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The simplest way to tone down your watermark is to keep your logo compact, and set the opacity to below 50% ? look under the Layers palette in Photoshop for the relevant slider. This allows some of the underlying image to seep through, while maintaining a clear mark.

Ideally, the watermark should be visible without detracting attention away from the contents of the image itself. For that reason, it's better to use a watermark that's free of any color or anything else that's too eye-catching.

How to make a watermark in 5 easy steps Open your logo, or make one with graphics and/or text. Create a transparent background for your watermark. Add the watermark image on top of a photo. Use the Fade slider to adjust the watermark's transparency.

What is a watermark? Originally a watermark is a more or less transparent image or text that has been applied to a piece of paper, another image to either protect the original image, or to make it harder to copy the item e.g. money watermarks or stamp watermarks.

Generally, a watermark should: Be small and monochromatic ? or have very little color.Be placed in a descreet area of the image that does not interfere with the view of the image, but will make it more difficult to remove or clone out. Have limited text.

Best Practices for Using a Watermark Keep your watermark simple and monochromatic. Keep it as small as possible while being legible. Use a vertical watermark. Put your watermark on the edge of the photo. At the end of the day, the decision to watermark or not is up to you.

Watermarks should be visible enough to provide adequate protection against image theft, but if they're too prominent they'll obscure too much of the image for it to be appreciated at all. Here, prominence is determined through a combination of frame coverage, opacity and style.