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fenderman
Joined: 17 Feb 2005
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 Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:57 pm Post subject: watermarks |
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how do i do this?
is there a plug-in for this task?
tyia
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fenderman
Joined: 17 Feb 2005
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nudge
anyone have any info on this? |
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fenderman
Joined: 17 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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nudge nudge?
no one knows?
I don't believe it.....
Someone MUST know who to do this!?!?!?
pretty please? with cherries? and whipped cream?
/me thinks the promise of foodstuffs might work.... |
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Datameister
Joined: 28 Jun 2005
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You'd like to apply watermarks to images? There are a variety of ways to do this. Some are much easier for other people to remove; others are nearly impossible to remove.
The easiest way is to simply create your watermark layer and set it to an opacity of about 50%. This is pretty easy for other people to manually remove, so don't use this method if you want a truly permanent watermark.
A permanent watermark, by nature, destroys pixel information. The question is: how do you destroy enough information to make the watermark difficult to remove, and yet leave enough information to make the picture meaningful to a client or viewer?
Here's what I'd recommend. Create a new white document, about 15x15 pixels, zoom WAY in, and create a random scattering of black pixels using the Pencil tool. You want about half of the pixels to be black, half of them white. Select All and go Edit>Define Pattern.
Now go to your image you want to watermark. Create the watermark layer however you want. Now create a new channel and go Edit>Fill. Select Pattern in the dialog box and choose your black and white pattern. Hit OK. Control-click the channel's thumbnail; you should see a selection of marching ants all over the image. Go back into RGB and find your watermark layer. Shift-control-alt-click that layer's thumbnail. The marching ants should be confined to the shape of the watermark. Create a new layer and fill it with a color of your choice. Go ahead and deselect. Now just play with blending modes and opacity until you find a result you like.
Good luck! And about plug-ins--well, I'm sure there are plenty for watermarks, but I don't know of any.
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fenderman
Joined: 17 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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Cool!
Thanks for replying.
would you like those cherries with the whipped cream or plain?
\o/ |
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Datameister
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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With the whipped cream, please. 
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