Step 1: The first thing you need to do is create or locate the image you want to use as your watermark. To learn how to make your own, see this tutorial on creating watermarks in Paint Shop Pro.
Step 2: Next, we need to create a basic script that adds a watermark to a single digital photograph. This is a lot easier than it sounds and can be done by following this guide on recording scripts in Paint Shop Pro while using these instructions on how to add a watermark to a digital photograph. (Tip: When saving your script, make sure to give it a name that you’ll be able to easily recognize, such as Watermark 1 or Watermark Signature.)
Now, we’re ready to actually start the batch process.
Step 3: From the File menu on Paint Shop Pro’s main toolbar, select Batch Process. (Click any image for a larger view.)
This will open the Batch Process window.
Step 4: The first thing we need to do in the Batch Process window is select all of the files to which we want to apply the watermark. To do this, click the Browse button and navigate to the directory containing the photos.
Select all of the photos that you want to watermark. If you want to choose all of the files in a specific folder, just click the Select All button. Otherwise, you can select multiple photos from the same directory by holding down the Shift key to choose a group of adjacent files or the Ctrl key to pick individual non-adjacent files. If you chose this latter option, click Select once you’ve chosen all of your files to return to the Batch Process window.
Step 5: Make sure there is a check in the box next to Use Script. Then, from the dropdown box under Script, select the watermark script that you created in Step 2.
If you want the script to process all of the selected images without any user intervention, put a check in the box next to Silent mode. Otherwise, you will be prompted to approve the watermark application for each photo in the batch. Sometimes, that can be a good thing though, especially if you want to verify that the watermark is being placed correctly or if you want to make minor changes to the watermark settings for each photo.
Continue on to the next page for the remainder of this tutorial on how to batch process watermarks in Paint Shop Pro.