How to Watermark

To begin click the button first:

1. 'Select a Photo(s)' or 'Take Photo'. 

Watermark Photo(s)

Clicking this button will take you to the Watermarking page. Here you can click on the menu at the bottom of the page Watermarks, a roller will slide up then choose one of many example watermarks or your own watermarks. Once you select one you will see it on your photo. Click on the photo or the watermark menu to have the roller disappear. Now use touch to adjust the watermark:

1. With your finger click on the watermark to move it around on the page. 
2. Use pinch/zoom to expand/contract the size of the watermark.
3. Touch with two fingers at once and rotate to rotate the watermark.

Create a Text Watermark

First select a photo as a background to help create and view your watermark. You will be creating and saving a watermark for later use not actually watermarking that photo. After you create a watermark then you can go back and use it to watermark photos.

Once you are on the Create Text Watermark page you will see a new menu at bottom left called Edit. Click that and at the top you will see the menu item Text, click that. In this text dialog type anything you want, like your name. Once you have done that choose any of the other Edit menu buttons to change scale, opacity, font, color and/or angle to adjust them to your liking.

Use the buttons in the edit menu at bottom left to change the font, angle, scale, opacity, etc. or do it by touch in the usual iOS ways:

• To move the watermark just touch it with your finger and drag it wherever you want.
• Click the angle button to change the angle or put two fingers on the watermark and twist to change the angle.
• To change the size use the usual pinch or zoom to expand/contract the font size.

In the Text area you can type from the keyboard and select special characters like ©, ™ and ®. Also the date and time can be added to a watermark.

Select one of the 87 fonts available in iWatermark (10 iOS fonts and 77 we added for fun). Text and the font are displayed in the actual font face, wysiwig (what you see is what you get, see below).

Change the angle via the edit menu or by putting on two fingers and twisting (not the 60's dance but the touch gesture).

Create Graphic Watermark

First select a photo as a background to help create and view your watermark. You will be creating and saving a watermark for later use not actually watermarking that photo. After you create a watermark then you can go back and use it to watermark photos.

For Graphic Watermarks you can use any graphic but they should be graphics with transparent backgrounds. The sample signatures, symbols and other graphics we include have transparent backgrounds and are .png files. That means the signature itself is seen but the background is transparent and shows the photo underneath. The file format to do this is called .png and it allows the background to be transparent (a .jpg does not allow this transparency, .png must be used).

 

The iKey icon graphic could be your signature, logo or other graphic that is now your personal watermark. Once you have imported your graphic watermark you can act on it with any of the items in the edit menu on the left/bottom side of the screen. 

Use the buttons in the edit menu at bottom left to change the font, angle, scale, opacity, etc. or do it by touch in the usual iOS ways:

• To move the watermark just touch it with your finger and drag it wherever you want.
• Click the angle button to change the angle or put two fingers on the watermark and twist to change the angle.
• To change the scale use the usual pinch or zoom to expand/contract the font size.

Create a QR Watermark

What is a QR code? QR means quick response and its a kind of barcode that can hold a lot of info. Learn more at Wikipedia. iWatermark for iPhone/iPad allows you to encode multiple lines of date into a QR code which can then be used as a watermark. More info on QR codes is at Google. Many apps on the iPhone can decode (scan and read) QR codes, one is Google Goggles. To find more in the iTunes App Store in the search box type 'QR code'  to find apps that decode QR codes. Android has an app that comes as a default app that reads QR codes called 'Barcode Scanner'. Its a good one because when it encounters a URL in a QR code it opens the browser and takes you directly to the site. 

What is a QR code as a watermark good for? Now, instead of no info on your photo you can have some very exact info about you or your business which can easily be scanned by the proper app in a smartphone. No need to type in a website just scan and it will go there in its browser. A QR code as a watermark on a photo can do many things:

1. Link to your website. Encode the URL of your website (e.g. http://plumamazing.com) watermark your photo. Apps can scan and then go direct to your site.
2. Put in your name, address, email, website, etc. So people know this is your creation, your photo, your intellectual property. 
3. They can email you, respond or perhaps buy your work.
4. Many things we have not thought of yet :)

How to Create a QR code in iWatermark.

Follow the 'create a graphic watermark' (above) choose QR Code in the left side EDIT menu (see screenshot above). Enter the data you want to  encode. Then hit the GENERATE button. It will create and insert the QR code. Save this with an appropriate name. Now any time you want this QR code can be used to watermark a photo. Once you create a QR code its good to test it. 

Delete a Watermark

To delete a watermark is also simple. Select a photo or take one. Then choose the button to do a Text Watermark or Graphic Watermark. At the bottom of the screen choose the Watermark navigation tab then in the roller which pops up select the watermark you want to delete and hit the red button with a - in it.

Save and Share

 When you hit the save button at bottom right after watermarking an image the dialog above appears. Here you can:

1. Save to the Photo Library.
2. Email at full quality and size. (Email only available if you have set up outgoing email on your iOS device)
3. Email at somewhat lesser quality and smaller size.
4. Email at less qualtiy and still smaller size but which still looks good on the web.
5. Upload to your Facebook account.
6. Upload to TwitPic

Sharing with Flickr

To upload to Flickr you can use email. The instructions to get the email are here. Then add the Flickr email address to your contacts. You can do this directly on the iPhone, or you can do as we did and create a contact in Address Book, and then sync the iPhone. By adding the Flickr email as a contact, you won’t have to memorize the email address and type it out each time you want to upload an iPhone pic via email.

To Access (Select) Photos or Multiple Photos

Access to photos must be turned on. To make sure this is on in:
iOS 6 go to the settings:privacy:photos and put the switch on to use Photos.
iOS 5 go to the settings:privacy:location services: and make sure that iWatermark is turned on. We don't use the location data but this needs to be turned on for multiple selection to work.

Watermark Multiple Photos at a Time - Batch Process Watermarking Photos

FAQ

Q: What is the difference between iWatermark Free and iWatermark both for iPhone/iPad?
A: The only difference between the two is that iWatermark Free puts a small watermark that says 'iWatermark Free - Upgrade to remove this watermark' at the bottom of a picture. In the Free version a button to upgrade to the regular version is on the main page. Many will find that adequate. Otherwise upgrade to remove that watermark. Upgrading supports the evolution of iWatermark, its a small price for such a sophisticated program.

Q: What is the difference between iWatermark for the iPhone/iPad and the desktop versions for Mac/Win?
A: The desktop versions have many more abilities, can handle photos that are much higher resolution and they are easier to use on a larger number of photos in a photographers workflow. The iPhone/iPad version are designed to allow you to use touch to change the various parameters. Both are designed to fit their hardware. To find out more go here iWatermark Pro for Mac and iWatermark for Win.     us on Facebook to get news and a special discount coupon for the Mac or Win version.

Q: How do I move the watermark?
A: To move the watermark just touch it with your finger and drag it wherever you want. You can also change the font size, scale (using pinch/zoom) and change the angle (two finger twist) directly by touch.

Q: Does iWatermark pass on the EXIF info from the original photo?
A: Yes, any watermarked photo you save to the Photo Album or send via email has all the original EXIF info including GPS info.

Q: I had a crash what do I do.
A: Its rare but a crash can happen for 2 reasons and there are simple solutions. Either you got a bad download in which case you need to delete the version on your iPhone/iPad and also in iTunes then redownload or you are transferring photos from an SLR which are 10 megs or higher is size. iWatermark for iPhone was designed for iPhone and iPad photos. It will work on other bigger photos but keep in mind the limitations of memory in iOS devices presently.

Q: I want to use my signature as the visible watermark for my photos. How do I add graphics like the example signatures by Picasso, Ben Franklin, etc.?
A: There are 2 ways:

1. use the built in Scan Signature which is in the Edit menu when you click Create Graphic Watermark.
2. make the graphics on your computer then email the file to yourself, save the attached file to the photo library. There it will be in the iPhones photo library where you can find it from within iWatermark to watermark your photos.

Here is an outline of those steps:

A transparency needs to be created in Photoshop like this:

Use any graphic as a watermark. To use your own signature, first you need to scan in your signature and then eliminate the background. If you have a signature with a white background then this will obscure a part of your photo, the signature watermark will look like a white block. To make sure that does not happen put your scanned signature into a graphic editor like Photoshop (or some other graphics editor like Gimp which is free) open your signature, remove the white background with the magic tool then save the file as a .png file. It is essential the file is a .png file since a jpg file does not allow having a transparent background.

This link gives you the steps to do this. Here are 5 more ways to do this. You can also google creating a signature with transparent background to get more info.

To easiest way transfer it to your iPhone/iPad is to email the file to yourself, open the email then save the attached file to the photo library. There are also other ways and tools to transfer graphics to the photo library on the iPhone.

Then in iWatermark you make a graphic watermark and use your signature image (from the iPhone photo libarary) and give it your name. You can have many of these at different resolutions, rotations, opacities, etc and give each a name to identify it.

Q: How does Photo Stream work? do I add a photo to Photo Stream instead of the Camera Roll?
A: This is controlled by Apple not by us. More info is here. 

Q: How do I delete the example signatures and logos that are provided?
A: Select a photo (to act as a background) then click on create graphic watermark. Next click on the watermark and the roller will pop up. Click the red - sign to delete that example. See this image.

Q: I lost my phone and need to redownload the iPhone/iPad (or Android) version. Do I have to pay again?
A: No. Both the Apple iTunes store and Google Play let you redownload apps you already bought and their policies are at those links.

Q: How do I upload to Flickr?
A: You can use email. The instructions are here.

Q: Is there a version of iWatermark for the Mac or Windows?
A: Yes, they are available here. They are very powerful especially the new iWatermark Pro for Mac. It allows multiple watermarks simultaneously, uses parallel processing (FAST) and has more effects and flexibility. Great for photographers.

Q: If I want to use iWatermark for both iPad and iPhone, do I need to pay for two apps or just one?
A: Some app makers want you to pay twice. We don't. The same iWatermark works fine on iPhone and iPad. Legally you are the owner of both and you can have your software on both. But please get your friends to buy one or put up a nice 5 star review on iTunes app store since its only .99 and apple gets a third of that. Both of those help us to keep evolving, programming and improving the application.

Q: Does iWatermark Pro save in highest resolution to the photo album?
A: iWatermark for iPhone does save in the highest resolution to the photo album. You can also email watermarked photos straight from the app at your choice of resolutions including the highest resolution. It may be that if you are trying to email from the photo album itself and you are on 3g (not wifi) Apple is choosing to lower the resolution of photos. That has nothing to do with iWatermark. It does have something to do with Apple, ATT and maximizing the 3G bandwidth.

IMPORTANT: The signatures of John Hancock, Ben Franklin, Galileo are just examples of graphic watermarks. They are the authentic signatures of these individuals. Each was scanned in, digitized, the background removed and saved as .png files. The are included for fun and to show what is possible. We recommend you create your own signature or use your logo for your photos. See the info in the Q&A above about how to create and put your own signature or logo into iWatermark. If you don't want to create your own graphic watermark you can always create text watermarks as you need them.

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