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Thursday, September 3

How To Add Watermarks to Photos

A client was asking me about how to add watermarks to her blog photos as a way of deterring photo theft. I did my best to explain it, but felt that text just wasn’t the way to describe the process.
So I made a video tutorial.
At four in the morning.
You can thank me later.*

Now, go protect those photos!

ETA: Here are the links for GIMP and for Windows Live Writer.

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*Thank me, tell me how crazy I am for staying up that late…whatever.
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  1. Wow, that is pretty nice of you to post a step by step tutorial :) Stopping by from SITS to say hello!
    T.

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  2. You are CRAZY to do this at 4 a.m. but it is SO APPRECIATED!! This is so very helpful, thank you so much.

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  3. you stinkin' ROCK MY socks off! I have been wanting to know how to do this. And frankly, any mommy that is up at 4am, is a mommy after my own heart!

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  4. btw, i'll be linking this sunday on my No Need For the Sunday Paper Links post! cuz, it rocks!

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  5. Very helpful. I don't know that I can use either of those for MAC though :(

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  8. Well aren't you thoughtful?! :-) I should probably do that with my photos but no one reads my blog anyway!

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  9. many thanks -- in appreciation I won't try it on my photos until 4am

    :)

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  10. I might try the watermark thing ... until then, you should know that you have a very nice voice. I liked hearing it. I read so many blogs of so many people that I do not know, and realized while watching your tutorial that I have know idea what these ladies sound like! Weird thought. Perhaps even weirder that I shared it. Whatevs. I like your voice, you speak well.

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  11. Dropping by from SITS to say thanks for the tutorial!

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  12. I'm surprised you were coherent at 4am! I would not be! Thanks for the great tutorial.

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  13. Awesome tutorial and adorable baby! Thanks!

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  15. I can't believe you did that at 4 a.m.! But great of you to do that for people. I went thru this with my food blog - a couple of times. Shut down one blog - got another one to straighten up their act. So I started watermarking everything - adding to my editing time which with recipe development, then cooking, then photographing, then editing, just added another step to the lengthy process. What a pain! Would you consider including the links to those programs you referenced in your post? I've already forgotten what they were lol!

    What a cute baby!

    Happy SITS Day!!

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  16. I actually never thought about adding a watermark to my shots; takes for the tip!

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  17. Thanks for the great and helpful tutorial!

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  18. This is a helpful tutorial video I am going to share about on my Friday "Things I Learned This Week" post at www.zemeks.blogspot.com with a link back here.

    Congrats on your SITS day!

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  19. Awesome, that's a great tutorial! You have a truly awesome blog, I'm definitely becoming a follower. Hope you enjoy your SITS day!

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  21. Wow! I'm impressed! At 4 AM I am barely human!That was a great tutorial. Happy Sits Day!

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  22. very nice! I've heard others mentioning Gimp. Will have to check it out...

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  23. That was great! I've often wondered how bloggers do that. I'm off to try it. Thanks.

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  24. I really hope that you were up at 4:00am to win some sort of contest, because otherwise that is just scary! Thanks for the tutorial!

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  25. NEAT! Thanks for posting this, I was actually *just* wondering how to make one of these the other day.

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  26. Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing the free program info!

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  27. Fantastic video! I'll be back to view more videos and will check out your design website as well!

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  28. Four. A. M.

    Trying to wrap my head around that! LOL

    Congrats on your SITS day!

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  29. Wow, that's awesome! Thanks for sharing. Happy SITS Day!

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  31. Very cool, thank you for the tip. :)

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  32. Thanks for the tip! Very good tutorial!! Happy SITS Day!

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  33. 4 am? That is dedication to your readers. Stopping by from SITS. Love your blog. I am definitley going to become a follower.

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  34. Alls I know is, you look fantastic at four in the morning. I tend to lean more towards the zombie robot look, so, I must admit, I'm a wee bit jealous.

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  35. Awesome! I've been using WLW for quite a while now and I didn't know that there was a watermark option. I upload all of my images to my personal website, so I'm going to try using this function with photos that I've already uploaded to the web. Thanks Holly!

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  36. Hi lady! Stoppin in from SITS...congrats on your FB Day...woohoo! Love your super cute site! I am now following you all over...facebook, twitter...yada, yada. Love this tutorial...and the fact that you did it at 4 in the morn!
    Hope you can stop by The Pursuit of Mommyness sometime!
    http://thepursuitofmommyness.com/

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  37. Thanks for the tip! Now, if I can just get to the point where people would WANT to steal my photos LOL.

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  38. Hi there! Came over from SITS...lovin your blog!!

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  39. i didn't even know you could do that! i should probably do this. thanks sitsa!

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  40. Ok, so I've been using windows live writer forever and never noticed the watermark thing. LOL I should add my watermark to all of my pictures, but I've just been adding it (via PSP) on my Project 365 pictures. I think I may have to test the one in windows live writer for my other pictures. Thanks for the tip!

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  41. THANK you for this tutorial..something I need to do, but have been to lazy and too busy to think about...until NOW!
    Holly

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  42. Nice tutorial. And I totally understand about doing something like this at 4 a.m.!

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  43. very very informative! thanks. (in from SITS)

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  44. Great job Holly! I added text to my photos also using Picnik...the free version. You and your blog rock!! Happy SITS day!

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  45. I have been thinking about doing this and then always forget...

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  46. Thank you for this. So helpful.

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  47. Thanks for doing this at 4 IN THE MORNING! I'm so happy I'm not the only one that gets on something and powers through the night. When I am tired the next day, I blame my kids...:) Great work!

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  48. That was an awesome tutorial - at least I think it was... I was a little distracted by the sweet baby photos! But I'm gonna go download gimp right now and get started. So thanks! And happy sits day!

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  49. Yay! I have been wondering how to do this. Thank you so much!

    Stopping in from SITS.

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  50. Thanks for the tutorial. You really know what you are doing. How do I strike through a word in my text? I am technologically challenged.

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