xBhp Announcement:Watermark your pictures

[mithun]

Can anyone post the Tut on how to mask the number plates of the bikes before posting ?

[Puneet1]

Can anyone post the Tut on how to mask the number plates of the bikes before posting ?

Open image in MS paint , click pick color tool , select color of white portion of no. plate in bike , now select brush and wipe off the reg no. from the no. plate . hope it helps

[iSCSI]

Or...do it online.
Free Watermark Tool - Generate watermarks for your images quickly and easily.
WebWatermarks - Free online image watermarking service

[shaikan]

This might be dumb Q for some but ....
why does (or should) someone need to hide their numberplate from their pics

[sudharma]

Anybody suggest a simpler software than Photoshop?? and a simpler way of watermarking?

You can use a free program called Faststone. Its an Image viewer program with lots of facilities.

Open the Image in Faststone, move cursor to the left edge of the screen, a menu opens- select "Draw board" from the menu, select the text icon from the resulting menu, make a text box anywhere on the screen and type in any thing you want. Once saved the text cannot be removed.

[sudharma]

Open image in MS paint , click pick color tool , select color of white portion of no. plate in bike , now select brush and wipe off the reg no. from the no. plate . hope it helps

or open the picture in Faststone, use the procedure described in the watermarking (by me) select colour an use the filled box from the menu on the number plate.

[rahul9985]

No problem, if you carried out without considering them, them dont worry
and regarding the white area

use this logo for watermarking, it will remove all white area from the picture

Thanks once again. Iam able to watermark now..!!

Next help would be to direct me to a link where i can learn something about photography. All the basics of it. Things like ISO, Exposure, Exif etc. go over my head. I just wish to take a few beautiful snaps at times.

[iSCSI]

Thanks once again. Iam able to watermark now..!!

Next help would be to direct me to a link where i can learn something about photography. All the basics of it. Things like ISO, Exposure, Exif etc. go over my head. I just wish to take a few beautiful snaps at times.

Photo Tips & Techniques

[varun_r15]

Thanks once again. Iam able to watermark now..!!

Next help would be to direct me to a link where i can learn something about photography. All the basics of it. Things like ISO, Exposure, Exif etc. go over my head. I just wish to take a few beautiful snaps at times.

No site can teach you photography..
just play more and more with cam and your skill will increase day by day
trust me..

[Zamaan]

Nice !!!!! But hardly anyone uses PS because of the light weight softwares like Picassa and few online image editors.

[JoHn SaMuEl]

No site can teach you photography..
just play more and more with cam and your skill will increase day by day
trust me..

+ 1, even after 1 year of having a dslr with me, i am still learning new ways to take some exciting pics.

[yellowspunk]

This might be dumb Q for some but ....
why does (or should) someone need to hide their numberplate from their pics

i would like to know why too !!

[princesirohi]

Arre bhai log, itne mahan complex kaam karte ho. Here is a simpler solution set:

a. Use watermark factory. Dont use it but have seen people use it for putting embossed transparent watermarks.

b. My uber favorite Irfanview. It has a LOVELY batch processing feature that lets you do resize/sharpen/colors adjust and watermarking all in one shot. I will not bother with the rest - google.
For watermarking, all you need to do is:
- Check on "Use advanced options" next to Output format
- Click the advanced button.
- Check the Overlay text box.
- Click on its settings, set the location you want it (in terms of X/Y coords), message and font.


I would prefer to keep the "Text is transparent" box checked.
Do the batch conversion and voila your pics are all well done

PS: Ofc, first time, test on batchsize of 1!!

even i prefer irfanview...........its nice little software.

[hitanshu]

Another reminder of why one must watermark one's pictures:
Overdrive Magazine Plagiarizes my travelogue - Team-BHP

They even went to the extent of saying useless marketing spiel like:

I couldn't help but think about the Goodyear tyres on my car. I had put on the new tyres a few weeks before the trip. The grip they offered was excellent.

And everyone who posted on their FB about this incident gets kicked off & deleted. Rather shameful behavior from a supposedly mature media house.

Shameful behavior - must be condoned & the message spread on FB/twitter etc & please ask your family/friends to avoid buying OD for a while. This is no way to operate - in stark contrast to our xbhp folks who actually brave it up to the himalayan passes & do their own rides & then write, not filch stuff.

[satyenpoojary]

*Cough* Old thread. You can watermark images much easier using picasa now!