How to Make a Simple Watermark in GIMP

Hello everyone !  Based on the overwhelming number of people interesting in seeing tutorials in this group, here is my first attempt.  My intention is to provide tutorials/discussion topics bi-monthly and will cover basics of photography, equipment, editing, etc.  To start off, since one of the rules of the group is no DA watermarks, I thought I would provide some guidance into how I do the watermarks for my photographs.  If you have any questions or comments, please reply below.  If you are interested in participating in Dialed-In as a contributor of deviations and/or journals, please PM me and we can discuss.  If you have any ideas or suggestions for future tutorials/discussion topics, also send me a PM and we can discuss.  Thanks for stopping by!

Borrowed from: www.scottphotographics.com/how…

For the Photoshop users: www.scottphotographics.com/how…

End Result:

Step 1 - Your Signature:

• Firstly open up GIMP with a blank transparent page (1600 x 1200, 300dpi)

• Now Select the Text Tool, type in your name, or initials if too long

• Use any font you like, I used ‘Vladimir Script’

Step 2 - Copyright Symbol:

• Use another text box and copy in the copyright symbol: © (copy it, Ctrl C -> Ctrl V)

• Again, use any font you like, I used ‘Vladimir Script’

Step 3 - Your Website:

• Use another text box and type in your website or whatever URL you have (Flickr, DeviantArt, etc)

• Use any font you like, I used ‘Tw Cen MT‘

Step 4 - Adding a Breaker:

• You can add a line in between the text:

• Add a new Layer

• Just grab the Brush Tool, with the settings shown below

• Use Shift and Ctrl to get the line straight

Step 5 - Saving:

• Merge all layers go, ‘Right Click’ on layer –> Merge Visible Layers

• Now go, Image –> Autocrop Image

• Then, File –> Save As

• Name it 'My-Watermark.gbr', the .gbr means it will be a brush (you can easily add it to images in one click)

• You may need to scale it down or the file size might be too large!

• Spacing: 25

• Description: Your Brush name – so you can find it in your toolbar!

• The file(.gbr) must be put into your GIMP folder (!may not be the same!): GIMP–>2.0–>brushes (C:\Program Files\gimp\2.0\brushes).

• Refresh Brushes window, otherwise it should be there on start-up

Step 6 - Adding your Watermark:

• File –> Open image

• Add a new transparency layer

• Select watermark brush and scale as needed

• Place watermark

• Adjust opacity to blend better

• Merge layers