Copyright notice on pictures

[rs666]

What are the most common methods of applying visible copyright text on pictures?

I had a look at the built in Digimarc facility, but are there other common methods? Is it possible to automate a Text Layer addition?

I have LR and CS software.

Thanks in advance :D

PS: Hope this is the right section. I put it here as its part of my workflow.

[Nursedad]

Here's a tutorial from the Russell Brown website. Should get you where you want to go. If you want to use this (or any other action) as part of your post-processing via LR, you can set Lightroom to use the action via the export process.

Enjoy!

Watermarking Tutorial (http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/BrandingSM.mov)

[rs666]

That is a great tutorial thanks for the link.

One question: I don't want a logo I want to place a text statement in. I have Illustrator but when I try the Copy and Paste action in the tutorial PS won't allow it as it says the time is not supported.

Any ideas how I make the text work?

[Nursedad]

That is a great tutorial thanks for the link.

One question: I don't want a logo I want to place a text statement in. I have Illustrator but when I try the Copy and Paste action in the tutorial PS won't allow it as it says the time is not supported.

Any ideas how I make the text work?

It says the "time" is not supported? What version of PS / Illustrator are you using? I know that CS3 allows you to copy/paste between programs.

Instead of using Illustrator, you could probably just use a text layer within Photoshop. I haven't watched this tutorial in awhile, so I'm not 100% familiar with the steps.

[rs666]

Apologies, typo

it should say "type is not supported in this version"

[rs666]

I don't think a text layer will work, it has to be a path set to allow it to be applied automatically then moved.

[DavidW]

A text layer should work exactly the same - build it in the top right corner, then align and free transform as shown. After all, text is a vector object - it's just that you store a series of instructions to execute on the font to produce that vector object.

I've no idea why you can't paste in a path from Illustrator. I just tried it with Photoshop CS3 Extended and Illustrator CS3; don't forget to paste into Photoshop as a path, not one of the other options shown.



David

[rs666]

Thanks for the responses, I'll tinker more with it.

I am using CS (PS v8 ) until Weds when I am upgrading.

[DavidW]

The tutorial video mentioned was done on CS2, and it's possible that something in the steps shown doesn't work properly with CS.

As I've been using CS2 for two years, and CS3 for a month, I can't think that far back any more. Sorry!



David