What is a decent freeware image watermarking GUI on Windows?

[Arlen Holder]

What is a decent freeware image watermarking GUI on Windows?

There are plenty of batch-oriented payware & trialware watermarking apps;
but this question asks about a freeware watermarking Windows GUI.

What is a decent freeware image watermarking GUI on Windows?

[Arlen Holder]

On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 03:40:46 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:

> What is a decent freeware image watermarking GUI on Windows?

I was remiss in misspelling "r.p.d", so I fix & clarify...

Which freeware image watermarking app do you use on Windows?
o Why do you like that particular watermarker above the others?

There are plenty of batch-oriented payware & trialware desktop watermarking
apps; but this question asks about a freeware watermarking Windows apps.

A quick search show they seem to exist - so the question is for those who
ALREADY use them - which ones they like - and why (to save the rest of us
the time & effort necessary to test them all out ourselves & report back).

o Best Free Watermark software for Windows 10
<https://www.thewindowsclub.com/best-free-watermark-software-windows-10-8-7>
1. uMark
2. WaterMark
3. Alamoon Watermark
4. JACo Watermark
5. Star Watermark
6. Easy Watermark Studio Lite.

o Top 5 Best free Watermark Software for Windows 10 / 8 / 7
<https://www.zerodollartips.com/best-free-watermark-software-windows/>
1. uMark Free Watermark Software
2. Star Watermark Software
3. TSR Watermark Image
4. JACO Watermark
5. BImageStudio

o 50 Best Free Watermarking Software For Windows
<https://listoffreeware.com/50-best-free-watermarking-software-windows/>
1. IrfanView <http://www.irfanview.com/>
2. Picosmos Tools <http://picosmos-tools.software.informer.com/>
3. Alamoon Watermark <http://alamoon.com/watermark-editor.html>
4. GFXMark Free <https://www.usro.net/shop/>
5. XnConvert <http://www.xnview.com/en/xnconvert/>
6. Copyright2Image <http://www.copyright01.com/en/copyright2image>
7. FastStone Image Viewer <http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDownload.htm>
8. WaterMarkLib <http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Digital-Photo-Tools/WatermarkLib.shtml>
9. Fast Watermark <http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Others/Fast-Watermark-Free.shtml>
10. Image Converter One <http://www.ashongsoft.com/product/image-converter-one.html>
11. MODI <https://modi.en.softonic.com/>
12. Redimensionneur <http://www.toutenvrac.org/project-red-dt.html>
13. Exif wMarker <http://download.cnet.com/Exif-wMarker/3000-12511_4-10906047.html>
14. Star Watermark <http://www.star-watermark.com/windows-watermark-photos-free-download.html>
15. TSR Watermark Image Software <http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Others/TSR-Watermark-Image-Software-FREE-Version.shtml>
(This list goes on two score more freeware watermark apps!)

Given that's a few score (or so) to test, it's worth asking the question
first of the people who ALREADY have experience with watermarking apps.

Which freeware image watermarking app do you use on Windows?
o Why do you like that particular watermarker above the others?

--
Since Usenet is a potluck where everyone shares their value, please do not
post if you do NOT already use a watermarking app since that wouldn't be useful.

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <qms8dr$336$1...@news.mixmin.net>, . Arlen Holder
<?.arlen_h0ldr@arling.hlder.edu.invalid> writes:

>On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 04:39:43 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:
>
>> Which freeware image watermarking app do you use on Windows?
>> o Why do you like that particular watermarker above the others?
>

>I manually created an alphabetical list of our freeware watermarking options...

Who's this "our" - who are "we" here?

>o Where the main question is which do you prefer, & why you prefer it?
[]
To avoid specification creep: what do you mean by/want from
watermarking? I presume you mean something more than putting "© 2019
Arlen Holder" in the corner, which most image-handling software can do;
I use IrfanView, for both adding in-image text (it has two ways), and
adding things to the various metadata fields (and Exifer for the ones
Irfan misses, but I haven't used it for ages). But I'm guessing you want
something different, such as steganography, or the almost-invisible
"leaf" symbols that Ancestry use.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Never. For me, there has to be a meaning. There's not much meaning in eating
bugs. - Darcey Bussell (on whether she'd appear on /I'm a Celebrity/), in RT
2015/11/28-12/4

[. Arlen Holder]

On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:31:21 +0100, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

> Who's this "our" - who are "we" here?

Hi JP Gilliver,

Usenet is a potluck where everyone who posts brings something of value to
share, just as everyone who reads learns something of value from them.

Hence, I consider that a question with an obvious answer.
o If you attend a Usenet potluck, where people share items of value
o The "we" is everyone who participates in the Usenet potluck

I test software all the time & write tutorials all the time
o I often use the royal "we" to collectively mean everyone on this ng.

Together, we are more knowledgeable than we are sitting at home, alone.

>>o Where the main question is which do you prefer, & why you prefer it?
> To avoid specification creep: what do you mean by/want from
> watermarking?

Actually, I don't have specific needs other than watermarking.
o I'm fleshing out my software hierarchy - where watermarking is missing

That's why I asked for people with EXPERIENCE why they like it.
o And what they use.

> I presume you mean something more than putting "© 2019

> Arlen Holder" in the corner, which most image-handling software can do.

There's a reason I asked specifically for people with experience.
o I want them to share what it is that they do with watermarking.

> I use IrfanView, for both adding in-image text (it has two ways), and
> adding things to the various metadata fields (and Exifer for the ones
> Irfan misses, but I haven't used it for ages).

Long ago I edited EXIF tags (e.g., to remove geolocation data).
o But that's a completely different topic, I think.

I just now snapped this exif editing screenshot for you...
a. Using AnalogExif on Windows:
<https://i.postimg.cc/tJFYd5cm/exif02.jpg>
b. Using ExifToolGui on Windows:
<https://i.postimg.cc/JnJgRDvW/exif03.jpg>

Here's a list of EXIF editors I compiled just yesterday for everyone:
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.ipad/H4nZD8_XOS0/HhiTDi1vAgAJ>
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.ipad/H4nZD8_XOS0/h_Hcf_ZyAgAJ>

I just noticed that, even after all that effort, I missed "exifer"
o Hence I thank you for bringing it up as another EXIF-editing tool

Together, we are more capable than we are sitting at home, alone.

> But I'm guessing you want
> something different, such as steganography, or the almost-invisible
> "leaf" symbols that Ancestry use.

There's a good reason I asked for experienced users' input...

I want what I had asked for which is for experienced users' suggestion
o Of what _they_ like, and of why they like the watermarker they use.

Your suggestion of an almost-invisible symbol is useful.
o We just need to determine a good watermarker that inserts that symbol.

Together, we are more powerful than we are sitting at home, alone.

[. Arlen Holder]

On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 15:12:40 -0000 (UTC), . Arlen Holder wrote:

> I just noticed that, even after all that effort, I missed "exifer"
> o Hence I thank you for bringing it up as another EXIF-editing tool
>
> Together, we are more capable than we are sitting at home, alone.

Hi John J P Gilliver,

Your suggestion of "exifer" is a great case of where we are more capable
together, than we are alone, sitting at our computers all day at home.

I looked for the canonical site for Exifer, which I found, I think, here
<https://sourceforge.net/projects/exifer/>

But the "website" url just loops back.

Certainly I can find non-canonical downloads for "Exifer"... but...
o Does anyone reading this know what happened to the canonical site?

--
Watch out for this site which is different <https://www.thexifer.net/>

[. Arlen Holder]

On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 15:24:42 -0000 (UTC), . Arlen Holder wrote:

> Certainly I can find non-canonical downloads for "Exifer"... but...
> o Does anyone reading this know what happened to the canonical site?

Is "this" the canonical site for Exifer, given its sourceforge is dead?
<http://www.photo-freeware.net/download/action/show/Item/exifer/>

Or, is that a different tool than what used to be on sourceforge?