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How do I batch watermark a logo onto varying heights?

  • July 21, 2012
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I would like to watermark a logo on a batch folder of photos, but the photos are different heights (but same width). If I use text in Photoshop it's not a problem, but if I use my logo the Action places it in different positions depending on the height of the photo. What I am looking for is a way to have the logo placed in a relative position to the bottom right corner of the photo. Say, 25px from the bottom and 0px from the right. I am unsure of how to achieve this relative placement.

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    Correct answer station_two

    There's a classic Russell Brown tutorial that might help you.  It was created for Photoshop CS2, but the technique is applicable to later versions of Photoshop too.

    Go to:  http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html , and scroll down till you see this:

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    jeremias vigo
    jeremias vigo
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    March 24, 2018

    Here is another way to do this. The language is in Portuguese but it's very easy to follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA6xuKf8CDM

    jeremias vigo
    jeremias vigo
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    March 24, 2018

    Here is a way to do this. The video language is in Portuguese but it's very easy to follow the steps: Inserir marca d'agua ou logo em várias fotos de qualquer formato simultaneamente - YouTube

    c.pfaffenbichler
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    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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    July 21, 2012

    In the long run it may pay off to look into Scripting for Watermarking.

    But Actions may suffice and if the logo in question (mind posting a screenshot?) is hard-edged and does use only a limited number of colors it might be convenient to vectorize it and include the paths (»Insert Path«) in the Action – that way one would not need to keep an external image avilable and could transfer the Action more easily.

    c.pfaffenbichler
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    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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    July 21, 2012

    You may well want to look into more accompliahed Watermarking techniques, but for your immediate problem adding

    • Select All

    • Align right

    • Align bottom

    • nudge left

    to your Action might suffice.

    JJMack
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    JJMackCommunity Expert
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    July 21, 2012

    c.pfaffenbichler wrote:

    • Select All

    • Align right

    • Align bottom

    • nudge left

    to your Action might suffice.

    Because the print width is the same the same size font will work well and be align well like appended and even make your 25 pixel nudge left and up after the select all do a select>Modift Selection>Contract in the dialog 25px  Then do the Layer>Align Layers to selection>bottom edge etc without the end nudge left

    JJMack
    JJMack
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    JJMackCommunity Expert
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    February 18, 2013

    Hi guys, wondering if you have any ideas on a new dilemma. I have upgraded Photoshop to CS6 and installed Russell Brown's Image Processor Pro.

    I have the ongoing task of processing pics of different sizes and different width/height ratios.

    I would like to get the following result using IP Pro (in collaboration with an action):

    1. Downsize pic to 960 pixels wide (height doesn't matter, but needs to stay in ratio)

    2. Watermark pic.

    3. Save.

    4. Creating a thumbnail of 320 x 213 pixels, without distorting ratio. This may mean downsizing to 320 wide with relative height, *then* cropping via Image-Canvas Size. Chopping a bit off is preferable to me than distorting the ratio.

    5. Save the smaller version as 'Documentnamex' (i.e. adding an 'x' to the document name for the thumbnail.

    I have 1-3 in an action and have used it for years.

    But as for the task of a smaller thumbnail, kept in ratio but chopped and named with an x - I am stumped. I downloaded IP Pro for the task, but I can't get it to work.

    If I save the original with IP Pro (at step 3), how do I then get it to make the thumbnail?

    If I create the thumbnail in the action, *then* do 2 saves in IP Pro (thumbnail and 960 version), the bigger one will be pixelated (and no surprises there)

    Summary: I want 2 watermarked versions:

    1. 1234a.jpg: 960 pixels wide, height relative

    2. 1234ax.jpg: thumnail, 320 wide x 213 high

    Any ideas?

    Julie


    juliew1589 wrote:

    Summary: I want 2 watermarked versions:

    1. 1234a.jpg: 960 pixels wide, height relative

    2. 1234ax.jpg: thumnail, 320 wide x 213 high

    Image Processors like Image Processor Pro can easily do (1.)  you just need an action to do the water mark anf the Image Processor Pro can do the resize all you need do is set the width and height to 960px.   Image Processor Pro uses fit image to do the resize when the height and width is set to 960px the larges size of you image will be resized to 960 and the other side will be resized to maintain the image's aspect ratio.

    Number (2.) is not easy to do and your watermark needs to be quite simple to be readable on an image that small. In fact I don't think a straight action can be crafted to do 2. particularly if you want to crop both Portrait and Landscape orientated images to a  landscape 320:213 aspect ratio crop.  I have coded a Plug-in script to be used in actions that can do that but I have not made it public.  For cropping portraits into landscapes and landscapes into portraits does not work well for the image's compositions changes so much for much of the image content need to be cropped off. Cropping that changes orientation is best done interactively so you have control selecting the crop's composition.

    If all images have a Landscape aspect ratio where width is longer then height you can download my crafting actions package.  It contains a sample watermarking action that can watermark any size image. The package also contains a Plug-in Script the can set up a centered maximum size Aspect Ratio selection that has a 320:213 ratio.  This script is some what like fit image it was coded to preserve an image orientation. If you record the plug-in step 320  213 and the image has a portrait aspect ratio the plug-in will use a portrait aspect ratio 213:320. Follow the AspectRatioSelection script with an Image Crop the watermark the crop execute the action before you use Fit Image to resize the image to 320x213. If yo do the Fit Image do not set the Image Processor Tab to do and resizing.

    Crafting Actions Package UPDATED Aug 14, 2012 Changed AspectRatioSelection Plug-in script added Path support.

    Contains

    Example Watermark Types

    Download

    JJMack
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    Inspiring
    July 21, 2012

    There's a classic Russell Brown tutorial that might help you.  It was created for Photoshop CS2, but the technique is applicable to later versions of Photoshop too.

    Go to:  http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html , and scroll down till you see this:

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