How to Batch Process watermarking using transparent logo in Photoshop CS5

This will teach you from beginning to end how to watermark a whole directory of photos using Photoshop's batch processing feature.

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rated M gonna show you how to batch
process
using a transparent logo in Photoshop on
this is something that's a pain in the
ass but im gonna show you how to do it
because I want to do it all the time
and after this you know how to do it
great up in a push-up
him be four steps to this one
is to back up all your original photos
to you will be too
create to watermark files step three is
to create the action
show you has that forced a batch process
alright so let's begin there's two
folders one is my logo
one is photo shoot okay photoshoot
easy's
pictures that are gonna come straight
from the camera re:
on know they won't be in a folder like
that for any reason to look like this
and these are your originals there on
Tosh they haven't been
you know nothing's been done to first
thing we want to do is create the backup
very I'm gonna be going pretty fast so
you just need to follow along
mostly stuff is pretty basic annually
so create three folders when his
original one is copies
and one is broke we're gonna call it
worked begin
so copyright originals into here and
then who
here into copies erickson et originals
this with these ones you'll never touch
ever again and your copies this is they
are working folder
K he do whatever you want you can
destroy the season and now it's okay
comes to have a backup
alright so from here you AGREE to
folders
once called portrait and the next time
we're going to call his cape reason for
that is because we have to
separate all these photos and usually
you gonna have a hundred 200 photos
whatever
on into landscaping for chip self
you can see the ones that are they need
to be right is this one
so hit a whole control and insight on
the other side please
in when does this take his right click
and go to rotate counterclockwise
or clockwise whatever orientation on
if you don't have that option you work
in other operating system
thing you need other software you need
to figure how to do that and other way
from here just move them
okay landscape
and your purchase there that's a
says step one we have originals are
never copies separated the landscape and
portrait
Stephens complete watermark there's
nothing now we have our logo
this is our logo that's transparent
and we need to me to files one here's a
I landscape version one is a portrait
version and this is the one we're gonna
be used to
that we're going to use to apply to the
photos that we want to
batch process so first things first is
open up a
landscape version okay
is this trade opening however is that
you do you work
and on to do is go to File
got a place own shit navigate to the
logo
are you not to go to place you can
drag you can make am can however I use
place
but whatever works for you all we're
doing now is laying out the
logo or text whatever it is that you
need
into our document make sure whenever
you're watermarking networks
well in the dark background and a light
background
on this is just a test so obviously I
would never use is because
it just doesn't work you know you'll see
that can even
see a profit from here
now that we've positioned our logo is
that we can place it anywhere but now
that we've position here exactly one it
okay bring higher background okay you
just need to open a beer layers
me know tad and sable that layer
file say that as
navigate to your local folder
and from here we want to save it as
but fifth wide turf because it
it holds transparency information
which we're gonna need to rename this
one landscape
logo leave everything
as it is but make sure this is clicked
on
safe transparency affable are
yes it okay yes
Don done deal
close next
open up the porch inversion and do the
exact same process again
so this is a process that you can use
you know once you've done UNC mean these
two versions
network making on he never really have
to make this again
unless you change your local or using a
different camera
on because are you picture should be
seen size
costs on porches local
okay save everything as it is
and make sure that will unhappy
ok back to
do that
transparency on yeah
enclose step three is complete
okay
Missy we have clue what happened to it
crap
well I guess is something I
we should all remember we're here I'm
moving
some stuff around make sure you save me
it in the proper location
that's exactly why we make originals and
copies case
cases a mistake you can always fix it
anyways I found it so we have three
versions original logo
and these are the two working ones that
we really need the next step
step 3: making action inaction is
something for shot that records are
actions a commands
which we can play back later and reuse
to
batch process so Windows
actions or even press Alt F nine and
this
this middle panels can open up from here
wants to open up a new folder
gonna call this watermarking and make a
new action
when the congress landscape Jimmy to
actions
okay landscape watermarking as easy
record
its gonna start recording how when I
should have done
national do it now before
before you start to the actions
okay you can just have have a picture
open
okay landscape version and again
watermarking
skate so hit record
file not recording okay
file plates having a tear logo
okay and use the last game version
you'll see that it's been placing
exactly where you want it because it
seemed all a chance fancy information
and the document our size am from here
with his press Enter
for double click agency that is recorded
that action okay
place from here we need to record a save
command
so we can save as okay
on we receive it as it effects and don't
save on top with it
but I want to just you name it something
else even copy if you want
okay copy Angie paid options all the way
out
you can leave the rest as it is and once
you're done that
stop there now you've made your action
contains eighth-place command and a safe
community
you can close this go into the folder
that you just the
say that picture you see if this one
because I need to copy
and to see that the logo's already on it
but I was just
just to make the action so which one do
to me it because we're gonna be using
this folder for the batch processing now
ready to pass process
good landscape portrait we have our
actions and now ready to roll very easy
file on me
thatch okay
through here choose the action okay
landscape and choose your folder
the source and destination first read
your source
so we will navigate to our photoshoot
which is here
copies member when ever touching the
originals
landscape and it okay from here
shoes and the folder which is you
and we're gonna just save right on top
of them
so had the same exact same folder make
sure you are checking these each and
every single time that you make a batch
process
for that you automate something because
Photoshop has a tendency to safety
locations
and if you're not careful you know in
end up saving into a folder that use
before you not to know what happened
then you can secure ruin a lot of stuff
so make sure you check in these
all the time and then here we want to
override action save s command
that's gonna do is its gonna allow us to
use this a few min at least here
nation s checked on
an interview with injuries shoes okay
and as soon as we hit OK
its gonna batch process every single one
ever photos in that folder
okay here we go you see that it's just
going 3
its opening up all the pictures in that
folder and just going through all the
commands
there's this place and see begin
has only a few photos here so speeches
he was happening and start
going to landscape you see at all the
photos have a watermark
bottom left perfect
if you follow steps you know and I have
to make something a I'll
an action from portrait photos so when
do the exact same process
just open it up here and making you
actually the same folder
okay you can just click here and the
watermark the
torture adventure record
place find our local is a poor chip
version
place and tear and
need to see as Chase Bank
into our poor chip holder name copy
is really just deleted anyway and stop
gunter portrait here's their photo
deleted back into a four-shot close
don't say and once again file
item 8 patch and see how it save the
location
just change it to push it eventually
gonna have a lot of these folders
so like I said keep making sure you're
in the
now correct directory I everything you
can see this as to how it is
comic set for hearing shirts and a
portion of landscape if you choose
landscape
its just gonna pack it up his portrait
okay
the as a you can do anything else on
your computer while that's
processing little updating your window
you can see that it's already
working this gap T
should be done done now we have a
project photos
with
now you wondering mention you wondering
from here you can just cut BP's
Angela Merkel
group
alright you have the originals you have
you copied
the landscape and portrait orientation
and you have your water
version okay there you go
if you're gonna be emailing them and now
you've got to reduce the size or
I mean you don't have to meet the at
another bar mark by
you know can give away a I'll work for
free case this is really easy to
use if I heard he just had the logo in a
people just cropped up i'm ok cell you
into
in a lower the quality if it's a
surprise
but that's it on you can use this he
says seem to
you can these actions there and these
logos that you made
you can use them for I'm other projects
as well as long as the
photos are the exact same dimensions
okay if not you gotta redo this step
again and that's it
Terry so next time you need you guys to
fire a fast process something watermark
she did
and peace