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How to Watermark your Photographs using Gimp

28 July 2008 10 Comments Disclosure

How To Watermark/ Product Photography: Otopia

Several people have been e-mailing me asking me how I watermark my photographs so I thought I would make another tutorial to show you just how simple it is to watermark your photographs using my favorite little program, Gimp.

Here are the steps to watermark your photograph.

First, have your photo and watermark image handy. You should create your own personal watermark separately from your photograph so that you won’t have to keep recreating it each time you edit a photo for the web. I create all of my watermarks in png format that way I can keep my transparent background which looks best when overlayed on top of your photos.

1. Open image you want to watermark
2. Choose File>Open as new layer
3. Choose your watermark file
4. Move your watermark to wherever you want to put it on your photo. Pressing “M” on your keyboard will make the whole layer that you just pasted moveable.
5. Change the opacity. I choose 25% on the image above but you can choose as much or as little opacity that you feel comfortable with.
6. Choose Image> Flatten Image
7. Choose File> Save as.
DONE!!!!

Let me know how you liked the tutorial. If you want to share what you have learned, leave a link to the image you have watermarked in the comments below. I’d love to see what you have learned.

10 Comments »

soapbox mom said:

Great tutorial! Thanks.

After I try it, I’ll leave a link. Just wanted you to know that I appreciate the post. I’ve never heard of Gimp until today!

Thanks!!

{Comment #1 on 28 July 2008 at 8:37 am}

The Domestic Diva (author) said:

Thank you so much. If there is anything else you would like to see in a tutorial let me know. I would be more than happy to make a tut for you.

{Comment #2 on 29 July 2008 at 12:40 pm}

Jeannie said:

Great info! =)

{Comment #3 on 29 July 2008 at 3:18 pm}

Mamirosa said:

I don’t use GIMP but that’s awesome! I’m sure it’ll come in handy for GIMP users! =)

{Comment #4 on 30 July 2008 at 2:34 am}

farmnwife said:

Can you do a tutorial on how you created your watermark?
thanks,
farmnwife

{Comment #5 on 30 July 2008 at 8:46 am}

mama bok said:

Awesome..!! thanks..!! i will try it soon.. :)

{Comment #6 on 31 July 2008 at 12:16 am}

Holly said:

I agree w/ farmnwife. This is my first time using gimp and I have a photo’s on my website I dont want to be copied. If you could please do a tutorial on how you created your watermark that would be so helpful!

{Comment #7 on 16 September 2008 at 5:31 pm}

joy said:

I don’t understand how to get a watermark. Do you have to make it and how do I do that??

{Comment #8 on 17 December 2008 at 5:05 pm}

Jennography said:

I hope you will do more of these types of tutorials. They are so helpful. :)

{Comment #9 on 19 December 2008 at 12:59 am}

joy said:

could you do a tutorial on how to make a watermark and how to take a person out of a background and put in another. Your tutorials are very helpful. but I need help with these others

{Comment #10 on 28 December 2008 at 5:10 pm}

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