Photo Help – copyright info on images

DPI is utterly, totally and completely irrelevant. It is a tag attached to an image and can be changed at will. Pixel dimensions are all important.

Thanks for putting me right on this. Today’s lesson well and truly learnt. 😮

Put all pics in the same folder:

Open one, type your text / place copyright symbol on, whatever. Copey that layer. Close without saving. Now, WITHOUT closing photoshop:

open the first image you want to treat. (usually a good idea to make a duplicate folder so you don’t trash the originals)

window – actions – (click the little right arrow on the box that opens up) – new action – record – paste – layer – flatten image – (press the red circle until it goes black).

Then, file – automate – batch – choose the folder and do save and close.

Excellent!

However, it should perhaps be pointed out to avoid confusion for the less experienced Photoshop user that this will work one time only. The Action will not be usable in subsequent Photoshop sessions because it relies upon the text layer copied to the clipboard to work.

Also, it will apply the text in the same colour and in the same position on each picture, which may not be appropriate.

In the end though post images on the net and it really is fair game….

I know what you mean, I put some pics up on here a bit back, and sombody on here used one to make a point in a thread :rolleyes:
Phil.

Sorry if I appeared a bit gruff earlier.

Logic dictates images on the web are compressed and therefore not really suitable for printing at quality.

If you are posting “professional quality” images why and where? There is such a proliferation of images that the value of any image is probably limited unless it has that unique “” factor.

If you are a professional then you are in a seriously different league and not a dabbler. Look at what John Dibbs posts on his site.

If you are seriously interested in digital art then you should invest in Photoshop training as it will pay serious dividends (especially when you considered what the software cost you in the first place). In the end though post images on the net and it really is fair game….

Mind you I am not sure what you will achieve. Most view anything on the net as fair game…………….

A good point, but if copyright is marked on an image at least it is obvious who owns the intellectual rights. This leaves no room for a “I didn’t realise” defence later, but as with all potential theft, little will stop the determined thief! Removing the text is relatively easy, by cropping or cloning, although I suppose it might possible to place the text so as to maximise the difficulty of removal.

I suspect (although I have no proof) that in fact most unauthorised use of images on the web is of a casual nature and is for further web use. Providing that posted images are less than 1000 pixels maximum dimension, the scope for getting a good print is probably limited. Assuming that 300 dpi is needed for optimum print quality, a typical 700 x 460 pixel image that I would post on this forum gives about a 6 x 4 cm print….not that large really. Yes it could be re-sampled, but I would think anyone lazy or ignorant enough to copy images for print in the first place, would hopefully not have the wit or ability to obtain or use the software?

However, the threat of potential unauthorised reproduction from posted images should not be overlooked. Does anyone here have any relevant experience how to overcome this threat, or of the success or otherwise of watermarking plug ins such as Digimarc.

We are much more fun than the manual.

How many forumites does it take to operate PhotoShop? 😀

The manual is very vague you know Chris…

summed up as read the ******* manual. You did get a copy of the manual with your version of ps didn’t you?

Put all pics in the same folder:

Open one, type your text / place copyright symbol on, whatever. Copey that layer. Close without saving. Now, WITHOUT closing photoshop:

open the first image you want to treat. (usually a good idea to make a duplicate folder so you don’t trash the originals)

window – actions – (click the little right arrow on the box that opens up) – new action – record – paste – layer – flatten image – (press the red circle until it goes black).

Then, file – automate – batch – choose the folder and do save and close.

Another thought…..but it seems airgage got there first. 😉

A more elegant, but advanced, way is to use an Action. Record this once and it will apply the required text to any similar image by one click, or it can be used to batch process folder of similar images.

You could go one better than this and do as I have done; record an Action to create the correct size image for posting, with the text added, from a stored master image.

If you are unsure how to do this, pm me and I will happily set out a series of workflow steps to follow.

spt

If you are using photoshop why not use “actions” so it is automated.

Mind you I am not sure what you will achieve. Most view anything on the net as fair game…………….

This may be not quite what you had in mind, but you can also tag an image with copyright info, amongst other things, via File>File Info. This does not show up on the image, but the copyright © appears in the title bar of the image window when the image opens in Photoshop. Not sure if it works for all image file formats though.

Otherwise the cut and paste suggestion above is good.

Personally I use the Photoshop text tool direct on the image, which is slow, but allows me to vary the colour of the text to suit the image. I find black or white text a little stark for most images.

You could also create the text as a separate file in Photoshop, to act as a template, and simply copy and paste this to each image.

Hope this is of some help.

spt

Thanks for your help so far guy’s.

Looks as if I have been making a bit of a meal of this job!

Thanks again

Black6

Here is a good tool if you want a programm with batch function to mark many photos.

http://www.shareware.de/software/DetailEN_1_More_Watermarker_12585.html

I cut and paste from a word document with the text that I require. Takes about 2 seconds.

Same here!

T J

I cut and paste from a word document with the text that I require. Takes about 2 seconds.