How to Put a Watermark on Your Photo in Photoshop and PSE

Yesterday I wrote two ways you could make a watermark yourself.  You could always just find one on etsy and buy it, too.  ;)  So today I am going to share my favorite way to add a watermark to your photo with Photoshop and PSE. 

Let me start off by saying there are ton of ways to do this.  You can create a custom brush, you can make it an action, I have read lots of ways to do it.  But this is my favorite and I think the easiest way to have the most control over everything (not that I am a control freak or anything :/ ).

Your image should already be open in photoshop or PSE.  I recommend saving your image before watermarking it.  You never know when you may need it without the watermark. Go to File and scroll down until you see Place.

Select Place and a small window will open.  Find your watermark (either black version or white version) and select it.  Your .png file will appear on your photo with adjusting brackets around it.

Simply click and drag your watermark wherever you want it on the photo.  You can also adjust the size by stretching or pushing the brackets in and out.  When you find the right size and location for your watermark hit enter to set it. 

If you decide it is not the right place simply press CTRL and T and the same time.  The brackets will appear again and you can continue to adjust your watermark.  When you have the watermark set you will want to adjust the opacity.  Look at the bottom right corner of your screen at the layers panel.  Your watermark layer should be highlighted.  Simply adjust the opacity to the transparency you see fit.  The higher the number the more solid the font.  The lower the number more see through it is. 

This is where you will be happy you have a black and a white version of your watermark.  You never know when you might need the other. 

Now flatten your image and select Save As and rename it so you know you watermarked it.  I usually do “Camera wtrmk”. So I know just by looking at the name if it is the one I want, especially for blogging. 

I hope this was helpful.  If you have any questions at all please ask away.  You can comment or email them to me at momtriedit@gmail.com.