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Watermarking Panoramas
When we contract for images we require a 30% non refundable
advance payment. We take the needed images and then return to the office and
process them. We make the panoramas available to the client on our website. They
review and provide comments. We make the necessary changes. They make a final
review and approve the work. The contracted balance is due at the time the
Imaging work CD-r is delivered.
The images that are being reviewed are close enough to the final work. We add a
copyright watermark band to the image that while maintains the quality of the
image - renders it useless.
So how do you make an image with a copyright watermark ? Easy - You create a
watermark brush.
I am using Photoshop 7.01 or CS for this watermark effort.
Open a New Transparent.gif file - 300 pixels high x 1800 pixels wide (width of
my images)
Using the TEXT Tool 24pt Black repeat type in Copyright 360Texas.com until the
text fills the 1800 wide transparent gif
Click up on the toolbar EDIT | Define Brush
Fill in the brush name "Copyrightblacklong" or something similar to identify the
brush name.
Then SAVE AS and keep the original file as a
layered .psd file so if you want to change it later you can.
Open the finished panorama. Create a new layer. We want to place the copyright
notice on the layer not the actual image.
Select BRUSH on the toolbar then under 'SIZE' scroll down to the bottom of the
brush sizes and find your new brush called "Copyrightblacklong". The small image
you see on the left is a distorted view of the long brush so disregard it.
Move the mouse/brush pointer over the panorama and left click to rubberstamp
copyright notice on to the layer.
At this point we need to do a SAVE FOR WEB and
convert the layered panorama to a compressed .jpg suitable for placing in the
web page. This .jpg will have the watermark on it.
When closing the original panorama... it will prompt you to SAVE (with the
layered watermark) just say NO. Because we do not want the watermark permanently
on the original image we will be delivering to the client.
I am sure that other graphic editors that use layers can do the same process.
Below is example of water marked image:
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