| Photo Logo Plus - Add text and logos to your photos |
| Add Text, Date, Time, Serial Numbers, Image Logos or copyright notices to your photos. Blend function for watermarking. Uses masked logos and normal image logos. Batch Process and Batch Conversion functions. Saves and converts Photos in BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG and TIF formats. Including sample image logos and masked logos. |
| How to start with Photo Logo Plus |
| An overview of the main Window. On the left side you find the images that are available in the selected folder. On the right we find the Logo Options; Text Logo, Image Logo and Masked Logo. In the center the view port with the photo that is currently loaded. Put the cursor on the photo and hold the left mouse button down to drag it in all directions. You can also use the navigation buttons or scrollbars to move the image. The yellow rectangle on the thumbnail represents the part of the image that is visible in the view port. The small blinking rectangle represents the position and size of the current logo. Use the navigation buttons or scrollbars to move the logo. Use the main menu buttons to select a folder and select an image from the list on the left. Images can also be pasted from the clipboard, use the menu option "Paste Image from Clipboard" to paste an image. Select a logo option on the right and use the navigation buttons to position the logo. Check the result by double-clicking on the image (or select "Show Full Size Photo" from the menu) to preview the photo with logo. Double-click on the full size window to close it. If the logo is in the right position, select "Save Photo" from the menu to save the photo with the logo. Photos can be saved in BMP, JPG/JPEG, GIF, PNG and TIF format. It is possible to position the logo anywhere on the photo, however, when you Batch Process photos, you can only select the left top, right top, left bottom, right bottom or center position. Text Logo: Select the "Add Plain Text Logo" option on the right. The bar will light up. Select the desired font, font size and font options (bold, italic, etc.). Select the text color and shadow color by clicking on the color boxes. Select the shadow offset, and add date, time or serial number to your text. You can also add the copyright symbol © . This symbol is always printed at the left hand side of the text. Add the current date and time by checking the corresponding boxes on the right, or use your own desired date and time, in that case you uncheck the current date and time boxes and enter the date and time yourself in the textboxes on the left. You can add a serial number, if you check the "auto-increment" box, the serial number will be incremented after you have saved the current image. You don't have to start with "001", you can also enter the number you want to start with, e.g. "134"or "067". For more info about the serial number read the "Batch Process" section of this help file. All changes to the logo text are immediately visible on the photo. Note: when you add, remove or change the logo text, the logo will automatically "jump" back to one of the 5 logo positions (left top, right top, left bottom, right bottom or center), this is done to adjust the parameters to the new length of the text. Image Logo: Select the "Normal Image Logo" option. Use the menu buttons to load an image logo, the logo will appear in the logo box. Valid logo formats are BMP, JPG/JPEG, GIF, WMF, PNG and TIF bitmaps. Use the scrollbars to view the logo, or double-click on the logo or select the "View Normal Image Logo" button to see the logo full size. You can also paste a logo image from the clipboard into the logo box (make sure it isn't too big). Select the "Save Normal Image Logo" button to save the image. Logos can be saved in BMP, JPG/JPEG, GIF, PNG and TIF format. Use the navigation buttons to position the logo. Manipulating the logo: Use the "Flip Normal Image Logo" button to flip the logo horizontally, vertically or or both horizontally and vertically. Keep clicking the button and after 4 clicks you are back to the normal position. Use the "Invert Normal Image Logo" button to invert the colors, and use the "Greyscale Normal Image Logo" button to make the logo black and white. You can use all effects at the same time, so you can also flip an inverted or greyscaled logo or invert a flipped logo. Use the "Restore Normal Image Logo" button to restore the original logo again. All changes to the logo are immediately visible on the photo. Blend logo with background: Use the slider "Blend Background" to blend the logo with the background. The value goes from 0 (logo 100% visible) to 255 (background 100% visible). You can use this feature to "watermark" your photos. Masked Image Logo: Select the "Masked Image Logo" option. Use the menu buttons to load an image logo, the logo will appear in the logo box. Valid logo formats are BMP, JPG/JPEG, GIF, WMF, PNG and TIF bitmaps. Use the scrollbars to view the logo, or double-click on the logo or select the "View Masked Image Logo" button to see the logo full size. You can also paste a logo image from the clipboard into the logo box (make sure it isn't too big). Select the "Save Masked Image Logo" button to save the image. Logos can be saved in BMP, JPG/JPEG, GIF, PNG and TIF format. Use the navigation buttons to position the logo. Tip: if you save a masked logo, do not use the JPG format. Save the logo as BMP or GIF image. Manipulating the logo: Use the "Flip Maskedl Image Logo" button to flip the logo horizontally, vertically or or both horizontally and vertically. Keep clicking the button and after 4 clicks you are back to the normal position. Use the "Invert Masked Image Logo" button to invert the colors. You can use all effects at the same time, so you can also flip an inverted or invert a flipped logo. Use the "Restore Masked Image Logo" button to restore the original logo again. All changes to the logo are immediately visible on the photo. Transparent color of the mask: Photo Logo uses the color of the upper left pixel of the image (pixel 0,0) to set the transparent color. It works best with the "primary" colors, e.g. Red RGB(255,0,0), Green RGB(0,255,0) or Magenta RGB(255,0,255). You can use other colors for the mask, but the results can be unpredictable, e.g. when the mask color is white, all white pixels will be made transparent, including the white pixels in the logo itself. Error logging: All errors that occur during the use of Photo Logo are logged in a file. You can find this file in the root directory of Photo Logo. The name of the file is "photologo.log", it is a normal ANSI text document, you can open it with Windows Notepad. If the file gets larger then 50 kB (Windows Notepad can only handle files not larger then 64 kB), it is replaced by a new file. The old file is renamed as "photologo.bck" and serves as a backup file of previous errors. |
| Photo Logo Batch Process |
| Batch Process enables you to process multiple images. Just put all the images you want to process in one directory, and run Batch process to add a logo to all the images. Start Batch Process: Before you start Batch Process, you must set the logo options in the Photo Logo Main Window. Load an image in the Photo Logo main window. You don't have to load one of the images you want to process, we just need the image to preview the logo and set its position. Select the logo type: text, image or masked image. If you add a serial number, make sure the number has enough digits to process all the photos you will select in the Batch Process window. So don't select "001" if you want to process more then 999 images, select "0001". If you select the wrong option, Batch Process will show you a message to correct it. If you selected an image logo, don't forget to set the value of the "blend background" slider. Select the position of the logo by clicking on one of the logo navigation buttons. During Batch Process you can only use these 5 positions: top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right and center. If you select another position, Batch Process will use the last used position. Double-click on the photo to preview the result. If you are happy with the result, start Batch Process. Check at the bottom of the Batch Process window if the settings are the same as in the Main window, you can still select another logo type or position. Note: You can only change the text in the main Photo Logo window. Set the source and destination directories. Select the output file format: No changes, BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG or TIF Check the "Prompt for Errors" box and Batch Process will warn you when errors occur during processing, leave it unchecked if you don't want to be prompted. Check the "Prompt to Overwrite" box if you want be warned before Batch Process overwrites an existing file in the destination directory. Note: leave these boxes unchecked when you want Batch Process to do its work without supervision, if errors occur during processing Batch Process will show you a Batch Process report. All errors can also be found in the Photo Logo error log file. Click on the "Start" button to start the process. You can always stop Batch Process by clicking on the "Cancel" button. DO NOT change the logo or output options while Batch Process is running. |
| Photo Logo Batch Convert |
| With Batch Convert you can convert images from one file format to another. In- and outpu t formats are: BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG or TIF. Start Batch Convert: Set the source and destination directories. Select he input format, BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG or TIF. The source directory shows the files with the selected input format only. If you want to convert all images, select "All". Select the output format. Images can be saved as BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG or TIF files. Check the "Prompt for Errors" box and Batch Convert will warn you when errors occur during the conversion, leave it unchecked if you don't want to be prompted. Check the "Prompt to Overwrite" box if you want be warned before Batch Convert overwrites an existing file in the destination directory. Note: leave these boxes unchecked when you want Batch Convert to do its work without supervision, if errors occur during processing Batch Convert will show you a Batch Convert report. All errors can also be found in the Photo Logo error log file. Click on the "Start" button to start the conversion. You can always stop Batch Process by clicking on the "Cancel" button. DO NOT change the conversion options while Batch Convert is running. |
| (C) Berthold Bouman 2008 |