UGH...Help...adding watermark in PS CS - PhotoCamel

Ellbee99 · 10-07-2008

Hi all, I hope someone can help me. We photograph a lot of high school seniors and I made an action in PS CS is batch decrease image size to 25% and then write our logo and then decrease opacity. Last week I used this action over a dozen times...no problem. Today I tried it and all of the letters are pilled on top of one another!!!

This happened in the past with other actions. I ended up deleting those actions and starting again from scratch. I'd ratherg not do that again. Anyone have any similar experiences and if so how can it be fixed?

Thanks!
Lori

Mr. Pickles · 10-07-2008

Have you used the text tool in PSCS in between the action working and not working? If so, you may have changed the text properties, like paragraph or spacing or similar, and it is now messing with your action because you didn't "record" the text size, style, etc. inside the action itself.

Ellbee99 · 10-08-2008

Thanks for the suggestion. I checked and tried changing the settings butf, it didn't seem to work.

I ended up recording a new action. I just wish I knew why the first one stopped working. At first I thought it was because I tried to batch it on too many images but, that doesn't seem to make a difference.

jfrancho · 10-08-2008

Does your action actually include typing out the letters? If so, consider creating a custom brush out of the path created by the text instead. The Scott Kelby books show this method quite clearly.

Ellbee99 · 10-08-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by jfrancho

Does your action actually include typing out the letters? If so, consider creating a custom brush out of the path created by the text instead. The Scott Kelby books show this method quite clearly.

Yes, it does. I have Kelby's book, "The Photoshop CS Book." I'll check in there. I've never made my own brush before. I've been wanting to try it.

Ellbee99 · 10-08-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by jfrancho

Does your action actually include typing out the letters? If so, consider creating a custom brush out of the path created by the text instead. The Scott Kelby books show this method quite clearly.

Thanks!

jfrancho · 10-08-2008

Another great watermarking action: http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/BrandingSM.mov.

Lee4145 · 10-08-2008

Great info John but listening to him makes me wanna stick a fork in my eye.

jfrancho · 10-08-2008

Yeah, he's a d-bag.

Rain Lily · 10-08-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lee4145

Great info John but listening to him makes me wanna stick a fork in my eye.

Lee4145 · 10-08-2008

The coolest thing I learned was the Image processor function in Bridge.

The watermark is good info but I likely won't use it much yet.

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Ellbee99 Camel Breath Location: Here...in the middle...of imagination Posts: 11,892 CamelKarma: 57090 Editing OK?: No Gallery \| Blog	Re: UGH...Help...adding watermark in PS CS Thanks for the suggestion. I checked and tried changing the settings butf, it didn't seem to work. I ended up recording a new action. I just wish I knew why the first one stopped working. At first I thought it was because I tried to batch it on too many images but, that doesn't seem to make a difference.
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jfrancho Camel Breath Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 11,435 CamelKarma: 3070 Editing OK?: No Gallery \| Blog	Re: UGH...Help...adding watermark in PS CS Does your action actually include typing out the letters? If so, consider creating a custom brush out of the path created by the text instead. The Scott Kelby books show this method quite clearly.
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jfrancho Camel Breath Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 11,435 CamelKarma: 3070 Editing OK?: No Gallery \| Blog	Re: UGH...Help...adding watermark in PS CS Another great watermarking action: http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/BrandingSM.mov.
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Lee4145 Photocamel Master Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 5,767 CamelKarma: 7177 Editing OK?: Yes Gallery \| Blog	Re: UGH...Help...adding watermark in PS CS Great info John but listening to him makes me wanna stick a fork in my eye.
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jfrancho Camel Breath Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 11,435 CamelKarma: 3070 Editing OK?: No Gallery \| Blog	Re: UGH...Help...adding watermark in PS CS Yeah, he's a d-bag.
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