I bought Watermark Factory's brilliant intuitive software last night and made my first protected JPEG this morning:
I used an image you have already seen, to make the comparison easy.
The settings here are simple, as I'm just starting out. I used emboss and a little reduction in opacity. There are many watermark programs on the market and I tried several before deciding to buy this one. The deciding factors were power and ease of use. I found that with some other programs that were not this easy, I had a tendency to skip the process altogether.
This one makes it so easy, it will be hard to shirk.
Another great photo resource I've found recently is PhotoCamel:
A really friendly free membership forum that offers unlimited gallery space for photographs taken by members. They don't seem to mind that I'm not only not a professional photographer, but mostly just take pictures of my own art. Of course, if they keep being so nice, I might start taking more pictures. Move over, Ansel Adams!
Update: An acquaintance has commented more than once that he thinks my watermarks should be more subdued, and so I tried making a few less obvious. The result was that one image I submitted for publication was rejected because the site though it was in their own words "Too good to be true." Now that is a fine compliment, but from now on I'm not being understated about my copyright. It is my work and it is going to have my name on it--like John Hancock if need be.
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