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albnok
post Jul 28 2006, 04:31 PM

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I have to say this.

The watermark is UGLY. Ugly font. Garish color. Bad placement. I know it's Photoshop, but you might as well use Microsoft Paint to put that same watermark there. Either give the text a shadow, emboss it, or go for a logo-like watermark that doesn't let too much of the background to show, e.g. the modern Ford logo.

The WB in shots 9 and 10 are quite off, especially the shadows. First 3 are great, but ARGH those watermarks are traumatizing.
albnok
post Jul 30 2006, 11:58 PM

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Actually, the transparency is what's bothering. The colored tint. If it was white with transparency it would not be SO bothering.

Change the font, change the color, add a Blending Mode. Or at least add a background shape to it.

Step back and look at "adding the watermark" as art as well. Just as you took the effort to compose the picture and set the exposure, take the effort to see that the watermark isn't glaring and blaring. It's meant to get in the way if you try to copy it... not get in the way when you're just glancing at it.

Go surf some camwhore blogs, they tack watermarks on such that they are obvious, but not in the way. You would not expect girls to use Photoshop Actions, but they do it manually, and they do it with taste.
albnok
post Aug 5 2006, 02:26 PM

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I have no problems with it intruding partially. I have a problem with it being unsightly. tongue.gif Think of it as functioning as a BRAND, a LOGO as well. A symbol of quality.

 

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