watermark help

marlinspike

Anybody know why my watermark uploaded like this? I followed Andy's instructions.
http://davidson.smugmug.com/gallery/358347/1/84585713

marlinspike

marlinspike wrote:

Anybody know why my watermark uploaded like this? I followed Andy's instructions.
http://davidson.smugmug.com/gallery/358347/1/84585713

Ok, I see. Instructions forgot to note that you need to flatten the layers, or maybe I just misread.

Andy

marlinspike wrote:

Ok, I see. Instructions forgot to note that you need to flatten the layers, or maybe I just misread.

All set, Richard?

marlinspike

Hmmm...actually no. I thought it worked, but it makes the watermarked area all white now...I'll figure it out...I'm glad there is the history window in PS.

brandofamily

Andy wrote:

All set, Richard?

OK. I have the standard water mark on ALL my pics. If I creaste a custom watermark do I need to re-water mark ALL my images?

Andy

brandofamily wrote:

OK. I have the standard water mark on ALL my pics. If I creaste a custom watermark do I need to re-water mark ALL my images?

Yes, you must unwatermark and then rewatermark. Good thing school's out, Anthony

marlinspike

marlinspike wrote:

Hmmm...actually no. I thought it worked, but it makes the watermarked area all white now...I'll figure it out...I'm glad there is the history window in PS.

Ok, I think I get it. It looks funny when I look at it in the gallery, but the smugmug watermark maker tool thing makes it look right.

brandofamily

Andy wrote:

Yes, you must unwatermark and then rewatermark. Good thing school's out, Anthony

No kidding. But it will keep me busy and keep me from asking any more unanswerable questions for awhile...

Andy

marlinspike wrote:

Ok, I think I get it. It looks funny when I look at it in the gallery, but the smugmug watermark maker tool thing makes it look right.

Right. -O for pngs

let me see?

marlinspike

Hmmm, it doesn't seem to work with diagonal watermarking
http://Davidson.smugmug.com/photos/84590544-O.jpg

And no, I don't need to flatten layers...on the first go I clicked the text tool multiple times and made multiple layers without meaning to.


Erm...nevermind, it works...it just doesn't appear to work in the make watermark tool thingy.

brandofamily

one last one before i try to make my own. 100px x 600px.... good size or too narrow?

Andy

brandofamily wrote:

one last one before i try to make my own. 100px x 600px.... good size or too narrow?

Sure, go for it! Experiment, too.

brandofamily

Andy wrote:

Sure, go for it! Experiment, too.

Sorry. As I was working I thought of one more... will SM adjust WM size for image size? What I'm getting at is that a 800px wide WM is great for large size. But medium image view is only 600px and a portrait is even narrower...

marlinspike

I think 600 is good if the biggest thing you show are mediums and you want it to be horizontal. For diagonal I think 800 is a good width. I'm thinking that for diagonal you want to rotate by 30degrees...but I can't tell since watermarking appears to be kinda slow right now. I guess everyone is trying it out.

Andy

brandofamily wrote:

What did I do wrong?


I saved for web as png and flattened image 1st. Used original to creat water mark...

Don't flatten, try "merging visible" and be sure to save as a transparent png

marlinspike

Yeah, don't flatten, that was my mistake. You want to keep the background transparent (you'll know it is in CS since if it's transparent the background will be checkered). Also...if you plan on going diagonal, just FYI, rotate CCW by 31 degrees.

{JT}

marlinspike wrote:

Erm...nevermind, it works...it just doesn't appear to work in the make watermark tool thingy.

Thanks, it should work - I will check with Don.

brandofamily

Can not seem to edit the one(s) I've created...

Cindy

brandofamily wrote:

Can not seem to edit the one(s) I've created...

I'll second this... I can't edit them either...
and here I thought it was just me

AnneMcBean

Just to clarify...

Andy wrote:

Yes, you must unwatermark and then rewatermark. Good thing school's out, Anthony

Andy- you actually don't need to remove watermarks first. Just select the "proofed" images and watermark them with a custom watermark. It will automagically make the switch for you. :

brandofamily wrote:

Sorry. As I was working I thought of one more... will SM adjust WM size for image size? What I'm getting at is that a 800px wide WM is great for large size. But medium image view is only 600px and a portrait is even narrower...

You may find a way that works better for you, but I make my watermarks so they look good on the large sized image. Then, SmugMug scales it so it looks good on the smaller sizes as well.

Cindy wrote:

I'll second this... I can't edit them either...
and here I thought it was just me

I'm able to edit mine in my control panel just fine. Are your changes not sticking?

Cindy

I click edit, a new page starts to open..... then it all just stops... nothing... it's as if the edit page won't open.

AnneMcBean

Hmm...

Cindy wrote:

I click edit, a new page starts to open..... then it all just stops... nothing... it's as if the edit page won't open.

Just to clarify, is this the "edit" link in the control panel? Or the edit button on the next page?

Also, what browser are you using?

Thanks for helping us track this down.

-Anne

Cindy

AnneMBean wrote:

Just to clarify, is this the "edit" link in the control panel? Or the edit button on the next page?

Also, what browser are you using?

Thanks for helping us track this down.

-Anne

Edit in the control panel works fine and opens this page:
.../homepage/watermarks.mg
(I removed the first part of the link just in case I should)

When I click edit &/or delete on that second page is when it starts to open a new page but then just kinda hangs there.

I'm using IE6

No problem. Thank you'll for checking into it

Andy

AnneMcBean wrote:

Andy- you actually don't need to remove watermarks first. Just select the "proofed" images and watermark them with a custom watermark. It will automagically make the switch for you. :

d'0h!!!!!

Andy

Any of you still not able to edit your watermarks? I've just re-checked, IE6, FF, and Safari, contolpanel>edit>change it, rename it, etc, save is working fine for me.

If you are experiencing any troubles let us know.

Barb

Andy wrote:

Any of you still not able to edit your watermarks? I've just re-checked, IE6, FF, and Safari, contolpanel>edit>change it, rename it, etc, save is working fine for me.

If you are experiencing any troubles let us know.

Andy, for me, in Firefox and Safari (Mac), I cannot edit or delete via Control Panel. Let's me click on the button, but then takes me to a page like this:

bwg

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bygates wrote:

Andy, for me, in Firefox and Safari (Mac), I cannot edit or delete via Control Panel. Let's me click on the button, but then takes me to a page like this:

Andy

bigwebguy wrote:

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VERY Strange. Try logging out, clearing all cookies / cache etc? I'm able to see yours and Barbs, and edit.

I'll report, no matter what - incase it's some permission related thing.

Barb

Andy wrote:

VERY Strange. Try logging out, clearing all cookies / cache etc? I'm able to see yours and Barbs, and edit.

I'll report, no matter what - incase it's some permission related thing.

Cleared cookies, cache, etc., and still get the same thing. Things that go bump in the night

Andy

OK I logged in as a user, not Admin and experienced the same. I've made sure Onethumb knows, we'll get on it asap thanks for your patience guys.

marlinspike

I too can neither empty nor delete. Attempting to do so gives me this screen (I got to control panel, then click the edit button next to the number of watermarks, then click either the edit or delete button next to any of the watermarks, and this is the screen I get)

Richard