Also of note, the watermark is not scaled up or down by the action it will be overlaid at 100%. Since the action cannot adjust transparency of the watermark, I created my PNG file to be 70% transparent in Photoshop. (FWIW, my watermark image is 800 pixels wide by 190 tall. I then select my watermark image by selecting “Other†in the “Watermarkâ€Â dropdown menu and selecting where on my computer the PNG watermark file is. For scale, I use “Fit within dimensions†with 2000 pixels as both the length and width, ensuring that the longest edge of the image is always 2000 pixels. I keep “Output format†as “Save as original†with “Preserve metadata†turned on, and “Output ColorSpaceâ€Â as sRGB. I made this “!outputâ€, a subfolder of my watched folder, but you can save it anywhere you want it does not need to be subfolder of your watched folder. In the Image Processor action, select the output directory for where you want the images saved to. (If you don’t make your selection, the action will not work because Automator will not know which folder it is supposed to “watch†to trigger the action.) You may need to activate the action in Automator since it is a downloaded Internet file.Īs shown above, use the dropdown menu above the action to select what your watched folder is. Drag this process to your work flow on the right. You will now see “Image Processor†appear under the Photos section of actions in Automator. Automator will ask if you want to install Image Processor. I create a folder leading with “!†so that when the folder sorts alphabetically, the output folder is always at the beginning.Ĭlick “Fileâ€, “New†and “Folder Actionâ€ĭrag the Image Processor file you downloaded from the requirements section above to the Automator icon in your task bar. In the watched folder create a subfolder where the images saved by Automator will be saved. I have called it “Watermark Automator†on my desktop, but you can call it whatever you want and save it wherever you want. With this action the watermark is a consistent size.)Ĭreate a folder on your computer to serve as the watched folder. (I personally don’t like using PM to watermark files because I’ve found the image overlaid will be at different widths, depending on if you use watermark a portrait or landscape photo. By copying files from applications like Photo Mechanic to the folder to process them.By saving files from Photoshop to the watched folder to allow Automator to process them.By dragging and dropping files into the watched folder.Using Automator will usually be faster than opening up a separate application to watermark photos.You can either only watermark, only resize photos, or both.It will not overwrite your original files.When you copy or “drag and drop†photos to a special folder (“watched folderâ€), Automator will automatically watermark and resize the photos, and save them to a separate folder.What the Automator action you create will do
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