Making WatermarksThere are tons of tutorials for making your own Watermark, but I am adding this to my tutorial collections so that it will be available for anyone who visits my site. This is a very simple way that I make my watermarks. This is my own way and any similarities to other versions are purely coincidental. As I stated above, this is very simple. But I will enclude screen shots to show each step. Once you make one watermark, you can make more in different styles. #1 Open a new image 300X200 transparent. This will give you extra room for your name. If you have a long name, or a shorter name, then you can adjust the size. #2 Make your foreground NULL and your background color WHITE. #3 Click on your TEXT Tool and use these settings -- Creat as= Selections, Font= Arial, Size= 24, Stroke = 1, Line style = SOLID. 
I use Arial and sometimes Monotype Corvisa. You will want a font that will be sharp and clear. Most fancy fonts do not work well for watermarks. I use either size 24 or 48, depending on the type of font I use. But, this will be your perogative, so you can experiment to see which works best for you. #4 Type your name. You will now have Marching Ants outlining your name, but NO color. This is what we want. 
#5 Now, go to Image/3D/Drop Shadow and apply these settings.... Vertical & Horizontal 0, Opacity 100 and Blur 3, color BLACK. 
#6 Selections/Select NONE. This is what you should have.... 
#7 Now you can CROP to just around your name. Then EXPORT as a TUBE. #8 In my Picture Tube folder, I have a special folder named Watermarks. This is where I keep all my watermarks. Yes, I have different ones.... :) This way, I can easily locate mt watermarks and add it to any image that I make. I can adjust the size to fit the place on the image by adjusting the size of the Tube.
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