Luminar Neo - Watermark Your Photo WITHOUT a PNG
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In this Luminar Neo tutorial, you'll learn how to add a watermark using Luminar Neo WITHOUT using a PNG, and how to create a preset for batch adding watermarks to any photos.
Using Luminar Neo watermark capabilities often suggest you need a transparent image for it to work properly. However, you'll learn how to make any black and white image usable for watermarking with a simple trick, made available directly in the software.
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This is gold! Thank you Darlene!
You are so welcome!
You always make what seems complicated so easy. Thank you :)
You're welcome
Good tutorial for watermarking in Luminar, Darlene. I used to sell my photos, but not any more, so I don't usually watermark them. I often decrease the picture size when posting on the web.
Same here. But some people do so I wanted to show it.
Great video, finally I understand, I do not put my watermak but now I will......
Glad I could help! FYI I personally don't add a watermark to my images either. It's really a personal choice, so you don't have to do it. I just want you to know how if you want to.
Hi Darlene, I was looking for this very same Tutorial the other day with no luck, and then BANG, you post this Brilliant Video. Thank You so much.
Well funny you say that because I too searched and noticed nobody else had covered this so . . . BAM here you go!
Accidentally came across your channel....Wow ! Explained so well that a novice can understand ! Now to try it out...Thanks much !
I'm so glad you found me! Welcome
thank you I was just about to buy software for watermarks but saw this first.. so thank you again Darlene
Glad I could help!
Your tutorials are great.
Well thank you very much
Hi 👋 I just wanted to say thank you for such a wonderful and helpful tutorial !! 🙏🙏🙏
You are so welcome!
Great tutorial！ Thanks
You are welcome!
Great tutorial Darlene. I use a watermark on prints I sell as well as social media. I like the looks of it. I do use a lower resolution on images I post on line.
Thanks glad you liked it
More great info. Thanks Darlene and yes I use a watermark. Why because it's just habit left over from back in the day.
LOL I get that too
Very helpful.... Thank you.
You're welcome!
Hi, Great tutorial.thank!👍💪
Thanks!
Another great video. Since I already have a signature it is a great idea to create a preset. I started applying watermarks on Instagram
Glad you liked it
thanks again for your time Darlene fab love yah...
Thanks so much
Thank You so much.....
You're most welcome
Yes, I use a watermark as it identifies the image as mine. It also protects my image as if the watermark is removed then it shows intent of stealing the image. Thanks for the tutorial!
Thanks for adding your comment. But if someone removes the watermark how do you know they've taken it? Unless your images are registered with the copyright office it's hard to prove.
Thanks for this very helpful video! I've been thinking about applying signature on my photos for a while now, but didn't know how. I will use it for the photos i post on Instagram. I'm not a super photographer, but I put effort in them and don't like to see them stolen.
I love Luminar, but have to learn a lot more - like using layers. I will look at your video about that. Subscribed 😊
You're so welcome!
I have never used watermarks as I never thought my pictures were good enough for someone to steal although my photography friends tell me I should be adding a watermark. I also think that if someone wants to steal my picture it would be easy enough to crop or edit out my watermark. Your tutorial makes it seem pretty easy to add a watermark so I may start adding to my pictures that I post on my travel blog. Thanks for your videos
You're welcome. As I said I don't use watermarks myself for the reason you mentioned - they are easy to clone out or remove. But if you want to add them as an artistic signature I say go for it.
Just came across this tutorial and thoroughly enjoyed it. So well put together! rarely use a watermark but I would like to know what size image you post to face book as a limit to people using the file thank you again for the tutorial
I use 2048px on the long side. I personally don't care about image theft. If people want it they'll get it regardless of whatever you do. Have to pick your battles
Thank You, Thank You -- I have been looking for a watermarking program so I can dump Adobe!! I use Aurora for stacking and Luminar Neo sounds like a great program!! And to your question, I do watermak my posts in Facebook. Big hugs Darlene for the excellant tutorial!! John Casey-Minnesota🤗🤗
you're welcome yes Neo is awesome
I usually apply watermarks on imagest posed on social media just to let friends etc know its one of my own images and not a a means of claiming copyright etc.
Like an artist signature.
I usually only place a watermark on printed work, or what I expect to print. For social media sites, like you I use a lower res version to display.
Thanks for your comment
I don't do SM. I do sign every image I may send to someone or show images in the past on forums etc. Always signed a print that would be hung. As I am no longer a working pro, I don't mind if someone uses an image with my name on it but I generally will ask that the name remain on the image. One person that I had to inform of this simply agreed so it was not an issue. If I was still working and offering images from paid contracts, I likely would do other things. Nicely done tutorial with great reminders of something hopefully gets fixed in NEO -- the removal of edits when applying a Preset. I can understand the concept but a warning is easily programmed for those of us with short memories.
Yeah I've suggested a warning to them - at least there is UNDO now but only immediately after you apply one
@@DigitalPhotoMentor TY Darlene -- I will try to remember that.
Thank You! This was exactly what I was looking for! Great video and explanation. BTW< Darlene, what I do is remove a slim area around the photo so basically a small crop this way I have the original with all the removed pixels and if someone ever stole one of them by having the missing pixels you can prove the photo is yours. If I use watermarks, mine are small and a bit faded so it does not alter the photo by much.
interesting idea. thanks for sharing
Yes.
Yes?
I'm in agreement with you - against the use of watermarks - but this was an excellent video nonetheless.
Thanks! Some people use them so I wanted to provide the way to do it
Hi Darlene I do use a watermark, not too sure about the right and wrongs of it. Just feels right to do so.
It's a very individual choice. Some people do it as image protection, others for aesthetic reasons or as an art signature.
So if you use Luminar Neo, was this video helpful?
Great Video Darlene - yes, this is one feature along with ability to rename images while exporting that I greatly miss, that was so easy in Lightroom :-( Hope Neo gets these features at some point in future!!!
Yes I hope so too! thanks
Hi Darlene. Yet another great video. I've tried to do a black signature and a white one but when applied to my photos , I can still see a box around the signature whereas your don't. Any idea what I'm doing wrong please?
So you tried a black signature on white background and got a box? What blend mode? It will also depend on the image you're putting it on. It also could be that your signature file isn't pure white in the background so edit it to have more contrast
Great tuition but would like to increase watermark intensity a tad? How to? - thanks
Just adjust the opacity of that layer
As an amateur photographer with a Point-N-Shoot camera I don't shoot Raw. I do portraits using NEO because of its portrait features and using PSE 2022 to create my signature. The one thing I can do with my PSE signature is cause it to be different colors just by choosing a color. Can this be done in NEO? BTW love your videos - they've made my photography so much better.
Hmmm because it's on a separate layer you can just edit that layer so yes you can
I always watermark images I use on social media. This way when the post is shared, the photo is credited with my name. Clents have found me this way. Without using a watermark, the creator of a good image becomes nameless and lost forever. Lowering the size and resolution is not much insurance as there is software than can resize and enhance the image. I create a brush in Photoshop for my watermark for convenience.
All true. But a watermark is easily cloned out too. As for finding you, I've sold images because I added metadata to them and my website and email was there
I got the "hint" to save a WM as preset when contacting support. Great Idea but if I use that, i can't use other presets. And that's where the dead end is. I'm looking for an easy way to apply a WM without constantly resizing, repositioning etc, BUT still be able to use presets, some editing, and just bump the WM on the image as a last step. Is there any solution coming or did you figure out a good way without having to export and re-import a tiff?
I did not sorry. I don't apply them on my images. They don't really protect your images from theft and I personally prefer clean images.
I usually use a watermark on my social media posts.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
Yes, I watermark my photos. I think of it as a promotional device more than a theft deterrent. A Facebook gallery I belong to reposted my images to four blog articles (each receiving ad revenue I didn't share.). At. least I got the promotion from the watermark.
How did your images get ad revenue?
@@DigitalPhotoMentor A Fb group administrator shared my photos to four ad sponsored blogs. So the bloggers collect ad revenue. I got nothing.
@@elliottcowand5130 You need to send them something to let them know that is not cool! Your images are copyright. Also, I'd double-check the rules of the group and see if you have agreed to that by joining the group. What group is it?
@@DigitalPhotoMentor There's nothing in that FB group rules regarding the administrator sharing my photos. I did tell the first bloggers (known as boredpanda) that the administrator doesn't have the copyright. They did in fact remove and replace my images from their article. Haven't pursued the other three as yet.
Thanks so much, why do I get a triangle with an Exclamation mark on some pictures.....
Those are Lost Edits. It usually means the original image file has been moved or deleted and Luminar cannot find it.
I always thought that watermarks are there for copywright perpose. do we need to use them and or where do we need to use them. same question for uploading images to any online photo sharing programs? can our photos be stollen and used?... on the flip side will anyone take my photos and use them lol...
Well any time you post photos online there is a risk of them being taken and used by other people. But a watermark doesn't really stop that or protect you. They are easily cloned out. The only way not to have images stolen is don't post them online. But as that's not realistic I just choose my battles. Someone using my image on Facebook isn't bothering me. A business using it for profit, that I'll fight
So if I do a layer with my watermark. Do I have to export and bring them back in to neo to add another preset ?
Hmmm great question. You would but then you'd be editing a TIF or JPG and not the raw file anymore so I wouldn't recommend that. Honestly I'd just add the watermark last. It's not that hard to just add as a layer so maybe not do it as a preset.
Hi, thanks for showing how to put a watermark on photos. I have one question though. You want to watermark before edits.... that's OK, but I have to crop and level my picture out at times and I find that it doesn't work? How can I work with that? Thanks Lee-Ann
Yes you can add the watermark at any time. It's on a separate layer so you can move it or adjust it after you crop the original image no problems.
@@DigitalPhotoMentor Thank you so much for getting back to me. That was too easy 😍
@@lee-annruttan2563 Oh good, you're most welcome.
Hey Darlene: I attempted to add some CR3 files of photos I took to Luminar AI's Sky file from my computer file that I downloaded into. My computer opens and recognizes the CR3 file but Luminar AI only opens JPEG, PNG, Tiff files in their add sky program folder. Can you suggest a way to correct it. The prior version of AI opened the CR3 files but since re-installing AI after a computer repair, it will not work. Thanks.
I don't think you can use a raw file as a sky replacement. Just process it and save it as a Jpg
@@DigitalPhotoMentor Ended up doing that this morning. Thanks for you help and keep up the great informative videos. 👍👍
I tried using a watermark once but the problem I had was with the size when printing.
The watermark on the print was too large and part of it was missing. Will this happen
when making a watermark in NEO?
If you add it too big and improperly positioned it's possible yes. It goes where you put it
If I add a layer for my watermark then want to add another preset how does that work?
I replied to your other comment about this.
@@DigitalPhotoMentor thank you I was logged into my
Work account.
Ive not used a watermark since about 1998
I have a little bit different question. I've been using Luminar products for years, including Neo. The issue I'm having is this: I have a watermark that I had ordered from Photologo. So I don't have to mess around with curves and such when I apply it, HOWEVER, when I downsize it to fit where I want, the quality is degrading and the watermark becomes very pixelated. The watermark file size is 7500 X 5000 pixels and it is a PNG file. I have been in touch with tech support from both Skylum and Photologo (the Skylum person literally copied and pasted an answer that I had found online myself as to why this is happening), and I cannot get any help. Do you have any suggestions on how to prevent this from happening? Surely, I cannot be the only one that this is happening to. Thanks in advance!
Yes. I would suggest you add the logo to Luminar. Then export it in a smaller size like 1000 pixels, that should be good enough. Make sure to save it as a PNG with transparency. Then add that smaller one.
I actually have a lower res version of the same watermark and it does the same thing (I believe, without double checking, that it’s 1200 X 800). Sigh.
Can you send me the file? I'll test it
I'd be happy to if you let me know where to send it. Thanks!@@DigitalPhotoMentor
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But you didn’t tell us how to blend the two images like was available in Luminar 4
That's a different technique covered in a different video. th-cam.com/video/TWRdBayRZFk/w-d-xo.html
It seems to be overcomplicated for a fonctionnality that should be native like in Lightroom;
I'll stick to using UMark who does a good job, till Luminar Neo implement it.
Give UMark a shot if you don't know it.
thanks tho.
Lightrooms is really limited. Never heard of that program. But again I don't personally use watermarks
I don't use watermark on my photos
Great me either. But some people do so I wanted to show them how to do it.
Like your videos, but I don't always get to apply what you've taught immediately. It would be great if at the video's conclusion, or even in comments you have a checklist of the steps. That way we can take a screen grab instead of having to rewatch the whole video.
I get it, but unfortunately doing that isn't optimal for my channel. People usually leave when they see a summary starting and I want them to stick around and watch more.
@@DigitalPhotoMentorThat makes sense.
I don't add watermarks, Darlene
Thanks for commenting