Watermark how?

[Daniel W.]

I'm curious on how this lower/upper thirds watermark is done, with the low opacity exposure drop and whatnot. Any ideas?

(example photo by the Becker)

[epoh]

You mean how they created it? I would imagine in Illustrator. It's pretty simple actually. Once you've got your .ai file you just import it into Photoshop and add it as a layer. I think a lot of folks add an action for that so they can batch add their logo.

[epoh]

I am so bored at work. Here's a quick example.

[MicWayWal]

I created mine in PS, which could be made into an action and would take about 5 seconds to put on an image. Easy.
Just made empty rectangular layer with stoke style at 50% opacity.
Another rectangle layer filled with black at 50% opacity.
Two Type layers for the text.
Then flattened.

[Daniel W.]

Sweet thanks everyone! I've been trying to but it get's weird when I create the new shape. It's vertically larger with portrait-orientation photos (when running the action).

[Azzure]

Well you can record it in photoshop so you don't have to do it all over again.. ..

[MicWayWal]

Originally Posted by Daniel W.

Sweet thanks everyone! I've been trying to but it get's weird when I create the new shape. It's vertically larger with portrait-orientation photos (when running the action).

Have the action pause at the point you make your rectangles so you can make the shape you want to fit the image.