How can I add the watermark and save the pictures? Not duplicate them.

Carola

Hello! This plugin is a lifesaver, thank you! I started using it and I have a folder with subfolders and items in them. I want to add one image to all of them. I have accomplished that, but I'd like to keep all my pictures inside the folders they were originally.
It seems that I can either transform all of the pictures or get a folder structure created that is empty. I don't know why I can't do both.
It seems that "Keep folder structure" and "Target folder same as…" are mutually exclusive and can't have both?
Thanks!

Thomas

Hi Carola,

for security reasons it's not possible to overwrite the original files.
You have to select the parent source folder with "Keep folder structure" checked for creating the same folder tree. If you want to overwrite the original files you have to manually remove the original parent folder and replace it with the created output from Watermark Pro.

Carola

Hello Thomas, and thanks for the quick reply. So, I have to create the folder structure and then manually drag the output files into each of the folders?

I have a main folder with 4 folders in it, each having from 4 to 25 folders inside that contain around 15 pictures each, it would be a task to distribute again all the pictures into an empty folder tree? There are like a thousand pics total.

Maybe I didn't understand it fully, I appreciate your patience.

Thomas

Carola No, you simply choose your main folder as the source folder. As the target folder you create a new empty folder. Check Include Subfolders and Keep folder structure. Then click on Run Batch. The plugin will recreate the folder structure/tree from your selected main folder and your files will be exported to the new created target folder (with the same folder structure as in your source folder).

Carola

Hi again! I did that, and the folder structure was created. But the pictures were not. Nothing happened, just the folder tree was sitting there, and the pictures were not created, nothing else was happening, apparently.
Then I tried to move the folder into the Desktop, just in case there is a problem with the source folder being in an external HD, and the same thing.
When I check Include… and Keep folder… the folder are created, but the pictures are not.

Carola

I found what is going on! If there is more than two levels of folders, it won't work. It creates the subfolders but then it stops at it.
So I have:
Main folder (Campaign)
|--Subfolder (Country)
....|--Subfolder (Item)
.........|--Picture 01
.........|--Picture 02
.........|--Picture 03

When I started working at Subfolder level it all started working. Maybe time for a request? 😇

Thomas

Carola I don't think the amount of levels is causing this. Probably an image or folder in the subfolders (probably on level 3 as there it's not working) is causing the problem. Could be the filename or folder name. Please check out this thread: https://forum.pixelsucht.net/d/61-nothing-happens-when-clicking-the-run-button/12

Carola

Thomas Wel… I haven't changed anything, just selected the folders inside instead of the upper folder, and it started working as I expected. The problem is easy reproducible for me, so I think that is the solution for the time being :-)
The folders or pictures do not have special characters, we store them in Sharepoint and Creative Cloud and other kinds of storages so we are aware of special characters and avoid them in file names. But since I started selecting the inside folders, it started working.
The main folders do not have any special characters, unless accents are considered special, such as í or ó.

Carola

Hi again, I'm trying to test this and I renamed all of the items: no accents (áéíóú), no dashes (- _), no & or ñ, just letters, numbers and spaces, and still doesn't pick up. Can it be the amount of files and folders? I have almost 5000 items to process. Can it be lengthy filenames? I really don't know how to make it work.

Thomas

Carola It's hard to say what exactly the problem is. Does the processing start and then stop, or does nothing happen when you click on "Run Batch"?

Carola

Thomas It creates the folders, but then stops. I never see the dialog in Photoshop like it is creating something. I compared the two and all the folders are there. But no images are created.

I'm trying now to create the images folder by folder as I did before but it's not working at all. I restarted the computer but for some reason, it is just stuck.
Edit: It works if I don't recreate the folder structure, it's something but messy. I needed the pictures to be sorted.

Carola

If you would like the files to do tests, I can share them as long as they remain private :-)

Thomas

Carola That would be the best way to test it. Please send it to thomas at pixelsucht dot net

Carola

Sent to you!

Thomas

Carola Thanks Carola. I was able to find the problem. It is the hidden files called ".DS_Store" in the source folders. So for now please delete these files manually (should only be a couple of them in the top folders and the first subfolders). If you don't see them, you must first show hidden files in the Finder.
There will be a fix in the next update.

Carola

Thomas Thank you very much for isolating the problem. Edit: Now I read your edit :-)
Big thank you!

Thomas

Carola Yes I know. I only meant that if you need it very urgently, it would be a possibility in the meantime. I will probably submit the update today, which should then be confirmed by Adobe in the next few days.

Carola

Thomas Thanks a lot for the details. I sent my images without the folders, even like that it was a great improvement to the chances I had to do all those images by hand or automating in PS. So thanks again!

Thomas

And the update with the fix is already live ... Adobe was fast with the review. Open this link with the Creative Cloud App and click on the blue Update button.

Carola

That was fast! Thank you very much, I updated and will try it soon in the next batch required.
THANK YOU! Five stars for you. ★★★★★

Thomas

Carola You're welcome. Thanks for your review!