Creating a waterman action so I can watermark several images in one go

[Challenger Gibraltar]

Hi

I have at least 60 images that I want to watermark in one go, I regularly have batches of around 40-50 images. I have been told that making and action is the best way to achieve this however I don't know how to create the action or ensure the watermark is going to be the right size for each image. I do not know how to use Lightroom I can't get my head around it so I have to achieve this in photoshop. If there is someone out there who can take me through a step by step guide then I would really appreciate this. I have a head injury so find things very difficult to understand so could I ask you to explain the way to do this as easily as possible please. Thank you.

Best Regards

Paul

[JJMack]

Crafting Actions Package UPDATED Aug 10, 2014 Added Conditional Action steps to Action Palette Tips.
Contains

• Action Actions Palette Tips.txt
• Action Creation Guidelines.txt
• Action Dealing with Image Size.txt
• Action Enhanced via Scripted Photoshop Functions.txt
• CraftedActions.atn Sample Action set includes an example Watermarking action
• Sample Actions.txt Photoshop CraftedActions set saved as a text file.
• More then a dozen Scripts for use in actions

Example

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Also you can modify this script 3 var setting for your use http://www.mouseprints.net/old/dpr/PlaceWatermark.jsx

You can also create a one step action for this script for like the action above this script can watermark any size image.  And the actions can be batched. I prefer using Image Processor Pro plug-in script that can be downloaded from the web.

Image Processor Pro can be used from the Bridge and From Photoshop.  Because it a Photoshop Plug-in you can also record using it in an action.  The plug-in will record whet you set in its dialog when recording the action into the action step and will be use when the action is used without displaying any dialog.

Since the Watermark is resized for the current document size.  Your watermark file should be a vector PSD file or A large size png file for downsizing work better than up-sizing when interpolation needs to be used.

Any size Document can be watermarked because of the scripting used in the actions.  An action alone can not use logic to deal with document size.  Normally watermark action deal with a single size document or resize  all document processed to a known size.   The actions here can watermark any reasonable size document.  You can not watermark icon or very small thumbnails they do not have the number of pixels that is required.

[Benjamin Root]

I have a short, but in-depth, tutorial showing the process I use to watermark my images. You might find it useful. If nothing else, it should give you a basic overview of how actions work, and how they can combine with scripts:

And if you'd prefer a three part series:

Automate Watermarking Images in Photoshop CC (Part 1 - Prepping Your Watermark) - YouTube

Automate Watermarking Images in Photoshop CC (Part 2 - Creating an Action) - YouTube

Automate Watermarking Images in Photoshop CC (Part 3 - Advanced Actions & Conditionals) - YouTube