how do i re-watermark all of my photos?

420 · February 21st, 2007, 01:57 AM

how do i re-watermark all of my photos with a new watermark image?

thanks!

Chuck S · February 21st, 2007, 09:44 AM

If they are already permanently watermarked you can not. rewatermarking only works on images that have not been watermarked

420 · February 21st, 2007, 02:18 PM

i changed the name of my company, therefore i have 35,000 photos with the wrong company name on them...

can i request this to be done as a custom job then?

Chuck S · February 21st, 2007, 02:48 PM

There is no way to do what your asking.

Your images are PERMANENTLY watermarked meaning that is the original image. There is no way to remove that watermark other than you replacing all your images and then switch to on the fly watermarks

420 · February 21st, 2007, 02:54 PM

i don't want to remove the exsisting watermark that is on them already chuck, i want to add a new watermark OVER TOP of them...
covering the old watermark with the new watermark...

what's so difficult about this?

thanks.

Chuck S · February 21st, 2007, 02:56 PM

Very much difficult cause you can not rewatermark a photo. Since watermarks are also usually transparent placing a watermark over another watermark still shows parts of an old watermark.

You can try turning off permanent watermarking and turn on the fly watermarking on but I dont think your going to like the results once you see what I am talking about 2 watermarks.

420 · February 21st, 2007, 03:06 PM

okay, now we are getting somewhere...

i'm not going to blindly try what you suggest at the chance of ruining my 35,000 photos...

my graphic designer made a new watermark that covers the old watermark completely... to me, it sounds like an easy task of placing another image over another image and saving the file again... no?

is there a way we can test this first, without doing them all?

what are you so sure of, i won't like?

can you show me sample of what you are referring to?

Chuck S · February 21st, 2007, 03:11 PM

yes do as i said and turn off permanent watermarking and turn on the ON THE FLY OVERLAY AND SERVE THE IMAGES UP USING WATERMARK.PHP

420 · August 5th, 2007, 10:53 PM

can anyone give me the step by step instructions for watermarking my photos again?

i already watermarked them once, but now i want to watermark them again, with a new, larger watermark, that will cover the old one.

thanks.

420 · August 5th, 2007, 11:03 PM

i'm toying with these settings now and here is what i have

Image Protection > Option > Yes - Enable on-the-fly image protection
This option uses the watermark.php script to serve images

Image Protection > Option > Yes - When using on-the-fly image generation, do you want to overlay the watermark image?
You can use this feature for on-the-fly watermarks in combination with the on-the-fly image generation.

Watermark Options > Yes - Enable watermarking of photos with overlay image?

and so far it looks like all of the pictures are now watermarked with the new watermark... and all is well...
but i still don't i understand what just happened...lol

can anyone break this fly watermarking down to me in laymen terms?... i'm not a programmer, just forced to be one because i can't afford to pay one... all of your help is most greatly appreciated!

Zachariah · August 6th, 2007, 08:33 AM

Watermark on the fly will overlay a mark over your photos and not "embed the watermark" or merge the 2 photos as 1.

2 layers on top of each other - temp watermark

Permanent watermarking will fuse the image and watermark together and there is no return other than "photoshop" and many hours of labor cleaning up all the images.

Chuck S · August 6th, 2007, 10:56 AM

Yeah if you have permanently watermarked your photos it is impossible to watermark them again through the software permanently again which we have already explained to you months ago.

You can try setting the watermarked field in photos database table to no for all photos and you could try permanently watermarking them but you could end up with A HUGE MESS if you dont do it right and could destroy your entire photo gallery if your new watermark does not cover the old watermark completely etc.

On the fly watermarks will overlay an image over a photo but if you view the photo itself it will still have the original watermark so you probally dont wanna do that

420 · August 7th, 2007, 10:51 PM

okay... i am beginning to understand all of this now, thank you guys for breaking it down for me... i really appreciate it... lord how i wish i could understand when you guys explain things as if a were a programmer...

i tried doing the on the fly watermark and it created mass havoc amongst the members... apparently the code it generates to post pictures in threads, is totally different and creating problems site wide... plus, what you guys just explained to me, i do not want to use this feature... i want the photos re-watermarked with the new watermark file we made, permanently...

can i hire one of you guys to take this as a custom job?
i'd really like to remove the name of my old site from all of those photos...
there must be a solution, between the 3 of us, we can do it?

Chuck S · August 8th, 2007, 10:52 AM

You can do it yourself but have to live with the mess if your new watermark is not right as I have said. No one here is a graphics artist sorry so not much help you can give there

If you must rewatermark images you can but I can not guarantee the results and will not.

1. Backup the entire data directory

2. Make sure in watermark options you turn on permanent watermarking and the path to the new file is right. I know you already have category permissions set because you use permanent watermarking

3. Issue some query in phpmyadmin like this

UPDATE pp_photos SET watermarked = 'no' WHERE watermarked = 'yes'

4. You should then be able to rewatermark the images in scan database

good luck with it

420 · September 8th, 2007, 03:45 AM

i'm all backed up, but have no idea what this means.

can i pay you to do it for me?

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3. Issue some query in phpmyadmin like this

UPDATE pp_photos SET watermarked = 'no' WHERE watermarked = 'yes'

4. You should then be able to rewatermark the images in scan database

Chuck S · September 8th, 2007, 08:06 AM

Hello the steps are outlined above Rob. Basically all you need to do is reset your watermark field in the photopost database to no and you can rewatermark file. However as I have priorly stated this is most likely going to ruin every photo on your site. Your can not remove the old watermark off your files which means you need to try and position a watermark to completely cover an old watermark. Kind of a hard job actually. I do not beleive this is something we can do for you since we can not guarantee the results and outcome.

You can upload this file to your photopost directory and run it. You will need to rename the file from a txt file to a php file. You should then be able to change your watermark and rewatermark the photos but ensure beyond any reasonable doubt that you have photos so if things blow up here that you have backups.

Let me know if my little file helps you out