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Here is an easy way to watermark your photos using Gimp

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Some images that you post online you wish to protect. A very simple way to watermark your image is to to create a transparent image the same size as your original, put your logo or website url in white, copy that to a new layer in the original image and change the transparency to what ever pleases you.

Original image

Create an image the same size

Use the ‘advanced options when you create the watermark and make the background transparent.

In your original image to go Dialogs->Layers

In the layers dialog create a new layer same as the first by clicking the copy button on the bottom ( 2 pictures )

Go to the watermark image and click edit->copy

Go to the original image and click edit->paste

You can use the arrow keys on your key board to move the watermark’s position

Slide the Opacity slider in the layers dialog until you like the way the watermark looks in your image.

Written by Linda MacPhee-Cobb

December 31st, 2007 at 5:00 am

Posted in gimp,graphics,how to

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  1. I’m totally new to using Gimp. Hat a little trouble figuring out the whereabouts of ‘advanced options’. Otherwise all worked well. Great tip…

    Thank you!

    Gruenwald

    10 Mar 08 at 8:36 pm

  2. You’re welcome!

    herself

    11 Mar 08 at 11:47 am

  3. There are two plugins to automate these same steps. One is to add an image and and the other a text as watermark -
    http://www.skipser.com/p/2/p/how-to-watermark-photos-using-gimp.html

    boscharun

    16 Jan 12 at 10:16 am

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