Best way to batch watermark

mpriest13

I want to add a watermark/logo to my images and wonder what is the fastest way to do it....sorry if this has been asked before.

I have LR2 and CS4.

Thanks!

Snowgirl

It depends. Do you have a SmugMug account? If so, you can watermark entire galleries with a couple of mouse clicks.

ziggy53

Snowgirl wrote:

It depends. Do you have a SmugMug account? If so, you can watermark entire galleries with a couple of mouse clicks.

Yep

ivar

In LR: LR2/Mogrify

BradfordBenn

If you have CS4, one can also use an action in Fireworks to batch process images. A large portion of the way to do it is your workflow. I used to watermark everything using Fireworks, but then I had to store two images. Now I just watermark on export from Lightroom if needed for such things as PowerPoint usage; for everything else I use SmugMug's watermark feature.

gramps50

I use pHatch when I want to process a bunch of pictures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phatch

ziggy53

If you run Windows I believe that "FastStone Photo Resizer" can batch resize and watermark, but I have not tested it myself. It's freeware so would not cost anything to try.

509 Graphics

If you have Adobe Bridge (usually bundled with PS), you can do batch watermarking through the "Photoshop Tools" option while resizing your image (if necessary)

Thanks,
Kevin

mmmatt

I have cs3 and I use bridge > tools > photoshop > image processor. With image processor you can batch re-size and also run an action. I deliver full res and low res with watermark to all my clients so this works for me. Only problem I have is I can't find a way to create an action that will place my logo onto the frame so I use text centered on the bottom of the page and sized to fit within the horizontal measurement of my vertical comps. I always use 1200 pixels as the max h and w on my low res so I create the txt watermark action by manipulating an 800x1200 image. Sure wish I could figure out an easy way to incorporate my logo though.

Matt

colourbox

If uploading to Smugmug, I like the Smugmug watermarker because it's nondestructive. You upload images without watermarks, you batch apply your watermark to the images, and the images have watermarks only on the Web but never on prints or downloads.

If not uploading to Smugmug, I'm liking the new watermarker in the Export dialog of Lightroom 3 beta 2. It's very customizable and positions consistently. You can type in text or import a graphic. I know how to build a Photoshop action to do this, but it's incredibly time-consuming and clumsy both to setup and to run. The Lightroom 3 way is much easier and cleaner.