...that Your Audience Won't Hate.

...that Your Audience Won't Hate.

...that your audience won't hate.

This is a method I started using when NFTs were on the rise - thieves would have to put actual work into getting rid of the mark - and one that I am now grateful for with the arrival of AI. Why? Because anyone who tries to train an AI on my work will end up with random, disruptive color blobs.

I can't say for sure it'll stop theft entirely, but it WILL make your images annoying for databases to incorporate, and add an extra layer of inconvenience for thieves. So as far as I'm concerned, that's a win/win.

I'll be showing the steps in CSP, but it should all be pretty easy to replicate in Photoshop.

Now: let's use the above image as our new signature file. I set mine to be 2500 x 1000 pixels when I'm just starting out.

Note that your text should not have a lot of anti-aliasing, so using a paint brush to start isn't going to work well with this method. Just use the standard G-Pen if you're doing this by hand, or, just use the text tool and whichever font you prefer.

Once that's done, take your magic wand tool, and select all the black. Here are the magic wand settings I'm using to make the selections:

...that Your Audience Won't Hate.

All selected?

...that Your Audience Won't Hate.

Good.

Now, find a brush with a scattering/tone scraping effect. I use one like this.

...that Your Audience Won't Hate.

You can theoretically use any colors you want for this next part, but I'd recommend pastels as they tend to blend better.

Either way, let's add some color to the text.

...that Your Audience Won't Hate.

Once that's finished,

You're going to want to go to Layer Property, and Border Effect

...that Your Audience Won't Hate.

You'll be given an option of choosing color and thickness. Choose black, and go for at least a 5 in thickness. Adjust per your own preferences.

...that Your Audience Won't Hate.

Now create a layer beneath your sig layer, and merge the sig down onto the blank layer.

...that Your Audience Won't Hate.
...that Your Audience Won't Hate.

This effectively 'locks in' the border effect, which is exactly what we want.

Hooray, you've finished your watermark!

...that Your Audience Won't Hate.

Now let's place that bad boy into your finished piece.

...that Your Audience Won't Hate.

You'll get the best mileage out of a mark if you can place it over a spot that isn't black of white, since you'll get better blending options that way. My preference is for Overlay.

...that Your Audience Won't Hate.
...that Your Audience Won't Hate.

From here, I'll adjust the opacity to around 20-25, depending on the image.

...that Your Audience Won't Hate.

If you don't have a spot to use overlay, however, there's a couple other options. For white, there's Linear Burn, which imho doesn't look as good, but it still works in a pinch.

...that Your Audience Won't Hate.

And for lots of black, you have Linear Light

...that Your Audience Won't Hate.

Either way, you're in business!

As a note, I know it's a bummer for some people to "ruin" their work with watermarks, which is part of the reason I developed this mark in particular. Its disruption is about as minimal as I can make it while still being effective.

There's other methods, too, of course! But this is the one I use, and the one I can speak on. Hope it helps some of you!

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