Nina

[365andBrand]

after a lot of work i made a watermark, i know im a bit lost...but i can use a watermark with place imbedded ...but then i get this message ...

also, I guess i have never resized an image for web! 

 

Edited November 5, 2022 by 365andBrand

[Damien Symonds]

What did you do, to get this message?

[365andBrand]

Im not experienced in doing this, so I'm not exactly sure where i went wrong...am i supossed to open my photo and continue to part 3: Use it and apply the watermark where i use  place embedded first, before using the action? i can do that and get m y watermark onthe photo and move it where ever there...

[365andBrand]

hmm. i dont think i can go any further with this segment untill i learn to save for web and learn how to use USM. 

[Damien Symonds]

Have you, or have you not, resized your photo to web size?

[365andBrand]

no, i 'm not sure how. I'd usually just save as a jpeg and use that. 

[Damien Symonds]

Well, what is the destination of your file?  Which website will it be for?

[365andBrand]

for now, the only thing i really use is facebook or instagram.  (I just set up two preset crops, per info on your resources, a 2048height and a 2048 width...im guessing i can use one of those two to save an image for web, and instagram is 4 x 5 or 1 x 1)

[Damien Symonds]

Great!  That's all you need to know.

[365andBrand]

i always used full resolution jpegs for facebook. is the reason not to do that so people can't lift the image and print it? 

[Damien Symonds]

Facebook-sized images are big enough to print, no matter what you do.  That's why we put the watermark on it.

[365andBrand]

if i am happy with place embedding my watermark on my images for now, can i wait to learn to use the actions at a later time?  

[Damien Symonds]

Of course.

[365andBrand]

whew...i have so much to learn before i have images worthy of a watermark!