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Four Easy Projects With Layers

Project 2: Create a Watermark

Make your photos difficult to copy without permission

Add a ghostly image of a name, copyright statement, or company logo to an existing photograph, making it difficult to copy without permission.

Just follow these 6 easy steps:

1. Open both the photograph and your logo or signature file.

Open both your photograph and your logo

Open your photograph and logo

2. Next, copy-paste (Logo file: Ctrl+A) your logo into a new layer above the original photograph (Photo file: Image menu->Layers->Add Layer then Ctrl+V to paste the logo).

Add a layer

Name the layer

The logo now floats in a
separate layer above
the original photograph

Layer tabs at the
top of the image file

3. While your logo is still selected, resize it if necessary (Image menu->Resize). Resize your logo if necessary

Just make sure Resize Selection is selected at the top of the Resize dialog.

Hint: If at any point you want to reselect your logo, simply click on the copyright layer tab and hit Ctrl+A.

4. If your logo is not monochrome, we suggest you convert it to B&W by choosing Sepia in the Special Effects dialog under the Image menu.

5. Next, click on Special Effects in the Image menu and choose Emboss from the drop-down list of effects. This will make your logo appear as if it was carved in relief.

Emboss the copyright notice from the Special Effects dialog

6. As the last step, adjust the layer's opacity by opening the layer tab menu (click on the black downwards arrow) and slide the slider to the left.