How to Easily Turn Your Signature Into a Classy Watermark

Did you have to take cursive in elementary school? Is that ability to write in beautiful, curvy letter lying dormant somewhere in the recesses of your mind after all these years? Why not awaken those skills and use them to create a beautiful custom watermark for your images? This great video tutorial will show you how to do just that quickly and easily using Photoshop.

Coming to you from Jesús Ramirez of the Photoshop Training Channel, this excellent video tutorial will show you how to turn your signature into a custom watermark for your images. There is a lot of debate back and forth about the use of watermarks, but if you are going to choose to use one on your work, you should make it something that looks professional but does not distract from your image. A lot of the time, photographers use watermarks that are so big or flashy that they end up actually competing for visual attention with the photo itself. This is why a signature can be a great choice, and of course, beyond that, it puts your name right on your images. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Ramirez. 

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Alex Cooke is a Cleveland-based portrait, events, and landscape photographer. He holds an M.S. in Applied Mathematics and a doctorate in Music Composition. He is also an avid equestrian.

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Does this work if you have the handwriting of a psychopath? Asking for a friend.

My sig looks like an accident. Oh well.

No way in hell I'd have my "real" signature out in the public space where it could potentially be used in forgeries. I'd much rather get Photologo or some other service to design a carefully crafted pseudo-signature to be used on my web page or in my literature. Just sayin'...

Exactly. Or maybe just use a nice handwriting font and type your sig onto your photos.

I mean, if you've got the handwriting skills, you could also just make a new signature specifically for the watermark that isn't your actual legal signature.

Why use a signature? It's hardly quick and easy to read and they all look so similar. Wouldn't you want to stand out by having a distinct logo?

Logos are distinct, memorable.