Photoshop Watermark: Add A Copyright Watermark Pattern
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Step 3: Rotate The Text With Free Transform
The copyright watermark tends to look better with the text rotated a bit, so once you've entered your text, press Ctrl+T (Win) / Command+T (Mac) to bring up the Free Transform handles around your text, then place your mouse cursor just outside one of the corner handles and drag left or right with your mouse to rotate the text. Hold down the Shift key as you drag to rotate in nice, even increments:
Press Enter (Win) or Return (Mac) to apply the rotation when you're done.
Step 4: Trim The Document Around The Text
Go up to the Image menu next and select Trim. This brings up the Trim dialog box. We want to trim away all the extra space around the text, and since all the extra space is made up of transparent pixels, select the first option at the top of the Trim dialog box, Transparent Pixels:
Click OK, and Photoshop trims away all the extra space around the text:
Step 5: Define The Text As A Pattern
Go up to the Edit menu at the top of the screen and select Define Pattern. We're going to create a pattern out of our copyright information. The Pattern Name dialog box appears:
Name your new pattern "copyright" and then click OK.
Step 6: Close The Copyright Document
We've done everything we need to do with our copyright document, so go ahead and close out of it at this point, leaving just your original image open on the screen.
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