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Watermarking your photographs in Photoshop

Himanshu Khagta — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:43:30 +0000

Earlier I never used to watermark my photos. Then the other day I saw my photograph (Taken with a Mobile Phone) in The Tribune

Link : http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070802/himachal.htm
Source : http://flickr.com/photos/himachal/281508604/

Then I started watermarking my photographs with a view that no one would use them without my permission. Then Himachal Tourism proved me wrong when they went a step ahead and cropped two of my photographs from flickr leaving the watermark and published them on their advertisements.

So in this tutorial I will teach you the way to make your photograph safe from online thieves. The idea is borrowed from Mr. Ankush Maria who takes care that no one steals his photographs.

1. Type in your Name with a clean and readable font.

2. Duplicate the Layer by holding the Alt Key ( Option key on Mac ) and then dragging the text on the screen.

3. Repeat this till your name fills one full horizontal line.

4. Select the Layers and right click and select Rasterize Type then merge them.

5. Then again Duplicate the name till the screen is filled with your name and again merge the layers.

6. Lower down the opacity and voila.

Note: If the watermark is not visible you can select the watermark layer and go to IMAGE > ADJUSTMENTS > INVERT to change the color of your watermark from white to black and then reducing the opacity.

Your photograph is now safe and it will always have your name wherever it goes.

Waterfall near Jubbal in Long Exposure

Himanshu Khagta — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:35:06 +0000

A waterfall near Jubbal, Shimla

Underexposed by two stops with 2 sec. exposure

Ankur and Aditya

Himanshu Khagta — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:22:09 +0000

Few photographs of my very old friends, Ankur Khachi and Aditya Kaith taken on our trip to Mcleodganj

Chheenj Fair, Fagu

Himanshu Khagta — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:27:20 +0000

Few photographs from my recent trip to a Himachali Festival, Chheenj Fair at Fagu ( 20 kms. from Shimla )

Canon 5D Mark II Introduced

Himanshu Khagta — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:24:55 +0000

Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging has introduced the EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR camera, the long-awaited successor to Canon’s highly popular EOS 5D, introduced in 2005. Building upon the qualities that made the EOS 5D camera so successful, Canon has coupled the creative power of a full-frame CMOS sensor in a relatively compact and affordable camera body, together with groundbreaking HD video capture that opens the door to a much wider range of imaging possibilities for photographers. Along with the ability to capture full HD video clips at 1920 x 1080 resolution, Canon’s EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR camera features a 21.1-megapixel full frame 24 x 36mm CMOS sensor, DIGIC 4 imaging processor and significantly lower noise, with an expanded sensitivity range from ISO 50 to ISO 25,600.

Specs:

21.1 Megapixel Full-Frame sensor
ISO: 50-25600
3 Inch LCD
Digic IV
15-Point AF (9 selectable)
1080p HD Video!! (12 minutes of HD, 29 of SD)
3.9 FPS, 14 consecutive RAWs
14 Bit Color
Live View
Integrated sensor cleaning
Available 11/08
All for just $2,699!

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