The question of how to watermark images comes up pretty frequently, and that inevitably leads to the question of when should you watermark your images. And the answer to that is: It's up to you. In most places, a photo is
copyright as soon as it is taken, so it is not necessary to add a watermark. Adding one, however, may make it easier to identify the picture as your own and if someone does take your picture and remove the watermark, it can be yet another thing that the person is doing wrong.
If you were always curious about how photographers add that watermark to their images, there are a number of ways to add a watermark to a photograph. You can do it in
Photoshop or
Paintshop Pro, or you can do it with software for
PCs or
Macs. Of course, if you actually want an effective watermark, you should probably read this article on
creating safe and effective watermarks which I found to be a bit of an eye-opener.
There are plenty of arguments both ways for why to add a watermark or not, and there are also lots of different ways to add a watermark that I haven't mentioned here.
So, this week, we'd like to know if you watermark the images you put online and why you do or do not. And of course, if you have any tips and tricks on how to do your watermarking, then by all means, share those too
