If you"re placing your photographs on the Internet, you"ll want to make sure you protect your rights to those images. The best way to protect digital photos is by learning how to watermark your photos. With a digital photo, a watermark is a faint logo or word(s) superimposed over the top of the photo. The idea of placing a watermark on your photos is so that others will not want to try to copy and use the photo without permission. Many Web sites use watermarks to show that a particular image is copyrighted, and it may not be copied and used elsewhere without the permission of the original Web site. Use these tips to learn how to watermark your photos. Choosing Watermarking Software Watermarking photos is a pretty easy process, as long as you have the right software. Within a few minutes, you probably can complete watermarking on dozens of your photos. You have a variety of options for how to watermark your photos with software. Here are some of your watermarking software options. Photoshop. Adding a text watermark in Photoshop is very easy. Just use the Type tool and place a text string over the photo in gray. Edit the text to make it look like you want. PANTERASoft Watermark Editor. Select the watermark options once and apply it to the unlimited number of photos in one simple action.