How do you copyright your digital images so that the copyright logo and your name appear on the photo itself? Can it be done in Photshop Elements?
You automatically hold the copyright on any original work you create.
Proving it is the trick. Whenever you create something, just be sure to keep an original somewhere, with a date stamp on it. A quick note: If it's a digital work, and it's the kind of thing that you'll be updating over and over again, saving over the original file, that will update the date stamp on the file, and you won't win a legal fight by saying you created something first. Just keep the early sketches or an early version backed up. (Can you tell I write original web apps?)
Yes, unless you explicitly have it removed when exporting. (converting to say, jpeg)If you shoot in RAW (NEF), does the original date stamp remain after processing and editing?
Please note that whether you add an explicit copyright indicator or not - you have copyright over your own photos from the moment you take them (in the United States at least).
People on the web tend to be very lax/ignorant about copyright, so adding the copyright text may very well be a good idea as an additional deterrent - but it's not required.
How do you copyright your digital images so that the copyright logo and your name appear on the photo itself? Can it be done in Photshop Elements?