Photoshop How-To: Protect Photos with Watermarks and Copyright Symbols
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Digital photographers often need to distribute photos electronically — as proofs for clients, perhaps, or on a portfolio site. But with that digital distribution comes a certain risk. Your photos could be used in ways you don’t approve of or even stolen. In this image-rich tutorial, Photoshop expert Scott Kelby shows you how to add information that identifies your photos as yours no matter where they end up.
In the first part of this technique, you’ll add a see-through watermark. In the second part, you’ll embed personal copyright information.
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Pages 418-423 excerpted from “The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers” by Scott Kelby. Copyright © 2005. Used with the permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and Peachpit.
This article was last modified on January 3, 2023
This article was first published on February 1, 2006
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