How to tag Images?

[Amature Programmer]

Hey guys im really starting to get into photography now and i wanna see if any of you guys can tell me how to tag my image like put Beau's Photography on it so no one can steal my image?

Thanks in Advance.

[hellnoire]

That's called a watermark, and I don't use any software to do it... if you've got a copy of Photoshop, Paint.NET, or GIMP, you can add it via the text command, just modify the opacity so you can see it and see though it. I don't use watermarks myself... but I'm all creative commons in my stuff. I just haven't had time to practice my works.

[Newbie Comp user]

If i'm right, Raymond posted an article on invisible watermark-ing

[Amature Programmer]

Ok thanks Hellnoire I do have gimp and Paint.net so ill give it a try.

[findingmyzen]

Yeah, I believe both gimp and Paint.net allow for the use of layers. You will create a layer over your image and then use the text tool to put in your watermark.

By the way, tagging images means that you are using software such as ACDSEE photo manager or something similar, you tag your images based on what the images are. So, say you have a group that are landscapes, you would tag them "landscapes" and then you can tag them by state or location. then when you do a search in your software for the tagged images, you can type in "landscapes" and all the images tagged with "landscapes" will show up. Hope that helps.

[Amature Programmer]

Yeah thanks for that info starting to really get into Photography now as a Hobbie very fun.