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Create a copyright watermark using Photoshop
If you don't want others to use your photos and images without your permission, you can create a so called custom watermark with your name or any other text you want.
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Let us first create a watermark text in a new document
In the menu click File and choose New...
Choose the same settings as I did and click OK.
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Choose the Horizontal Type Tool (T for a keyboard shortcut).
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Click the document and type your watermark text.
To create the copyright symbol © in Windows hold Alt key and type 0169.
TO create the copyright symbol © on a Mac simpy press Option key + G.
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Press Ctrl (cmd in MacOS) and T, to enter free transform mode.
Now slightly rotate the text like I did (see picture).
Press Enter to confirm.
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In the menu click Image and choose Trim...
In the trim settings window click OK.
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Trim function automatically cropped the document to exactly match your text.
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In the menu click Edit and choose Define Pattern...
In the Patter Name window enter the name for your new watermark and click OK.
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Now open a photo you want to add your new watermark to.
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In the menu click Edit and choose Fill...
Set Pattern for use, choose your watermark and click OK.
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Set the watermark layer Blending Mode to Overlay and Opacity to about 50% (see picture).
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This is how my watermark looks like from the near ...
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... and this is how it looks like from a far.
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