iBunny, I do not have Adobe Photoshop 7CS2 but this may still work for you with Photoshop V6.1 instructions. Kind of sameo-sameo here.
? Do not use your original photo.
You will need that to sell your originals.
? Use a copy and rename it.
? You may also want to make a back-up copy of all your originals before you try anything!
?In Adobe Photoshop:
? Open and save your original as a copy and what you want to call it as a CMYK file. You can change the final CMYK file to a JPEG RGB file later and the final size of the file.
? Just work with what you have from your camera right now.
? Scan your Signiture as a sharp line scan x200% or larger.
? Save it as bitmap to a file or desktop.
? Go to layers and add a new layer as transparent to your copy of your photo.
? Open your signiture file and copy it.
? Paste that image where you want to have the image placed on your photo by drawing a marquie on the 2nd layer.
? Choose file and choose paste into.
? Paste the image, control or command V. (Paste into this area.) Adjust the image size by scaleing the image larger or smaller. (Image/adjust/scale)
? Select that image that is still active and change the bitmap to gray-scale and change the gray-scale to cmyk.
? Deselect the sig. (Command or Control D)
? Choose a color from the picker or such and ok it as cmyk color. That color will now be on your forground pallet.
? Go to your magic wand tool and click on the sig while holding down the shift key until you have the full sig selected.
? Choose File/paste background white.
? Do the same thing and select forground color that you have selected and paste into the image the second time.
? If you want the sig to be combined with your image select screen multiply. Which will give you a transparent effect.
? If you want the sig lighter, go to curves and adjust the x-mark down as much as you want.
? Satisfied with the sig, go to layers and select flatten image. That will make your image as one. Not as a layer. That action is final to the final image.
Satisfied, choose Save as a jpeg for photos or leave as cmyk and as an EPS for your commercial printer and at 300 DPI, dots per inch.
I think that I would like to have a pure white, or a screen on white of my photos and rather small to let all view it without giving away your photo art. You could position it on the lower third of your photo to begin with. Experiment with it.
If you wanted to have a cast shadow to your sig, you could do that also.
That would be lesson #2. With an additional layer.
iBunny, these steps may seem long to you, yet they go quickly when you are used to them.
Don't worry at all. The original image has been saved as a copy. Not satisfied with the results or color or size, start over with another save as from the original file.
This similar tip will be on the tutorials from Adobe.com also. Just download the tutorial and try them out. Nice!
As far as Infranview goes, or for that matter, Photobucket Pro, you could ask Grim or Bob Proffitt for their input here. They or someone else that has experience on these other programs please jump in and give your suggestions.
All suggestions and help are welcome.
iBunny, have fun doing this.
-Kevin