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Anonymous
July 30, 2022
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Watermark, what's the best option?

  • July 30, 2022
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I'm selling PDF's I've created, what's the best WM, one large diagonally across the page, or multipul's ?

Also, how easy/hard would it be for someone to remove it ?

Thx

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    Correct answer try67

    Depends. If all you add is a watermark then quite easy. If you convert the entire page to an image (although that's not very user-friendly) then it's more difficult. If you encrypt the file using a file-open password, even more so. And if you digitally sign the file it will allow you to show that the file has been edited (because it will invalidate the signature).

    As to the best way to show it, there's really no answer to that. It's up to your own personal preferences.
    Diagonal text is good as it doesn't interfere (that much) with the content of the file and doesn't confuse the user when reading the text, for example.

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    July 30, 2022

    Depends. If all you add is a watermark then quite easy. If you convert the entire page to an image (although that's not very user-friendly) then it's more difficult. If you encrypt the file using a file-open password, even more so. And if you digitally sign the file it will allow you to show that the file has been edited (because it will invalidate the signature).

    As to the best way to show it, there's really no answer to that. It's up to your own personal preferences.
    Diagonal text is good as it doesn't interfere (that much) with the content of the file and doesn't confuse the user when reading the text, for example.

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    Anonymous
    July 31, 2022

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    Thank you for a very consise reply.

    Anyway, 'If you convert the entire page to an image' JPEG etc ?

    I have a lot so in a batch/bulk in PS or AA ?

    Lastly, is there a tut on this topic?

    regards

     

     

    try67
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    July 31, 2022

    You can do it directly in Acrobat. Go to File - Save As Other - Image. That will convert all the pages to separate image files. Then go to File - Create - Combine Files into a Single PDF and select those image fields, to create a ("flattened") new version of the file.

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    July 30, 2022

    Easy.  

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