eightysevens Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 <p>I recently purchased watermark software for photos for my upcoming website; the software demo worked, but the paid version didn't. I wrote an email to the company describing the problems I was having and they gave me a link to another version of their product. This however didn't work either. I have since emailed them twice and had no reply in ten days.<br> The software: 'Batch Photo Watermarker' initially, and 'Batchmarker 3', the second version I was offered.<br> Has anyone else experienced similar problems with this company?<br> Thank you,<br> Justin.<br> P.s. A software recommendation would be helpful. I have Photoshop, but it is far too complicated; I just need to crop and watermark. Thanks.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_simpson1 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 <p>Don't mistake incompetence for malice...this review says the software's buggy and doesn't recommend it:<br> http://dottech.org/gotdreviews/19453/review-batchmarker/<br> The "company" is probably just some guy with an idea and not enough Windows programming knowledge to turn it into a good product.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightysevens Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 <p>Thanks for your reply Peter.<br> This may well be the case, but it's really no excuse for taking the money and running.<br> It's only £23 but it has set me back 3 weeks and how many others have lost their cash too?<br> He could at least respond or try to fix the problem, nevermind refunding the cash!!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardsperry Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 You can run a Photoshop action for free, because you already have PS. Actions can be found free on the web. Lightroom has an easy watermark feature on export of your images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightysevens Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 <p>Thanks for your reply Richard.<br> I just installed Lightroom but couldn't find a watermark function in any of the export options. It looks like quite a complicated program mostly with features I have no use for.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 <p>Lightroom is actually a very easy to use program (relative to Photoshop, for example) and watermarking is quite simple. I highly recommend<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Photoshop-Lightroom-Missing-Questions/dp/0956003044/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1316305012&sr=1-1"> Victoria Bamptom's book</a> on LR, but to get started on watermarking, see <a href=" tutorial.</a></p> Music and Portraits Blog: Life in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightysevens Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 <p>Thanks Jeff.<br> I have Lightroom 2.7 for PC, there seems to be no watermark facility with it.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 <p>You can get an eval copy of LR3, I don't know what the upgrade costs now but it's not a lot. There is a way to do it with a plug-in (Mogrify) with LR before 3, but I haven't tried it.</p> Music and Portraits Blog: Life in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel m Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 <p>I think IrfanView allows you to watermark your images with text -- IrfanView is free and does entire batches at once if you prefer. It doe not use images to create watermarks.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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