Create rectangle with dimensions in percentage?

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April 23, 2018
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I'm trying to get an action to automate putting a watermark on a photo. Since photo dimensions vary wildly because of cropping, I want to have the action set such that it creates a rectangle that scales proportionally across these dimensions. To be exact, I want it to be 35% of the width and 4% of the height of the photo. Is this possible?

(Bonus points if I can get a text box sized in the same way)

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Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

You know your rules might distort the watermark/rectangle differently for landscape and portrait images for example?

One work-around might be first setting the image width in Image > Image Size with »Resample« unchecked, then placing the watermark as an Smart Object.

For more involved approaches you might want to consider using a Script.

c.pfaffenbichler

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You know your rules might distort the watermark/rectangle differently for landscape and portrait images for example?

One work-around might be first setting the image width in Image > Image Size with »Resample« unchecked, then placing the watermark as an Smart Object.

For more involved approaches you might want to consider using a Script.

jintakhanAuthor

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I was planning to have one for landscape and one for portrait, but I'll look into scripting which looks much more flexible and promising. Thanks!

c.pfaffenbichler

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If you have some JavaScript-knowledge it should not be too hard.

In any case there is a Scripting Forum:

Photoshop Scripting

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