On watermarking images
14th June 2011
There are several ways to watermark images, and several reasons why you should.
We're not going to discuss the "why", but one method of the "how".
There are two common ways to add a watermark: a semi-transparent image and a text string. Most folks think of the semi-transparent image when they think "watermark", as this is the most common. Here is an example of semi-transparent watermark: Draco rear block
Working with a semi-transparent image can be a pain, so IMHO, using a text string is easier (everyone has fonts on their system, but not everyone can make a semi-transparent image). You can see examples of a text string watermark at my Vz58 pictorial.
I've wrangled some scripts together that run on linux, may run on OS X and probably won't run on Windows. Two of these are batch scripts and will add a text string to all images in a directory with the press of the "Enter" key.
Two of them are "single file" use scripts that are preset to use 32 pixel and 16 pixel sized fonts.
All scripts are set to use Times New Roman. Since they're all open source, you can change the settings as you like.
You can find these scripts at the Novarata wiki
Enjoy!
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We're not going to discuss the "why", but one method of the "how".
There are two common ways to add a watermark: a semi-transparent image and a text string. Most folks think of the semi-transparent image when they think "watermark", as this is the most common. Here is an example of semi-transparent watermark: Draco rear block
Working with a semi-transparent image can be a pain, so IMHO, using a text string is easier (everyone has fonts on their system, but not everyone can make a semi-transparent image). You can see examples of a text string watermark at my Vz58 pictorial.
I've wrangled some scripts together that run on linux, may run on OS X and probably won't run on Windows. Two of these are batch scripts and will add a text string to all images in a directory with the press of the "Enter" key.
Two of them are "single file" use scripts that are preset to use 32 pixel and 16 pixel sized fonts.
All scripts are set to use Times New Roman. Since they're all open source, you can change the settings as you like.
You can find these scripts at the Novarata wiki
Enjoy!