With this action the watermark is a consistent size.)Ĭreate a folder on your computer to serve as the watched folder. (I personally donâ€™t like using PM to watermark files because Iâ€™ve found the image overlaid will be at different widths, depending on if you use watermark a portrait or landscape photo.

By copying files from applications like Photo Mechanic to the folder to process them.

By saving files from Photoshop to the watched folder to allow Automator to process them.

By dragging and dropping files into the watched folder.

Using Automator will usually be faster than opening up a separate application to watermark photos.

You can either only watermark, only resize photos, or both.

It will not overwrite your original files.

When you copy orÂ â€œdrag and dropâ€ photos to a special folder (â€œwatched folderâ€), Automator will automatically watermark and resize the photos, and save them to a separate folder.

What the Automator action you create will do

You donâ€™t need a separate application like Photoshop.

A PNG-24 overlay file to use as your watermark.The Image Processor action which asÂ created by photographerÂ Ryan Britton.Mac OS X 10.11Â â€œEl Capitanâ€ (the instruction I write below are for 10.11, but likely could be modeled for future or earlier versions).Watermarking photos typically requires an application to implement but Mac users can use built-in Automator tool to make watermarking photos as easy as dropping files into a folder.īelow I present instructions on how to use Automator on Mac OS X 10.11 to resize and watermark photos.

An unfortunate side effect of this is the need to watermark images. Other photographers will understand my frustration: You invest tens of thousands of dollars in equipment, invest hours of time and energy in producing images, only to have them stolen. One of the challenges I face as a photographer is having my photography lifted by fans, parents, bloggers and others.

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