How to Create a Signature Stamp Logo for Your Photo Studio

Download picture-shark (see Resources).

Double-click the picture-shark icon to run the program.

Click on the files that you'd like to stamp. To choose more than one file, press ̶0;Control̶1; while you click.

Open Excel. Type your stamp information in a single cell. For example: ̶0;All @ 2010 by Jane Doe.̶1;

Select the cell by clicking on it. Right-click and choose ̶0;Copy.̶1;

Go to the second picture-shark tab (̶0;Positionings and Settings").

Right-click in the ̶0;Stamp̶1; section and choose ̶0;Paste.̶1;

Click on ̶0;Open Sample̶1; in the middle of the screen. Choose a photograph to use as a sample.

Select where you'd like your watermark to be on your picture. The ̶0;Position̶1; area is in the top-right-hand corner of the screen. Click on the square that corresponds to the location where you want your watermark.

Enter ̶0;̵1;20̶1; in both the ̶0;X-Offset̶1; and ̶0;Y-Offset̶1; fields.

Select the ̶0;Use Transparence̶1; box. Drag the ̶0;Opacity̶1; slider to 100 percent to turn your mouse cursor into the "Eyedropper" tool. Choose the color you want to be transparent by clicking on it with the "Eyedropper" tool.

Slide the ̶0;Transparence Tolerance̶1; slider to get the transparency exactly the way you want it.

Drag the ̶0;Feather̶1; slider to adjust the edges. A negative number will make the edges sharper, while a positive number will make the edges softer.

Select the ̶0;Output̶1; tab. Specify the folder where you'd like your watermarked images to be saved. You want to save them in a different location from the originals, so that the originals will remain unchanged.

Click ̶0;Start̶1; to send your stamped images to their new location.