Excellent, just what I was looking for. Wonderful program with many options. Better than any other Watermark Program I tried before. 10/10 points rating.
Comment by Wordbird — February 29th, 2008 at 3:13 am
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As usual,
The program just runs for couple minutes and several people already thrusting their thumbs without trying this progam first.
Comments on this program:
->watermark… can be done even by Ms paint.
->frames…. well for this one, you can find a lot of free software that have these feature, GIMP is one of them
->Resize, Crop, Rotate digital pictures ….. once again, lots of free software can do this.
->Rename picture…. Oh come on! Almost everyone can do this manually
->Save to another format… Again, lots of free software are more than enough for this job
The only feature that I see as a plus from this software is:
Display EXIF and IPTC information on photos
as quoted from the developer’s website:
“It is very useful to see EXIF or IPTC information from your digital photos. WinWatermark provides main information about pictures such as “Exposure Time”, “Camera Name”, etc. Some information can be used as text watermarks and renaming template.”
which not yet available.
Conclusion: $30 for this software if you can find another free software that have more feature? You decide it.
Comment by someone — February 29th, 2008 at 3:21 am
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Good looking software and I’ll enjoy exploring its features.
One tip for others who might end up as perplexed as I was about
where to put the rego info : Go to the question mark on the right
hand corner of the program….once done, it will confirm success.
Comment by oliviab — February 29th, 2008 at 3:27 am
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It does not seem to need a registration, but to be on the safe side, register clicking on the help button on the right corner.
Comment by Tenaz — February 29th, 2008 at 3:31 am
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Some people may have a difficult time registering this, so: After install, run program and then in the upper right-hand corner click on “?” and a window will pop up with the registration option. (You will find the proper reg info in the ReadMe.txt file.)
Comment by Ela — February 29th, 2008 at 3:31 am
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I was looking for watermark software about a week ago. I couldn’t find any that could impress me with their results. In the search, I found GAOTD and since that day, I’ve always left one of my tabs open for GOATD (apart from the RSS subscription). Today, I couldn’t believe my eyes when GOATD was giving away this wonderful software. Yet, I doubted its credibility in watermarking images. But its nothing that I shouldn’t try, so I gave it a shot. And guess what? I LOVE THIS APPLICATION! As a designer, watermarking is very important for me and this application is what I’ve been looking for! Thanks a lot GOATD, and as for WinWatermark, two thumbs up for this software! GOATD edition will not be the end! I’ll buy your software soon! Great job!
Comment by TheLimeDesign — February 29th, 2008 at 3:34 am
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I tried it out of curiosity. It’s cumbersome and doesn’t provide anything new or useful. I can do everything this will do and a lot more with Paint Shop Pro using batch process. I just can’t see any use for this even for newbies because freeware is all over the place that will do the same thing and more. Sorry.
Comment by gms9810 — February 29th, 2008 at 3:39 am
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At first glance WinWatermark has a good set of features with a slick interface; until now I have been using Faststone Photo Resizer (for watermarks and borders, enable advanced options) which, though its full-featured, can’t be called slick
http://www.faststone.org/FSResizerDetail.htm
Comment by harryQ — February 29th, 2008 at 3:43 am
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Not worth paying for so if you want this then have a good time with it until it runs out. Everything it does is already in nearly all operating systems and their add ins. Free ware has all this as well and more.
Not a bad program but ot something that is not already there.
Comment by ken kelly — February 29th, 2008 at 3:48 am
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-The preview window is extremely small and can not be resized. This makes the program really hard to work with IMO. It makes manipulation of big pictures a real pain.
-No antialiasing (or very poor).
-No output support for popular image formats like Tiff.
-”Settings” are found under the “Help” question mark, for some reason. Next to registration and Help file.
-The default output folder is the original folder. However pictures are not saved with a new name and the only option is to overwrite the originals.
-English in their tutorials is even worse than mine ;)
-This is the “GOTD Special Version 2.2″.
Comment by J.D. — February 29th, 2008 at 3:58 am
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This may be breaking User Rules, since I haven’t installed WW yet, but it may be interesting.
First we had Daguerreotypes, then black and white snapshots, colour prints and photo albums, and now we have Flickr and digital photo frames. We’ve had PhotoStory, but that seems to have died a death. And now we have an opportunity to give a name to our electronic images. A narrative placed on the photos themselves, with transparency.
I’m picking up from the software’s description that certain parameters within the files can be written to the watermarks. Without the photographers always standing by to give a running commentary I’m thinking that a subtle text overlay could be next big thing.
Irfanview can write filenames onto photos, even in batch mode, but picking the right colour is tricky. Maybe there’s something in this package that takes the ‘photo experience’ the next evolutionary step. Stand by.
Comment by Ardwych — February 29th, 2008 at 4:01 am
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It seems to me that some people come here wanting a freebie that promises the world, and when it doesnt are prepared to just run it down and say its nothing new! Noone has ever siad these free programs will offer anything new, and so what if MS Paint can do what this can do. For a ton of programs you have to pay money for there are freebies. Just be grateful this website exists and limit your comments to the program itself, not whether you feel you have been cheated becuase it adds nothing new.
Comment by Julian — February 29th, 2008 at 4:59 am
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I failed to see the point in this one.
How hard is it to type some text in The GIMP and lower the opacity slider to, say, 20%? Being an actual photo-editing program, it’s a lot more versatile when it comes to post-editing, too.
Pointless. Really, really pointless.
Comment by Trape — February 29th, 2008 at 5:07 am
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It seems like “Someone” can’t grasp the nature of photo programs, and “Others” can’t understand that the cost hasn’t anything to do with it because it’s FREE”. I must have 15 different photo programs, some of which cost me hundreds of dollars and I still find that not any given one does it all. I find this program to be a great one for its simplicity of use, and its frame properties gives you a decent amount of options, along with no diffusion of the output file. True you can find “Freeware” that will do some of the things this program does, but DUH it’s freeware for the day right?
Thanks WinWatermark and GAOTD for one more to my collection.And thanks Ela #5 for pointing out how to register.
Comment by Phil — February 29th, 2008 at 6:02 am
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In case you want a a free alternative for watermarking I have found the following.
http://www.picture-shark.com/watermark_freeware_image_protect_gallery_step2.htm
http://www.digitalimagetool.com/ Of course for other photo needs try http://www.irfanview.com/ or my favorite http://www.gimp.org/
Comment by Paul — February 29th, 2008 at 6:34 am
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The fabulous, incredible FREE Irfanview ( here ) does all this and more. Crop, batch rotate, one of the largest selection of image fonts supported, and the list goes on.
And it does watermarks. from a single pic, it is a simple as selecting where you want the watermark, pressing Ctrl-T, and putting in what you want, including most if not all EXIT and IPTC tags.
One government department purchased several licenses to Irfanview (which is free for home and non-commercial use, but not to commercial or government) to work on very large map TIF files, such is its power.
Sorry, but I’d have to see a review where another product blows away Irfanview before I’d consider switching. For that reason I’ll neither click thumbs up nor thumbs down.
Comment by Cornyfleur — February 29th, 2008 at 6:35 am
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What I’m not hearing from this package that I would find useful as a photographer is a digital watermark. Visual watermarks are either easily cropped, or so aggressively large that they ruin the aesthetics of the image. Text watermarks are easily edited away - some older programs don’t even save exif information! Digital watermarks embed a digital signature within the image. Harder to detect without a watermark reader, and not generally something your casual image thief is even going to bother trying to find and remove.
Comment by Tricky Laughter — February 29th, 2008 at 6:58 am
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As of Feb 27th, the web-based photoeditor Picnik goes free. This mean that all the features, including the one previously accessible only in premium (paying) mode are now free of charge. Picnik offers all the options this software proposes, at no cost. I find it more convenient to watermark my pics online.
http://blog.picnik.com/2008/02/picnik-evolves/
Comment by Sask — February 29th, 2008 at 7:12 am
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#12 (Julian), It’s like this… There are very few programs that have NO strings attached.
(1) When I find a site where every program is FREE…FREE…FREE and there is no sign of how they earn money to support themselves, I run away fast. These programs are invariably loaded with malware.
(2) Some sites give away free programs to attract users to their other offerings, which require payment.
(3) Then, there’s GOTD where contributors hope to gain income from sales of other programs and through the registration of updates.
It’s like watching movies on TV. Some will pay for premium cable channels to see them uncut. Others are happen to “pay” for them by watching them with embedded commercials.
When a GOTD offering has some appeal, the FIRST thing I do is scan through the comments for type (2) alternatives because I never know when I might get a new computer or, more important, want to pass a free copy along to a family member or friend without violating anyone’s copyright. So, it is important to me if others can tell me that a program adds no new functionality beyond type (2) offerings.
Comment by Jerry D — February 29th, 2008 at 7:31 am
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Nice program, but no registration code came with the ReadMe.txt file, or the activation either.
Don’t know if others have the same problem?
But indeed this program looks great.
Thanks GAOTD
Comment by Brenda — February 29th, 2008 at 7:33 am
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I just thought it a little odd that the program description starts off by saying that it is “a professional all in one image editing software” but then later says it is a “useful and simple photos processor“. I’m not complaining about the software, I just wonder if anyone saw the irony in the description stating that the program is an all-in-one image editing utility and yet simultaneously simple and then goes on to describe the few additional things it can do besides create watermarks?
Comment by Andrew — February 29th, 2008 at 7:47 am
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I cannot understand all the people that come here and winge and moan about these programs.
Do you not realise that no one is forcing you to download it or use it. If you do not need or like a particular program - simply do not download it.
This site is called Giveaway - not “download it or you will be shot”
Comment by Neil — February 29th, 2008 at 8:07 am
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The only time I ever have a need for watermarking my images is when uploading & posting them to my blog. Luckily I can do this with Windows Live Writer (freeware), as I am making my post by just clicking the image and setting the options. The copy of the image uploaded will be watermarked with my text on both the thumbnail in my post and the full size it is linked to, without altering the original on my hard drive in any way. I think I prefer this for convenience, ease, and preserving the original.
I’ll pass on this one today and stick with what I have.
Comment by app — February 29th, 2008 at 8:18 am
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i’ve found it useful.
But:
- Interface nice, but very very slow and unconvenient!
- program doesn’t save settings after restart. so i have to choose watermarking options every time i use it.
i’ll try to find more faster and free program.
Comment by Johnny — February 29th, 2008 at 8:35 am
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@22
I cannot understand you coming here and lecturing about these comments.
Do you not realise that this is a comments tab and not compliments ? If we like a particular program, compliments show up as comments; if another one is terrbily, critism will flood the comments tab.
This tab is called comments not “compliment or you will be shot”.
Comment by Louie — February 29th, 2008 at 8:42 am
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Hello all! Today’s 15-Minute Review is up! Check it out!
http://www.bladedthoth.com/reviews/15mrs/winwatermark-v2-2/ Comment by BladedThoth — February 29th, 2008 at 8:42 am
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I don’t know why anyone would be foolish enough to buy this for 30.00 when one can do it for free with GIMP. I got a look at the program, and its not worth what they want for it.
Comment by xboxgamer — February 29th, 2008 at 8:49 am
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What a waste of time. If you don’t pay for the full version then this TRIAL version plasters WinWatermark on your photo thereby defeating the purpose of identifying the owner of the work.
Comment by Richard — February 29th, 2008 at 8:49 am
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@ # 10 J.D.
I agree with your first 4 points
but concerning #5
quoted :
“-The default output folder is the original folder. However pictures are not saved with a new name and the only option is to overwrite the originals.”
you should have another look at the tool :
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg31/graylox/winwatermark/rename-destinationfolder1ab.jpg
#6 I don’t know, how good or bad your English is, but I know mine :(
#7 It is like it is, this is the version we get for FREEE today.
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@ # 20 Brenda
Did you really read the readme.txt ???
Comment by graylox — February 29th, 2008 at 8:55 am
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For those of you that need the ability to add Watermarks to your images this program does the job. Very Simple interface, just try the options and you’ll see you can add multiple watermarks using images or text as your watermark. Opacity levels are easily set, positioning is also simple.
Open a folder or a single image, your choice. You can apply multiple watermarks per photo imported. You have a choice of where the images can be saved to, or you can overwrite the originals in the default directory they are pulled from.
I already have a watermark software package that does the very same thing so I have no need for it, however if you don’t have one and need to use one that’s effectively what it says, this is a good choice and the abilities to learn how to use it are minimal. I watermarked an entire folder in less than 5 minutes. Given I have done this before with similar software and interface, it was a quicker learn and process, but it really is useful and does what it says.
Comment by rc — February 29th, 2008 at 9:01 am
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#7 - Did you miss something? This IS free, today, so technically, it IS Freeware.
The program is simple, easy to work with, and for watermarking it’s a good little piece of software. It lacks a little on the frames as I have only been able to find one style that can be manipulated in size, but then, I only played with the program for ten minutes. It does a little more than the previous GOTD watermark program, uMark Professional. But it just depends on what you want, or need. I’m happy with uMark, and now will enjoy playing with WinWatermark. Thanks GOTD and the Watermark people.
Comment by gbbc — February 29th, 2008 at 9:11 am
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Who cares what Gimp can do? Until the day comes when GAOTD is actually asking for comments on Gimp then save them ’till that day. Meanwhile you are just clogging this page with your useless comments.
Comment by Michael — February 29th, 2008 at 9:11 am
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#17 - I’m also a photographer, and embed digital watermark on my pro photos. I use Digimark ID for that. Yet, even that can be easily removed using a program such as Thumbs Plus. Watermarking is nothing more than keeping honest people honest.
Comment by gbbc — February 29th, 2008 at 9:20 am
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As with any giveaway, there are those who say, “But such-and-such program does the same job even better!” I’ve already read several comments pointing users to GIMP or Irfanview.
Then there are those who comment, “Enough with the comparisons! Comment on TODAY’S giveaway, not on alternatives!” This message is for you, my friends– Let it go! One of my favorite aspects of the GAOTD site is that I can investigate not only the free software offered, but also comparable programs suggested by the site’s knowledgeable and helpful users.
Sometimes I opt for the giveaway of the day, sometimes one of the alternatives is exactly what I’m looking for, and truly DOES the job better! Stop trying to be the message board police. Let Bubby handle that job– he does it spectacularly. Sit back, relax, and let it go!
Comment by Joe — February 29th, 2008 at 9:35 am
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10. do one of the two things listed below
1) Save in a deferent name you type (save as), or
2) Make a copy of the the originals, Rename it, and use the copy with the program.
Number 2) sound better for you still have the originals. untouched and in a deferent folder from the copy.
Comment by Jhon — February 29th, 2008 at 9:43 am
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Ashampoo gives away a full version of their picture editing software Photo Commander 4:
http://www.pcmag.co.uk/vnunet/downloads/2165824/ashampoo-photo-commander
As far as I can tell it does everything this program does, and a lot more.
Comment by Paul — February 29th, 2008 at 10:02 am
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Thank you GOTD and today’s contributor,
For today’s lovely giveaway. Download and test using one of my pet’s picture. I agree with #10 J.D for mentioning some of the ‘disadvantage’ for the limitation. These are other ‘Pro’ and ‘Cons’ I notice after only trying out for ‘2 minutes’.
Con:
1)No ‘drag and drop’ function
2)couldn’t resize the “window” so is a big ‘pain’ for big photo (as J.D mentioned)
3)no ‘undo’ function so have to cancel and go back ’step 1' if make ‘mistake’
Pro:
1) The ‘opacity’ is quite interesting to create ‘transparency’ effect (I try the ‘water drops Frame’ and create like a ‘raining’ effect)
2) The ’scroll bars’ for opacity and rotating make it flexible and easy to ‘display’ watermark for image and text (which ‘kind’ of accommodate the ‘lack of’ drag and drop function.
As my point of view (simple user), I find this software for the nice interface, quite useful and easy to use. But not for more advance user as the features are too limited. The ‘Frames’ are in bitmap format, if it ‘allow’ us to place in any bitmap image to ‘enrich’ the ‘variety’ then this will be a ‘plus’ for sure as some software ‘restrict’ this. I yet to ‘explore’ the further possibilities of this software . Since I only ‘play’ for a very short time. just hope to let others to have brief ideas about this software. As usual I really appreciate GOTD Team to provide us lovely softwares and games for us daily. Thank you for your hard work.
Have a great day everyone :)
Comment by Jul — February 29th, 2008 at 10:51 am
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I question whoever ‘-’ed #34.
Half of what makes GAOTD so good is the availability of freeware alternatives that the users post in comments such as these. I’d never have heard of Threatfire, for example, if people didn’t suggest alternatives. No one’s saying the programs GAOTD offers are bad; they’re saying there are other alternatives that you might want to check out, and a lot of the time, the alternatives are better.
Comment by Trape — February 29th, 2008 at 11:01 am
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Thank you all who post links to alternative free software programs. I appreciate the chance to compare from the ones that people have already tried and can recommend. And thank you GAOTD for offering us the chance to download these programs and providing us a place to learn more about them from real users!
Comment by Nonie — February 29th, 2008 at 11:14 am
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I had hopes for this from the description. It’s about to be deleted.
A minor point is the means by which you add text to the watermark. Maybe it’s not that at all.
But primrily: any program that fixes its window at 640 x 480 - no resizing/maximising - goes straight to the rubbish bin.
Incredible that people are still writing programs like this. :-/
Comment by Ardwych — February 29th, 2008 at 11:37 am
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I’ve installed the free giveaway today. Frankly, I quite like the easy and quick fix of adding frame on my photos. I know PhotoShop quite well but this software saves me time from creating the frame from scratch. The program size is small which means less chance of getting my PC to suddenly freeze when I am editing large image like with Photoshop.
Many people mention Irfan View and Gimp. Can anyone tell me if these also has the option for adding background frame? Thanks.
Comment by roadrunner — February 29th, 2008 at 11:42 am
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Just a heads up…
If you copy the program folder to a USB Flash drive (AFTER you have registered the programme btw) it appears to work fine.
Thanks GAOTD!
Comment by Damian — February 29th, 2008 at 11:46 am
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Just going by previous offerings: ImageBadger and MediaRiserPro are better offerings. If you don’t have one this is ok but not very configureable: the renaming process is very simplistic, like http://www.faststone.org and not like flash renamer which seems to be par of what these batch converters do. A 3 — for mediocre on the hit parade.
Comment by nick — February 29th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
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I tried out several of the links posted here and then tried this giveaway. I have to say that I found WinWatermark very easy and intuitive to use and had immediate success. The other programs looked great, but I found it difficult to accomplish what I wanted - a simple watermark of text over the picture.
In order to save the file as a different picture, you simply have to click *to folder* instead of *original folder*. Then click on the little bubble next to it to select where you want the new picture to go.
One disadvantage (I think it was mentioned in the 15 minute review) is that you have to re-enter your text each batch. So I’ll post a sticky with my favorite settings to make it easier.
Oh - and don’t forget to register it by clicking on the ?. It would be a shame to let this little gem get away!
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