Howdy. I am just wondering if what kind of apps do you guys use to put a copyright label or text on your photos that won't lessen the quality of the photos. Thank you.
If you are concerned about people stealing your photos it is best to put tht information in the EXIF data. If they want your photo, they can remove the water mark.
@chapjohn not really about stealing my photo but more on branding my work under my name. the photos are not that good but just want attach my name on it since they're my own.
Lightroom (LR) allows the insertion of a watermark image or text. It can be saved as a default action in your workflow. Plus you can adjust the opacity and size of the image/text to meet your needs for individual or batch images.
Plus learning LR is more useful skill to have than PS.
@fearinnocent LR more useful than PS? Not where I come from. Perhaps the Library Module, but general purpose Bridge, and mini-bridge on the PS window work well for me.
IMO, for most photographers, asset management and RAW conversion is all you really need in their workflow. Unless you really need to manipulate your images at a pixel level and/or composite images or if you have lots of free time on your hand to just learn, I don't see the reason to use PS or Element. Even many of the third party filters has a LR plug-in.
Although I should rephrase my statement as the development portion of LR is really a subset PS (ACR part). I think it is more important to learn LR first before PS. That is a more accurate position.
Edwin, I do understand why you want to put a copyright label on your photos but I have another pov: when viewing images on 365, these labels seem an intrusion into the photo and almost always spoil it for me.
i used PS to watermark photos. but not presently because i don't want the viewer to get distracted or have the watermark get all the credit instead of photograph ..it doesn't help much regarding the theft as its pretty much easier to remove the watermark and even the metadata can be altered with an editing program.to include watermark in your photograph /not is much more of a personal thing i believe.
Agreed with @davidtom regarding the value of LR knowledge over Photoshop. The only time I go into PS is when I need some serious lifting like major cloning to remove a sizable object or to swap heads or background, or if producing a portfolio quality fine art image. Otherwise it's about getting the job done as efficiently as possible with good library management and LR develop user presets. It's been months since I opened PS...I think not since I swapped a background for a senior photo shoot last fall.
Agreed with others @quietpurplehaze@praphul92@chapjohn regarding avoiding copyright watermark on images. I find them distracting however delicately applied they may be (and in the majority of cases it seems they usually aren't). Plus as others already pointed out they are quite easy to remove and as such are ineffective toward protecting any property. Given those two factors professional photographers rarely, if ever, use copyright watermarks. Though I do firmly believe in completing all relevant IPTC metadata in the image file relating to author, copyright, terms, etc... thats what really matters, and I do that via Lightroom presets on import.
Thank you for all your suggestions and opinions. I really appreciate them. I guess for now I would try and learn the LR and PS regarding the watermark.
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Plus learning LR is more useful skill to have than PS.
IMO, for most photographers, asset management and RAW conversion is all you really need in their workflow. Unless you really need to manipulate your images at a pixel level and/or composite images or if you have lots of free time on your hand to just learn, I don't see the reason to use PS or Element. Even many of the third party filters has a LR plug-in.
Although I should rephrase my statement as the development portion of LR is really a subset PS (ACR part). I think it is more important to learn LR first before PS. That is a more accurate position.
Edwin, I do understand why you want to put a copyright label on your photos but I have another pov: when viewing images on 365, these labels seem an intrusion into the photo and almost always spoil it for me.
Agreed with others @quietpurplehaze @praphul92 @chapjohn regarding avoiding copyright watermark on images. I find them distracting however delicately applied they may be (and in the majority of cases it seems they usually aren't). Plus as others already pointed out they are quite easy to remove and as such are ineffective toward protecting any property. Given those two factors professional photographers rarely, if ever, use copyright watermarks. Though I do firmly believe in completing all relevant IPTC metadata in the image file relating to author, copyright, terms, etc... thats what really matters, and I do that via Lightroom presets on import.