GIMP Tutorial - Watermark Photos

How to watermark photos in GIMP, by making a re-usable custom GIMP brush, for quick and easy watermarking of multiple images. For this tutorial you will need to install GIMP with Python support for Windows (in Linux this is already installed). Here's a link to help: http://gimptricks.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=0#/d2kqm1b and you will also need the Layer Effect Plugin (Python version) here: http://registry.gimp.org/node/186 - if you can't get Python installed there is a Script-fu version of the plugin too - but it has no preview.

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[Hevz313]

I'm following every step, but my siggy is not coming up in the brushes place :C

[billps34]

@Hevz313 You need to press the refresh brushes icon. It's in the tutorial.

[drewmichael25]

thanks for posting this but wow, thats complicated!!

Picasa from google is free it let you water mark all your photos in a file by

1- selecting the file, 2- then click the file menu in top right and

3- click export picture to folder. 4.Theres a watermark tab to check,

5 then you type your name!! Wow quick and fast but it will only let you do 1 line and you can't change the font. Its much more simple than this also this is custom!!! Theres a video post on youtube with no sound showing.

[billps34]

@drewmichael25 - Yes I use picasa too, but this is a more complex watermark than picasa can do - and it's not solely limited to text - you could even incorporate a logo or other graphic. And once you have your watermark brush then watermarking is simple. You don't have to do this everytime - the brush is stored in GIMP for future use.

[billps34]

@drewmichael25 Picasa can't do anything quite like this. This is advanced, it's not meant to be quick. Once you have made the brush -- it's reusable, a single click makes the watermark. This tutorial adds bevel effects and other touches unavailable in picasa.

[kimbling2000]

whenever i try to run the bevel and emboss it wont let me keep saying error on console

[billps34]

@kimbling2000 - you need to have python installed. See the instructions in my video description. If you don't have Python, you can use the Script-Fu version of the layer effects filer (the one with the .scm extension)

[punkadc]

great tutorial, just did it myself and it worked great... thank you very much!

[fredriley1]

Thank you very much for this - it really is excellent. I'm a newbie to the Gimp and it would have taken me days to figure out how to do this, particularly as I had to install the Layer plugin, but I needed a watermarking utility quickly. So not only has this filled my need but it's taught me aspects of the Gimp as well, plus it's far more flexible than standard watermarking utilities.

[billps34]

@kimbling2000 If you are using Windows, you may need to increase your screen resolution in your display settings. Failing that you could try moving the dialog so you can see the bottom of it. It is possible to click and drag it to a different position. The layer effects dialog can be made bigger, but not smaller than it's default size.

[kimbling2000]

how do i make the dialogue smaller its too big for my screen and i cant get to click the preview or ok buttons it wont let me make it smaller using the arrows