I use Paint.NET on regular basis. It’s one of those tools that’s light on resources and packed with features. It lets you get the job done without overwhelming you with advanced features (if I need to do advanced image editing I fire up GIMP). I needed to add a watermark on one of the images I took so naturally I opened Paint.NET and checked the menus for a watermark feature (I have seen this in other programs) and to my disappointment found none.
So here are few simple steps for adding a watermark to your image with Paint.NET:
- Open your image
- Click Layers in the menu bar and Add New Layer
- With the new Layer selected (the Layers window in Paint.NET is on the bottom right by default. If you turned it off you can get it back by going to Window->Layers). Click the text tool and type the text of your watermark.
- NOTE: White color text is usually the best for watermarks
- Now double click the new Layer (in the Layers window) this brings up Layer Properties.
- In Layer Properties change the Mode to Overlay and adjust the Opacity to your liking (about 110 is usually what I pick).
- Save your image and you are done.
You will need to flatten the image. Don’t worry Paint.NET will prompt you to do this when you try to save the image in any standard format like .jpg (or you can always select your Layer and click Layers and Marge Layer Down from the menu).
