Copyright brush

[DaiTheDragon]

I noticed a while ago a post about putting a copyright mark on a photograph. Well being an insomniac and I was bored I decied to make a tutorial on how to make a custom copyright brush in Adobe Elements 4. It is also the same in Photoshop.

The link is http://www.dawney.co.uk/misc/brush.html

Any problems contact me.

Dai

[glsammy]

Nice one Dai.
I'm not a fan of copyright marking, but I'm a fan of anyone that offers guidance to anyone else.

[digi]

I agree with GLSammy I am not a fan of copyrights or borders, they distract from the image but its nice to see someone posting feedback on how to do it properly. Although the site does issue a copyright warning.

Digi

[glsammy]

Originally Posted by digi

I agree with GLSammy I am not a fan of copyrights or borders, they distract from the image but its nice to see someone posting feedback on how to do it properly. Although the site does issue a copyright warning.

Digi

I've also come to the same conclusion re borders as well! Hence my latest ones and future images will not have them.

[Alan]

Originally Posted by glsammy

I've also come to the same conclusion re borders as well! Hence my latest ones and future images will not have them.

I usually put a 2 pixel black line around mine (use stroke feature in photoshop). I find this is enough to stop the eye 'sliding off' the image when the background tone of the webpage is almost the same as parts of the image.

[Dan Salter]

I agree as i have seen some borders on here that are so ghastly i have actually clicked off the pic as i fear the bad taste police would be knocking on my door to confiscate my p.c...so yes ...no borders or if you must? do it Alan style.

[digi]

Originally Posted by Dan Salter

I agree as i have seen some borders on here that are so ghastly i have actually clicked off the pic as i fear the bad taste police would be knocking on my door to confiscate my p.c...so yes ...no borders or if you must? do it Alan style.

Yes, borders and copyright stamps should be discreet with no italic or fancy text.

Digi

[Kev Lewis]

Originally Posted by Alan

I usually put a 2 pixel black line around mine (use stroke feature in photoshop). I find this is enough to stop the eye 'sliding off' the image when the background tone of the webpage is almost the same as parts of the image.

Alan why not just use Increase Canvas by 2 pixels with the colour set to black?

[Alan]

Originally Posted by Kev Lewis

Alan why not just use Increase Canvas by 2 pixels with the colour set to black?

I just select the whole image with the rectangle selection tool, then go to edit - stroke (already set to 2 pixels) .......done!

As far as I know, if you go to resize canvas, it doesn't offer a background colour option! I use photoshop 7.

[lewisa]

Originally Posted by Alan

As far as I know, if you go to resize canvas, it doesn't offer a background colour option! I use photoshop 7.

When resizing the canvas, the colour of any area outside the original image will be whatever the background colour is set to