Watermarking

Today we're going to go over how to watermark your images. One of the main reasons to watermark your art work is to prevent people from stealing it and calling it their own. This way you can prove that it is yours and that you are entitled to any money that someone else has made from your work without permission. 

Now there are a few different ways of watermarking your images. The two simplest ways are to use photoshop or a free website that does it for you. First let's choose how you plan to watermark.

Ex 1)

Your name / copyright in one of the corners of the image.

Ex 2)

Having your name / copyright over top of your image so that it can really never be stolen. 

There are benefits to both ways of doing this. Ex 1) Keeps your image clear of disturbances so customers can get a clear look at your art. Ex 2) Keeps your image from ever being stolen because your name is clearly put over top. My only suggestions if you use example 2 is that you use a light opacity and that you realize people prefer seeing un-interrupted images. 

So lets start with free online websites... do your research and find the one that you prefer but these are the two that I found. 

Let's start with: http://picmarkr.com/index.php

First you're going to click on "choose file" and upload one or five of those great pictures / scans you have of your artwork. Once they are loaded, you click on "ok! Go to Step2"!

Chances are from here you are just going to want to download it to your computer. Click this option to do so!

It might be a good idea to make a new folder dedicated to all your finished images for your website! 

The RESULT

The other site I found was http://www.watermark.ws/ but they only let you upload small images for free and otherwise you have to start paying

The next post will go over how to watermark your image in photoshop. The benefit to using photoshop is the millions of options you don't have on websites!