How to do signatures?

[Skippy2]

Hi guys and girls,

Was just wondering how you put your personal signature into your pictures

Cheers

Skip xx

[Nicole]

Are you meaning a watermark on your photos or a signature in the forums? (Sorry, it's early here and I'm pre-coffee )

[Skippy2]

Hi Nicole - a watermark in your photos.......sorry! OR even a signature at the bottom of your photos so people viewing them on websites know it's your work.

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It's nearly 10pm in the UK

[candleman]

Originally Posted by Skippy2

It's nearly 10pm in the UK

still early then
you still have enough time for half a days work!

basically you need photoshop or something similar like GIMP or PaintShop Pro
etc etc

[CanonRebelz]

Originally Posted by candleman

basically you need photoshop or something similar like GIMP or PaintShop Pro
etc etc

Agreed,
Even Picasa 3 or Picnik will work fine.

[Skippy2]

Hi,

I have picasa3, gimp and photoshop elements 7.......... how do I do this then? I know I sound really thick....lol

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[candleman]

In PSE7 (the easy way)

create a new layer (ctrl J)
You will see a “T” on the left (if you’re using windows) …that means “text” …Click that
Drag a box over the image
Type your name
Change the colour/font
Click OK
Move it to where you want it.

use the opacity slider to make it kindof see through

If in doubt, youtube will have a tutorial on it

[Skippy2]

Thanks Candleman, will give it a go later today.

Skip xx

[calmaxgan]

I created mine as a custom brush tool, so I don't have to redo it all the time. It's not a watermark, but a solid item, but you can change the colour and resize it. I'm searching for the tutorial that showed me how to do it, but haven't found it yet. Will keep looking...

[calmaxgan]

This isn't the exact one I used, but if memory serves me correctly, it's a similar process -
PhotoShop Photo Editing | digital photo signature stamp using brush tool

This would be for Photoshop CS3, so you may be able to do the same thing in Elements.