Realistically, how long for Watermarks to "update"?

PhotoLasVegas

Ok, I finally got around to taking my giant copyright "C" out of the middle of all the photos, and am putting our logo across the bottom.

Anyway, I did all the steps to create the watermark, manually changed the settings in 1 gallery to test it (it works great).

Then I went to Settings and selected "Multiple Galleries", and then selected about 24 additional galleries with a total of a bit over 10,000 photos. I changed only the watermark (changed which watermark was used, since there was already a watermark being used).

So it's been 2 hours, and from a random check on the galleries, I can't find ANY photos that have been changed. Admittedly I checked 6 galleries, and checked a couple photos near the "top" of the gallery, a couple in the "middle" and a couple at the "end". Nothing.

So it's possible I've just not found any changed watermarks yet, and it's still "in process". It's also possible I did something wrong and nothing will ever happen. But I don't want to change the settings AGAIN until I know for sure.

So, there's the background... and my very basic question again, is "Realistically (approximately?) how long does it take for watermark settings to update?"

jfriend

PhotoLasVegas wrote:

Ok, I finally got around to taking my giant copyright "C" out of the middle of all the photos, and am putting our logo across the bottom.

Anyway, I did all the steps to create the watermark, manually changed the settings in 1 gallery to test it (it works great).

Then I went to Settings and selected "Multiple Galleries", and then selected about 24 additional galleries with a total of a bit over 10,000 photos. I changed only the watermark (changed which watermark was used, since there was already a watermark being used).

So it's been 2 hours, and from a random check on the galleries, I can't find ANY photos that have been changed. Admittedly I checked 6 galleries, and checked a couple photos near the "top" of the gallery, a couple in the "middle" and a couple at the "end". Nothing.

So it's possible I've just not found any changed watermarks yet, and it's still "in process". It's also possible I did something wrong and nothing will ever happen. But I don't want to change the settings AGAIN until I know for sure.

So, there's the background... and my very basic question again, is "Realistically (approximately?) how long does it take for watermark settings to update?"

Watermarks are confusing. There is a watermark associated with a gallery and that is applied to newly uploaded photos. This may be what you changed. Changing this does not affect photos already in the gallery.

Then, there is a command in a given gallery in order to apply a watermark to the already uploaded photos - Tools/Many Photos/Watermarking. I don't know of a way to apply a watermark to many galleries.

Try this command on one particular gallery and see if that gets you going.

PhotoLasVegas

When I go to the galleries, settings, it shows that the "new" watermark SHOULD be showing up (every gallery shows the "new" watermark as the watermark in the "settings")... but you are right that when I changed the settings for Multiple Galleries, there was NOT an option to change watermark on existing photos (unlike when I change it for an individual gallery, there's that checkbox option).

I really dont' want to go thru every gallery to change this setting, man I hope it works!

rainforest1155

PhotoLasVegas wrote: »

When I go to the galleries, settings, it shows that the "new" watermark SHOULD be showing up (every gallery shows the "new" watermark as the watermark in the "settings")... but you are right that when I changed the settings for Multiple Galleries, there was NOT an option to change watermark on existing photos (unlike when I change it for an individual gallery, there's that checkbox option).

I really dont' want to go thru every gallery to change this setting, man I hope it works!

I'm afraid, there's no bulk watermarking tool.
And if you change the watermarking setting in the gallery settings, it's by design that existing photos in the gallery are not updated. It's a setting that is applied to future uploads only. That's because you can have photos with different watermarks in a gallery.

To change watermarks on existing photos in a gallery, use the Tools button > many photos > more > watermarking tool.

I wish I had a better answer, but you'll have to do this for each gallery individually.

More information on watermarking is here:
http://www.smugmug.com/help/custom-watermark-protection

Sebastian