I've seen quite a few individuals on this website try to steal graphics and designs from others, so I decided to put together a very simple php tool to help watermark images. My tool is not intended to do a large multitude of images, it is better suited for the amateur who just needs an image watermarked in a hurry with out them having to put much effort into it. Watermark Tool If you are looking to do a large amount of images... this is not for you. Any suggestions are welcome.
Nice tool. I am actually looking for something like this. Did you use any stock scripts or Frameworks? I need something I can implement in the small CMS i will start building next month. Something that will watermark about 150-250 images per job. And possibly number them.
Thx for the response. The code there is all custom, it is part of a bigger project so it was convenient that I was able to use it here. I am able to make it do multiple images and have them return in the format of a zip file or a few other options, but I am not sure that is the best way to go about doing what you need to do. If you had photoshop you could set up whats called an action to watermark all of your images. I suppose I could actually write another small stand alone script that you could have on your servers to watermark your images as you upload them.
Hey. Yes. The Photoshop watermarking is what I currently use. But you do have to setup the action, run it, then upload. I wanted to decrease some of that time by having the server do it for me. And if possible, number them aswell. I am not sure of the actual format, but it may come out the camera like dicm2001, dicm2002, dicm2003, etc... I figure there should be a wat to keep the order. And even if I were to delete one or a few in the mix, for ex. dicm2002. Then it would still run, and maintain the order. Also, I have a static HTML website. No php at all. I was thinking that there would be a way for PHP to automate the page generation. Becuase I basically go through the pics and delete the bad ones. Then have Adobe Bridge move them and number them. Then watermark in photoshop and upload to my server. Create a new directory for the images and a new directory for the html files. Then figure out how many pages are needed, then go through my former pages(well, i did create a template of sorts) and rename the links to the date of the event, because thats how I have it setup.... Long story short, this process isnt so short. And I know thats another aspect of what needs to be done. I am going to continue my PHP studies soon. I am just trynna get some help here and there, and trynna figure out the best way to redesign and structure my site. Keeping in mind both SEO, and having a seperate mobile verson(php mobile detect Anyone?)
well the numbering is easy with php, I actually already have a function programmed into the main program that makes the watermarking tool that can handle that no problem. Then the next question that arises is how are you uploading your images? an ftp client or something uploader that the host provides to you? templates are pretty straight forward in php if you want to just keep it real basic. Yet again my tool uses a very small templating system. if you have skype or google messenger just add casey.jeremiason (Same for either) and we can discuss some of your options, I don't work for free, but I consult for free.
I have seen some real jackasses even try to remove watermarks from others designs so it is best not to publish your images publicly at all!
Another great place to "watermark" your images is the front windshield of the car. Since it won't show up in the final design. I've done this on one or two of mine, but I'll be doing it to all future new or revised designs. 61designstreet.com
I agree that internet is for sharing, but how would you feel when you've been working on your website/design for several days (or even months) to make it unique and then someone comes and steals your work and uses it or even sells it claiming its his own work? I know for a fact that I'm sad and disgusted every single time that one of my designs are ripped (even if I sold them to a client). On to topic, the tool you've provided us Devitor is amazing! However its not something I need, since I prefer adding watermark directly to the image via Photoshop. Thanks for sharing anyway, I'm sure that a lot of people will gladly use it.
personaly most of my websites are just for fun so they can use my designs as long as they don't sell it claiming its his own
I guess this kind of watermark tool is a "soft" way to give your need-to-be-watermarked graphic works for free...
Thanks for the tool. I do get fed up putting the time and effort into taking and editing photos of stock only to find everybody else using them the following week. The one avenue I was considering was putting all my images on a Stock library and letting the Stock site worry about others doing them out of their $$.