Watermarking with Photoshop

For this example I am using Photoshop CS5 on an apple mac Laptop. The first thing to do is open your image into your photoshop and then scale it to your screen.

Before clicking on your text icon, I want you to choose the colour that you'd like to use. A grey tone is typically the most flattering and un-abrassive for watermarking. 

Now you're going to click your Text icon which looks like a "T" on the side bar. 

Now choose a font, font style, and size. You can continue to edit your preferences once you've typed out your watermark by highlighting the word. I recommend picking an easily legible, simple font. Remember to avoid distracting from your art. 

Once you've finished typing you can click on the arrow at the very top of your tool bar and move the watermark wherever you want it on the screen.

On an apple computer you can press "command" and "T" on your keyboard to highlight your watermark. On a PC you press "control" and "T". You can then use your cursor to change the size and angle of your watermark. If you press "shift" while you do this it will keep the image from warping. 

Next it's important to pick the "OPACITY". As you can see here the watermark is currently much too dark and is taking away from the image. Once you turn down the opacity it can turn out something like my final picture:

 So once you're done click "file" "save as" and save the file somewhere you know you'll find it. It's also good to save both a "photoshop"(PSD) file and then save it a second time as a "JPEG" (JPG) file. That way if you want to change something you can click on the photoshop file and change things later on.