Adding a Copyright

Never thought I'd need to do this, but I do now

I've been asked for copies of some rally photos I took. I don't mind giving them to him ( he's the co-driver of the car I photographed ), but I'd like to add my name to them.

I've just spent 1/2 hour with Paintshop trying to do it, but can't make it work I tried using the text tool, but the writing is tiny and illegible. What am I doing wrong?

I have PSP9 or Photoshop CS2. Can anyone give me some quick tips in either?
Thanks.

It's pretty simple in PS... click the text tool 'T', set the font, size and colour from the options which come up, and click where you want to type. You'll probably need to selct the text and increase the font size (Don't do this by stretching the text after you've finished or it can get pxellated).

Once you've done it, save as a jpeg but instead of going through the same process for each shot, keep the photoshop file open and bring in the other shots by copying and pasting them, and move the layer of each one behind the text layer before saving a jpeg of each one.

You could save the PSD file for future use, to make it quicker.

Thanks, I'll give that a go now

See it's easy when you know how.

Could you run that past me again, one key stroke at a time.

Much easier in CS2 than PSP9

I'm just made up I have to do it!
Someone finally wants my photos

I have a brush set up with my signature, and one with my copyright. That was painless to do and gets used on occasion.
All my photos also get copyrighted in the IPTC data as they are loaded into PSE.

You can alter the size of the text by pasting it into a new layer (you can copy the text from a Word document)after selecting the text tool. Just click the cursor where you want the writing to start, paste the text, then use the transform tool (CS4: I am guessing cS2 is the same) to get the size you want. You can also highlight the text to change font or size, then hit enter to change it. The advantage of this method is you can use the move arrow to move the text around the picture and see where you want it. Also, if you want the text to be fainter, with the backgound showing through, change the blend mode to soft light and change the opacity until it looks how you want (black text seems to work best for this). When you are happy, flatten the image. I have a text Word file I keep just for this.

Hi Gwyn,
How do you do this I know about the signature (looked it up in a book on PSE) but do not know about the copyright.

I am submitting some shots to a local interest magazine so some sort of copywright protection is going to be required (not on the shot)

Regards

Colin first an important question - do you have a PC or a Mac?
I have a PC so my photos load into organiser. If you have a PC and use Bridge I can't help.

When you import into Organiser go to the Advanced dialogue box. You can then add your author and copyright info to the Metadata at the bottom of the box. You only have to do it once.

Gwyn, I have a PC and use PSE version 6, I do not use the organiser but will investigate when I am at home.