X3 possible to batch process add a logo layer to photos

[jdalto]

Hi, I am trying to add a .png over a jpeg with my logo and have tons of photos to do this to. If anyone can help me with the steps to batch process this, it would be helpful. I have tried to open the png file and start the record process to save it, but it will not work.

Thanks,
J

[LeviFiction]

First, record only the addition of the watermark. Recording opening a file actually records the file name of the open file and will only apply the effect to the active document. So only the actual watermark is needed to be recorded.

For this I like to use the Visible Watermark command. It will record the image you use as a watermark and all of the settings from there and re-use them. If you have a different kind of water-mark then I hope you have all of your images the same size.

Either way you will need a script.

Next go to the File menu and select "Batch Process" what this will do is allow you to apply the script to any number of images quickly.

When the dialog pops up click the Browse button and select all of the files you want to apply the watermark to.

Select the "Use Script" check box and then find the script you recorded for your watermark in the drop down box that becomes active.

SilentMode forces all script actions to happen without letting you adjust any settings. This is the fastest because if you have to make new settings for each command on each picture it gets kind of tedious.

SaveMode is pretty simple. Do you want to save it as a new filetype? Do you want it to make an exact copy of all of the settings of the current file type? Do you want to overwrite the original file? Or will the script be saving out the image for you?

If you choose new type it will ask you for the file format you want to save it as. Clicking on the Options button lets you set up specific settings for saving the file in that format. For example the JPG compression levels and whether or not EXIF information or ICC Profiles are saved with the file.

Copy will copy the settings and type of the current image into a new file.

Both New Type and Copy let you specify a new folder to save out the result to if you want. I find this to be a nice touch.

Overwrite will just save on top of the original image so any changes made in the batch process will overwrite the original image and the original will be lost. So be extra sure of this before you choose this.

If you want the script to save out the image, it will apply the settings made by the script and then the script either has to use the save routines or write out the result to a file itself. That gets a lot more involved and you won't be using it for this.

The New FIlename box lets you tell PSP how to create the filename for the new file (only available with New Type and Copy). You have a few options from using custom text, to the date, the document name, the time, and the sequence of the file so you could have (image_1, image_2, image_3) with any mixture of all of these options.

Then just hit Start and it will perform the change with all of your settings to all of the images you added using the Browse option at the top there.

[jdalto]

That did the trick, thanks and much appreciated. I have successfully adding a logo to a batch of 40 photos! Ahhhhhhhh!