Need help with Watermark please

challengedchallenged Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
edited December 6, 2011 in SmugMug Support
When I apply the watermark to the photos the photo it leaves the watermark but makes the photo look fuzzy like there is a film over it. What am i doing wrong?:help:help

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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited November 29, 2011
    Please out line your steps for making the watermark,
    so that we will know exactly what you are doing.

    Thanx.
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 30, 2011
    And, please show us a link to the photos you are watermarking, thanks.
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  • challengedchallenged Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
    edited December 4, 2011
    Need help with my watermark please
    http://connermajik.smugmug.com/Photography/ConnerMajik/19286975_j8JxCt#1505999999_VZjT9KL
    I used paint to make my watermark because I couldn't figure out how to format text any other way. Then I saved it as a jpg and uploaded to smugmug and clicked make watermark.
    I have seen some really talented watermarks and would love to figure out how to do one of those but for now I will just make a normal watermark.
    Connermajik
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  • challengedchallenged Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
    edited December 4, 2011
    Help with watermark
    Art Scott wrote: »
    Please out line your steps for making the watermark,
    so that we will know exactly what you are doing.

    Thanx.

    I made the text using Paint, then saved it as a jpg, uploaded to smugmug and clicked on make this a watermark. Paint was the only place I could figure out how to format the text. http://connermajik.smugmug.com/Photography/ConnerMajik/19286975_j8JxCt#1505999999_VZjT9KL
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2011
    Hello, do you have Photoshop? MS Paint isn't really a real editing program :) The trick is to make a transparent png, and only select the words, not the entire background, too...
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  • challengedchallenged Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
    edited December 4, 2011
    I have Photo Shop Elements. I tried to do it in Elements and had difficulty so I tried Paint.
  • challengedchallenged Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
    edited December 5, 2011
    I did manage to make one in Photoshop but now cannot get SmugMug to apply to all photos.
    In my Greece collection is only displays 2 photos that have the option on apply the watermark.:help:help:help
  • challengedchallenged Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
    edited December 5, 2011
    Art Scott wrote: »
    Please out line your steps for making the watermark,
    so that we will know exactly what you are doing.

    Thanx.

    I created a new watermark using Photoshop and it looks ok, not fantastic but ok. Now the problem I am having is it will let me apply the watermark to only some photos. For example my photos in my Greece and Italy collections only have photomarks on some photos. The Greece collection will only even let me pick 2 photos to watermark. What am i doing wrong?
  • rainforest1155rainforest1155 Registered Users Posts: 4,566 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2011
    challenged wrote: »
    I created a new watermark using Photoshop and it looks ok, not fantastic but ok. Now the problem I am having is it will let me apply the watermark to only some photos. For example my photos in my Greece and Italy collections only have photomarks on some photos. The Greece collection will only even let me pick 2 photos to watermark. What am i doing wrong?
    Are the photos large enough? You can only watermark photos with 801 pixel or more on the longest side. You can't watermark photos any smaller.

    If you continue to have a problem, include a link to the gallery in question or if you don't want to share the link publicly, email our helpdesk:
    http://help.smugmug.com/
    Sebastian
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  • chipjchipj Registered Users Posts: 149 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2011
    challenged: I can empathize with you, having just re-applied a new watermark to all my photographs. I found the SmugMug watermark tool buggy, and so I decided to apply my watermarks before I uploaded my images to SmugMug (I disabled the automated watermark option within SmugMug).

    Are you still having the fuzzy image problem you mentioned originally? The clarity of the two images in your Greece collection looked fine to me on my PC.

    challenged wrote: »
    I did manage to make one in Photoshop but now cannot get SmugMug to apply to all photos.
    In my Greece collection is only displays 2 photos that have the option on apply the watermark.:help:help:help
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2011
    chipj wrote: »
    I found the SmugMug watermark tool buggy,

    How so? Specifics will help us to help you.

    Putting watermarks on your photos and then uploading is a bad idea, those watermarks will appear on prints ordered.
    Andy

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  • chipjchipj Registered Users Posts: 149 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2011
    Andy, the watermarked proofs won't be printed on orders if you use the proof delay and replace the image before it's printed. This is the method I prefer.

    I never reported my original issue because I don't have time to troubleshoot these types of issues.
    Andy wrote: »
    How so? Specifics will help us to help you.

    Putting watermarks on your photos and then uploading is a bad idea, those watermarks will appear on prints ordered.
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2011
    chipj wrote: »
    I never reported my original issue because I don't have time to troubleshoot these types of issues.

    OK, we have zillions of people using our watermark tool without issue - if you ever want us to help you, just holler, we're always standing by at http://help.smugmug.com
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  • challengedchallenged Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
    edited December 5, 2011
    rainforest1155 wrote: »
    Are the photos large enough? You can only watermark photos with 801 pixel or more on the longest side. You can't watermark photos any smaller.

    If you continue to have a problem, include a link to the gallery in question or if you don't want to share the link publicly, email our helpdesk:
    http://help.smugmug.com/

    Thank you! That is the answer. For some reason I copied some over different sizes.
    Thanks everyone so much!!

    Can you tell me how to make my watermark thicker print, so that it appears like the smugmug watermark does?
  • rainforest1155rainforest1155 Registered Users Posts: 4,566 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2011
    challenged wrote: »
    Thank you! That is the answer. For some reason I copied some over different sizes.
    Thanks everyone so much!!

    Can you tell me how to make my watermark thicker print, so that it appears like the smugmug watermark does?
    I'm glad to hear that!

    If you can include a link to your current watermark image, we could take a closer look. If you don't want to post that publicly, contact us at the helpdesk with details.
    Sebastian
    SmugMug Support Hero
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