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So I'm using a new stamp format. Still just text, but I've changed it a bit to show better on varying backgrounds.
The problem is it looks like shit on really light or white backgrounds... Here's the stamp on a couple "normal" backgrounded photos: http://www.kiextreme.com/gallery/alb...8/IMG_0139.jpg http://www.kiextreme.com/gallery/alb...8/IMG_0146.jpg Now here it is on a couple really light backgrounds, yes I know the photos suck, I was being lazy. But it demonstrates the issue with it on a really light background: http://www.kiextreme.com/gallery/alb...8/IMG_0150.jpg http://www.kiextreme.com/gallery/alb...8/IMG_0147.jpg It doesn't look too awful on the first, but on the second with the lighter, almost white background, it looks crappy. I'm using a #000000, 2px precise outer glow for that, does anyone have any ideas on making a stamp like this that'll actually look right on all backgrounds? |
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*Crickets*
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Not sayin', just sayin'
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Seems like the glow is the problem. Would a black, crisp outline with white infill be pretty much viewable on any background? Just make sure the white infill strokes are wide enough that they don't disappear on a dark background. If your outline stroke is too wide, it sometimes eats away at the thinner strokes and stems inside.
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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
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Personally I think all copyright labels look ugly and detract from the picture. I haven't seen a good one yet for that matter.
Yours aren't any worse than my opinion of other either. To improve my dislike for yours I'd go with BuonRotto's suggestion. I think of all the options I like it best when a border is placed around the image and the stamp is in the border. Sure it's easier to crop out you stamp, but I can edit out your stamp in minutes too. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't think you should get credit but that I don't like that method of doing it. It just kills the image. Again, yours isn't that horrid, I just don't like them. Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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Another one is to do a 50% transparent black or gray, and choose negation filter. or something else that will ensure it shows up on either a light or dark background.
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Could someone make an example image of what the mentioned options would look like on some various backgrounds? My text skills with Photoshop (I'm using CS1) are pretty weak, and I honestly don't know how to do any of the above mentioned options.
If it makes any difference, my stamp has to be able to work as a batch process using a recorded action. I sometimes upload batches of a hundred or more photos at once, so manual stamping isn't an option. I used to do that back when I used Windows and Paint Shop Pro, and it was hell. |
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Try a nice bold font (feel free to shrink the font size to compensate). A low drop shadow rather than a glow oughtta do the trick, it's a bit classier.
Here I've put it on a light and dark background in one of your photos. I just used the "Low Drop Shadow" style in Photoshop Elements with a Century Gothic font. |
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I'm REALLY liking the Century Gothic+Drop Shadow combination. Here's my tests:
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3081/img5381xn7.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7263/img5429cs0.jpg Both those use a 2px drop shadow. Now here's my last choice to make: 2px or 1px? 2px: http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3664/2pxuz4.jpg 1px: http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/669/1pxop1.jpg |
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2px. But I like the bold + capitalized + smaller version better.
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I wasn't a big fan of the all-caps so I stuck with standard. It's bold, and it's the smallest font size it can be without being too small. That's 7pt, and 6pt was tiny.
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All that's left for me to do is pick between the 2px and 1px shadow distances, I'll probably settle on that later tonight and then start using it.
joveblue ftw. |
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Orlando, FL
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Have you thought maybe of making that white semi-transparent?
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Not a big fan of transparency.
Side note: For 800x600 web photos I've been using 180 PPI... Is that overkill? |
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800x600 is 800x600 no matter what the PPI is.
I have no clue what happens when using non-standard PPI, but normally you'd use 72. |
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