Watermarking... where to begin???

[CSPhoto]

My online gallery aoutomatically wm's all my stuff for me, but if I want to post anywhere else, what is the best software (and cheapest) to use. I don't need anything fancy!

Thanks in advance...

[dbevisjr]

Photoshop will do it but the cheapest app for that would be GIMP. Its a free image processing program.

GIMP - Downloads

[dbevisjr]

And here is the thread with the instructions for watermarking with GIMP. (I knew I saw it someplace.)

watermarking

[mad editor]

I just do it in photoshop or elements.

[nickbedford]

Considering Photoshop is very expensive (maybe not Elements though), you might want to try Lightroom 3. It's a full featured cataloging and developing suite if you don't need that though, but the watermarking is as simple as creating them in the settings then choosing one to apply for when exporting regardless of image size (it's all proportional).

[danbaileyphoto]

Most photo software these days offers a watermarking option. I mostly use Photoshop, but occasionally, depending on the situation, I'll use Photo Mechanic or iView MediaPro3 (now Microsoft Expressions Media)

[cmphotographs]

Irfanview is freeware. I use it for all my watermarking. It does in batch. I use gimp for all my editing, but the minute or so it takes to watermark my photos one by one is time I needed for more editing, so I found Irfanview.

It does more than just watermarking, too. You can batch resize, re-color, grayscale, etc.

Hope this helps!

Chellie