Photoshop Watermark: Add A Copyright Watermark Pattern

Step 7: Add A New Layer In The Original Image Document

Back in our original image document, we currently have one layer, the Background layer, which contains our image. We don't want to add our copyright information directly to the Background layer, so either click on the New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers palette or use the keyboard shortcut Shift+Ctrl+Alt+N (Win) / Shift+Command+Option+N (Mac) to create a new layer above the Background layer, which Photoshop names "Layer 1":

Step 8: Fill The New Layer With The Copyright Pattern

With our new layer selected in the Layers palette, go up to the Edit menu at the top of the screen and select Fill, which brings up the Fill dialog box. For "Contents", click on the down-pointing arrow and select Pattern from the list:

Then, with Pattern selected, click on the little thumbnail image beside the words Custom Pattern and then choose your copyright pattern from the list that appears. It will be the last pattern at the bottom:

Click OK, and your new layer is filled with a repeating pattern of your copyright information:

Step 9: Change The Blend Mode To "Overlay" and Lower The Opacity

The only problem now is that the text is too prominent. It's blocking much of the image from view. To fix that, with the new layer selected, go up to the layer blend mode options in the top left of the Layers palette, click on the down-pointing arrow beside the word "Normal" and select Overlay from the list. Then move over to the Opacity option beside it and reduce the opacity as needed. I'm going to lower mine to 50%:

And here's my final result:

And there we have it!

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