Logo/watermark help in CS4

[Armywife]

Hey guys! I am working very hard to try to design my logo and a watermark for my buisness so i can get everything started. I really want to get some buisness cards made up soon, and really really need to get started on putting my portfolio together. I have quite a few images that i want to use, but i want to watermark them first before i put them online.

Anyways, i am trying so hard to learn how to use photoshops CS4, and i am so lost! The logo that i want is really going to be quite simple, just some nice font for the name and some kind of star for the background, and then i want to use the logo as my watermark as well.

Is anyone familiar enough with CS4 to where they could help me out on this, or do you know of any tutorials that could help me?

Thanks in advance!!!

[Anke]

Just make it a new layer on top, and use the Opacity slider on the layer to make it nice and transparent.

[Armywife]

Im also trying to figure out how i can design a star in there....i went to help and it said to use the custom shape tool, but i cant find it!!!

[Armywife]

Oh and is there a way to save it when im done designing it to where its just a brush or stamp or something to make it easy to apply to different pictures in different spots?

Thanks :)