watermarks anyone?

[Todd Spoth]

yeah you know what i mean.

what do you think about them?

personally i hate them. there's nothing that ruin's a photo faster than a HUGE VIET BoI pHoToGrApHy banner across the photo. this was a topic while colleagues were waiting tonite and they concur that watermarks are pretty useless and 99% of the people that use them are noobs anyways. i totally agree. i cant tell you how many times i see a good photo then my eyes see this hideous watermark thrown on it. if you are going to do it at least do it super small, with low opacity and for god's sake use some decent typography. i do it very rarely if ever with my stuff.

but what do i know.

[vitekboi]

someone sure is angry

[3gen_venn]

someone sure is angry

sounds like it. :hs:

But it sure is annoying looking at a watermark at 100% opacity or even at a 50%.

[MR2 poop on]

ive got this store bought way of saying im okay, and youve learned how to cry in total silence. youre talented and bright, youre lonely and uptight, youve found some lovely ways to disappoint but the airports always almost empty this time of the year, so let's go play on a baggage carousel. set our watches forward like we're just arriving here from a past we left in a place we knew too well.

[Todd Spoth]

ive got this store bought way of saying im okay, and youve learned how to cry in total silence. youre talented and bright, youre lonely and uptight, youve found some lovely ways to disappoint but the airports always almost empty this time of the year, so let's go play on a baggage carousel. set our watches forward like we're just arriving here from a past we left in a place we knew too well.

I count to three and grin.
You smile and let me in.
We sit and watch the wall you painted purple.
Speech will spill on space.
Our little cups of grace.
But pauses rattle on about the way that you cut the snow-fence,
braved the blood,
the metal of those hearts that you always end up pressing your tongue to.
How your body still remembers things you told it to forget.
How those furious affections followed you.


<3

[Todd Spoth]

someone sure is angry

not really angry, just a rant really. but yeah you are a prime example.

[omgodzilla]

From a viewer's point of view, I think flagrant watermarks degrade the photo and it ends up distracting me from the picture itself.

[Boostylicious]

I think we need more of them... and more photoshop lens flares all over the picture.

[azinwood]

yeah....not a big fan of watermarks

[David Seale]

ive always wanted to do one(but something uber small like u said)... only because im proud of my own work. i know im no pro, prolly not even a good amateur... but i take pride in my work. i would hope thats the mentality for most people and why they create them, and not just an ego trip or whatever.

[ofay]

I think we need more ppl calling their xt's 350d, even tho they didnt buy theirs in japan.





But huge watermarks across the picture usually make me go to another thread.

[galantv600]

typically i dont like watermarks like you say, they just look out of place.. BUT the one on chreenophotography that Chris uses actually i like...

[PissYellowGTi]

I think there are programs that will add "invisible" watermarks to photos so you can retain copyright stuff without ruining the pic I'm sure it can be done in photoshop too. But I agree with what your saying. I laugh when I see them on a shitty picture that nobody would steal anyway.

[Johnny Thunders]

I think it's pretty much a sign of newbie photographers. If I do some kind of photos that help promote me, I'll place a small watermark in the border of the picture. I agree with you though... I hate it when people plaster that shit everywhere. Especially when they use some kind of stupid font.

[ofay]

I think there are programs that will add "invisible" watermarks to photos so you can retain copyright stuff without ruining the pic I'm sure it can be done in photoshop too. But I agree with what your saying. I laugh when I see them on a shitty picture that nobody would steal anyway.
from my understanding its really easy if you know what you are doing to prove that the photo is yours without a watermark

[AcuraCL]

I think we need more ppl calling their xt's 350d, even tho they didnt buy theirs in japan.

What's the difference anyway? It's just like Car companies using diff names for their cars in diff countries. Whats the big deal?

[galantv600]

im not gonna lie, i used to do it, and man did it look UGLY! hahah but ive grown out of my ricer days :P

[Costas]

i do it on my pics but try to keep it small. i like for people to know where they can visit teh gallery and find moar pics.

[galantv600]

tryed PM'ing you costas but didnt work!!! hook me up with a linky to your galleria... :rock:

[ofay]

What's the difference anyway? It's just like Car companies using diff names for their cars in diff countries. Whats the big deal?
no, not really. 99% of the time there is a difference between the us car and the foreign car.



person who takes a civic and puts all the motor and suspension parts to make it a type r, then its closer to a type r civic than a usdm civic.

person who buys a rebel xt, does nothing too it and calls it an 350d, while yes they are the same camera, the xt is in English and the 350d is in Japanese, so unless you actually changed the firmware of your camera, you are just lying so ppl think you are cool and have a jdm camera.

[Costas]

tryed PM'ing you costas but didnt work!!! hook me up with a linky to your galleria... :rock:
digitalremix.net/gallery

i have a bunch of old stuff on there that i need to wipe out though, and a buncha new stuff that still needs to go on :eh:

[Johnny Thunders]

digitalremix.net/gallery

i have a bunch of old stuff on there that i need to wipe out though, and a buncha new stuff that still needs to go on :eh:

Beautiful picture :) What lens was used?

http://digitalremix.net/albums/album20/DSC_8257.sized.jpg

[3gen_venn]

person who buys a rebel xt, does nothing too it and calls it an 350d, while yes they are the same camera, the xt is in English and the 350d is in Japanese, so unless you actually changed the firmware of your camera, you are just lying so ppl think you are cool and have a jdm camera.

i would assume that most photographers other than Canon and/or Professionals would care if someone calls their camera Rebel XT or 350d, or KM's 7D or D7 (which is contradicting to Nikons).

[Costas]

Beautiful picture :) What lens was used?

http://digitalremix.net/albums/album20/DSC_8257.sized.jpg
Why thank you. It was the D70 kit lens (18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 AF-S DX) shot at 18mm.

[galantv600]

damn man how much photoshopped was used costas? ever since ive seen those shots of the red s2k with yours i fell in love.. those pictures were so badass!!! and these the colors come out really nice!

[Johnny Thunders]

Why thank you. It was the D70 kit lens (18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 AF-S DX) shot at 18mm.

Damn, that's a nice kit lens! Photoshop work on the colors?

Were you around when JDM Leo was around? He had the blue hatch? He was the first person I ever remember seeing photoshop car pictures like you do... like the one in your av.

They look good!

[_relapsd.]

Damn, that's a nice kit lens! Photoshop work on the colors?


obviously. :hs:

[Todd Spoth]

Beautiful picture :) What lens was used?

http://digitalremix.net/albums/album20/DSC_8257.sized.jpg


photoshop 2.8 ;)

[Boostylicious]

can somebody please give me photoshop so I can stop using ms paint?

[ofay]

i would assume that most photographers other than Canon and/or Professionals would care if someone calls their camera Rebel XT or 350d, or KM's 7D or D7 (which is contradicting to Nikons).
most ppl prob wont, but then most ppl dont get annoyed at idiocy like I do.




And 99% of the time you see someone calling an XT a 350, they are either a n00b or trying to have jdm cool points. Sometimes they are making fun of the forth mentioned. Its not that ppl are calling a D50 a 50D on accident, its ppl purposely calling a camera by a wrong name so it will be jdm.

[redlilcivic]

we all start some where and i guess i'm a noobie in here.
i promise i'll never call my xt a 350d again.
please forgive me.

:-/

















yeah right.! i can't believe some one actually makes a big deal out of this, besides i thought this thread was about "watermarks" but, hey i'm only a noob in here and i don't know sh........t.

[SHANGHAi]

dude, who the hell cares what i call my camera as long as you know what it is. No ones trying to score "JDM points" by calling it a 350D. If I really wanted to do that, I'd call it a KISS N Digital or some shit, which is the model name in Japan. 350D/XT/KISS N I don't even know the difference.

get over the petty crap.

[David Seale]

for real. i doubt anyone is trying to be "jdm" with their camera. sometimes i catch myself calling it a 350d just cuz i thought it was the "technical term"

[tien]

most ppl prob wont, but then most ppl dont get annoyed at idiocy like I do.




And 99% of the time you see someone calling an XT a 350, they are either a n00b or trying to have jdm cool points. Sometimes they are making fun of the forth mentioned. Its not that ppl are calling a D50 a 50D on accident, its ppl purposely calling a camera by a wrong name so it will be jdm.
i call my camera a 350d or a rebel, i didn't even know it was called the 350d in japan...so no i'm not trying to score "cool jdm points"

[tien]

oh and my watermark is now just a bar added to the bottom of the photo, i like to label the date/event and just have my website on the right side so people know where to find the rest of the pictures

[Todd Spoth]

this thread is only proving me right. gg.

lolz @ "jdm cool points"

[_relapsd.]

this thread is only proving me right. gg.

lolz @ "jdm cool points"

watermarks = gay faggot shit.
who gives a fuck what you call your camera? as long as it means the same thing.

[OneArmedScissor]

most ppl prob wont, but then most ppl dont get annoyed at idiocy like I do.




And 99% of the time you see someone calling an XT a 350, they are either a n00b or trying to have jdm cool points. Sometimes they are making fun of the forth mentioned. Its not that ppl are calling a D50 a 50D on accident, its ppl purposely calling a camera by a wrong name so it will be jdm.


350D isn't JDM.

it's EDM. :eek3:

[Todd Spoth]

350D isn't JDM.

it's EDM. :eek3:


its actually GBDM. ;)

[Costas]

Damn, that's a nice kit lens! Photoshop work on the colors?

Were you around when JDM Leo was around? He had the blue hatch? He was the first person I ever remember seeing photoshop car pictures like you do... like the one in your av.

They look good!
I don't remember seeing his pics, I probably wasn't much into picture taking, but yeah, photoshop +++

I experimented with it alot while I was in Greece and found out what tends to work best with car pics and now use it towards my advantage.

[ofay]

350D isn't JDM.

it's EDM. :eek3:
well its not usdm.

[OneArmedScissor]

well its not usdm.

As JDM tyte as ppl wanna be, nobody is secure enough in their manhood to rock their "KISS XT" :rock:

They have some mega weird commercials for it over here too.

[ofay]

As JDM tyte as ppl wanna be, nobody is secure enough in their manhood to rock their "KISS XT" :rock:

They have some mega weird commercials for it over here too.
just eat alot of yan yan(sp)