If you have an photograph that you are posting on the web, it is a good idea to watermark it, particularly if you think that people would like to use the image. There are several different ways to watermark an image (ie. a watermark brush).

This tutorial will walk you through the steps of creating a watermark.  I will be walking through how to do this watermark in Photoshop.  However, the principles can apply to other programs.

Step 1:  Open a new file in Photoshop.

Step 2:  Click on the text tool and type the text that you want on your picture.

Step 3:  With your the layer selected.  choose Window, Character from the top menu. Format to your font, and size preference.  Then make the text color white.