If you don't want others to use your photos and images without your permission, you can create a so called custom watermark with your name or any other text you want.
You will learn how to manipulate a photograph in a way it will look like an object, melting snowman in my case, is sticking out of a photo using Photoshop CS5.
If you want your progress bar to look a bit different you can create it in a shape of a circle with counter in the middle. We will create in a so called flat design trend using Adobe Photoshop.