotate." Twirl and position your watermark so it angles from the bottom-left corner of the image to the top right. Press the "Enter" key when satisfied.
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Click "Edit" and "Transform" again, selecting "Skew" this time. Pull the top-right corner of the watermark toward the top-right corner of the picture. Pull the bottom-left corner of the watermark toward the bottom-left corner of the picture so the words cover the entire angle. Press the "Enter" key when satisfied.
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Click the "Image" menu, click "Adjustments" and select "Hue/Saturation." Move the "Saturation" slider bar to the left to turn your watermark gray. Move the "Lightness" slider bar to the right to lighten the watermark. Click "OK" when satisfied.
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Click the small lined icon at the top right of the "Layers" palette and click "Flatten Image." Click the "File" menu, click "Save As" and type a new name for the image. Don't save it on top of the old image or you won't be able to access the non-watermarked version again.
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