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I would like to know if when making a watermark in photoshop elements 12 and image such as a dragonfly can be included.

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I would like to know if when making a watermark in Photoshop elements 12 and image such as a dragonfly can be included.

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Correct answer hatstead

Open your picture file. This will be the Background Layer.
Open the image with the dragonfly. Use one of the selection tools (e.g. lasso, selection brush) to select just the dragonfly. You should see an outline surrounding it ("marching ants"). We want to get rid of the background.
Go to Edit>copy to put the selection on the clipboard
Open the original picture file and go to Edit>paste. The dragonfly will come in on a separate layer.
Activate the move tool to position the dragonfly and resize, if necessary.

rubys97548674Author

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Thank you to all that helped me with my problem about my dragonfly. I would now like to know if I am able to use the watermark brush i made to process multiple files.

hatstead

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Yes. Open a blank layer at the top of your stack of layers and left click to deposit the information on the brush.

It will utilize the foreground color. You can increase/decrease the size of the brush in the conventional way, i.e. with the bracket keys on the keyboard ] increase, [decrease. By placing the information on a separate layer you can change the layer opacity to suit.

99jon

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Mark makes a good suggestion about using an image or illustration with a transparent background. You could also add text and make it into a brush from Editor:

Edit >> Define Brush

Save it and choose a name and it will appear in your brush pull-down menu. You can then apply your watermark to any photo, in any position with a single click. For my image below I clicked in the bottom right corner.

M

Mark_Sand

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Good idea, 99jon!

M

Mark_Sand

Inspiring

I'm guessing you want a simplified drawing of a dragonfly. If so, try this:

Do a Google Image search for "dragonfly clipart"

Under Settings, choose Advanced Search > File Type >PNG.

Click Advanced Search.

This brings up a list of PNG files. The reason I chose PNG is that these files (in most cases) have a transparent background.

For example:

The checkerboard pattern indicates transparency.

Right-click the picture and choose "Save Image As..."

Then follow hatstead's step in the previous post. Resize and re position the dragonfly layer as needed.

To give a watermark look you can reduce the opacity of the dragonfly layer as in this example:

If you want a dragonfly photo, just use "dragonfly" in the Google search but make sure the picture you select has the transparent background:

rubys97548674Author

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thank you this will be helpful

hatstead

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rubys97548674 wrote
I would like to know if when making a watermark in Photoshop elements 12 and image such as a dragonfly can be included.

Yes.

Copy/paste the dragonfly on a suitable area of the underlying image.

Let us know if this works for you.

rubys97548674Author

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Hi ,

I am floundering, I have put an image on a watermark using the graphics in Photoshop elements but there was no dragonfly there. Is there a way to bring one in. or is there a YouTube video showing how to copy and paste it in.

Ruby

hatsteadCorrect answer

Inspiring

Open your picture file. This will be the Background Layer.
Open the image with the dragonfly. Use one of the selection tools (e.g. lasso, selection brush) to select just the dragonfly. You should see an outline surrounding it ("marching ants"). We want to get rid of the background.
Go to Edit>copy to put the selection on the clipboard
Open the original picture file and go to Edit>paste. The dragonfly will come in on a separate layer.
Activate the move tool to position the dragonfly and resize, if necessary.