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lizziem17115800
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July 26, 2018
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Resizing a watermark for multiple photos

  • July 26, 2018
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Hiya, this glitch is driving me insane - please help!!!

I've looked at loads of tutorials on watermarking images and have set up an action all fine.

Then I go to watermark a batch of about 100, and about 2/3 of them come out perfect (picture 1) but on others, the logo comes out MASSIVE (pic 2) and I don't know why. I've looked at so many conflicting video tutorials so hoping somebody on here can help.

Somebody on another thread suggested making the logo massive and then resizing it by a % when placing onto the image, and making that part of the action, but then all of them came out huge.

Thank you!
Lizzie

PS: I've used these tutorials, amongst others:

https://www.visualwatermark.com/blog/2011/05/04/photoshop-batch-watermarking/

Watermark Logo Action Using Photoshop - YouTube

Watermark Multiple Photos at Once | Photoshop CC - YouTube

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Correct answer Bojan Živković11378569

Right here's the two images. one that worked, one that didn't. As I said, I changed them so they are the same size.

No no, I know how to screen shot. But I'm on my work PC, which doesn't have Photoshop. I have my mac next to me which does, but it not connected to the internet.


Record step to change resolution and position it at the top, before Place step.

  • Ensure that you have image open in Photoshop. Image resolution can be any beside 72
  • Select action in the Actions panel
  • Click begin recording button in the Actions panel
  • Go to Image > Image Size
  • Uncheck Resample Image
  • Type 72 in the Resolution field and confirm
  • Stop recording
  • You should have step Image Size at the bottom of action. When expanded it should have data only about Resolution
  • Drag step Image Size at the beginning of action to be the very first step and check if action works as you expect

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c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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July 26, 2018

An Action could include a step to resize images to the same resolution (Image > Image Size with »Resample« unchecked).

And to homogenise the watermark placement on different sizes one could use »Select All« and »Align …«.

c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 26, 2018

What are the pixel dimensions and resolutions of

• images where the action succeeded and

• images where it produced an undesired result?

In your examples it seems to be 72ppi and 300ppi.

That can make a significant difference.

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    lizziem17115800Author
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    July 26, 2018

    Well, I was told to resize the images so they were all the same, which I did using this method: https://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/tutorials/photoshop/how-resize-multiple-images-in-photoshop/

    But they have come out different size again once I rand the watermark action (see below).

    c.pfaffenbichler
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    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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    July 26, 2018

    Please post a screenshot of the expanded Action and Action Steps in the Actions Panel.

    But they have come out different size again once I rand the watermark action (see below).

    According to the screenshot they have the same pixel dimensions, so what do. you mean?

    Bojan Živković11378569
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    Bojan Živković11378569Community Expert
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    July 26, 2018

    Have you tried with free Watermark CC to accomplish that task? Watermark for Adobe Photoshop CC (English)

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