Copyright: Copyright (c) 2002-2004 PhotoWatermark.Com. All rights reserved.


Overview - Power Batch freeware

Power Batch freeware does batch convert, resize, rename, batch rotate, batch adjust, and print out your watermarked photos. Conversion is performed among JPEG, TIFF, GIF, BITMAP, PNG and JPEG2000. Resizing can use one of the 11 resampling filters. Renaming template uses a combination of EXIF date/time, auto number and any custom string. You create your watermarks the same way as in Photo Watermark Professional and print your watermarked photos in batch mode.

Copyright (c) 2002-2004 PhotoWatermark.Com. All rights reserved.


What's new

Mar 01, 2004 V 1.1.2.3

•	From now on, version numbers have the following meaning.

•	1st digit, major version. The change of this version will introduce significant new features.

•	2nd and 3rd digits, minor version. The change of this version will introduce new features.

•	4th digit, maintenance version: Any change from the previous version indicates bug fixes.

•	Display what's new if program version changes.

•	Added View -> Restore all: display all dockable windows as their defaults.

•	Added View -> Old interface: Hide all right side dockable windows and make the object editor float.

•	Added Options -> Convert and rename options.

•	Added align or distribute commands

•	Fixed bug: now when you save as GIF, it does not convert your picture to transparent unless the original picture is transparent.

•	Fixed bug: now your original picture's DPI can be preserved on save if Change to DPI option is not checked.

Feb 28, 2004 V 1.1.1.2

•	Moved Watermark menu under File menu in order to prevent confusing about "Watermark" and "Watermark object".

•	Redesigned watermark manager. Now you always select and check one file. The default name is now called "Watermark file (1)" instead of the "Watermark (1)" which also causes confusion between "Watermark" and "Watermark object". Also, now you can have no watermark files in the list. However, as soon as you create any object, a new watermark file is created.

•	Added option: Auto format (c) and (r) marks (English only). This option only works with ANSI system.

•	Now when you change the default watermark folder, it does not restart.

•	Reordered main menu items.

Feb 25, 2004 V 1.1.1.1

•	Display DPI, image size in inch in the property window.

•	Added Change DPI to option. This option is available in the Convert rename window. However, it is globally available when checked.

•	Added import and export watermark file commands under Watermark menu. When you import a watermark file in, it will add to the current working watermark file.

•	Added option to change the default watermark folder. Click the last menu item under Watermark menu to do this. It display the current default watermark folder.

•	Added a new object called Last watermarked. This object will record the date and time the image is watermarked. You can apply the same format string as in EXIF date time.

•	The bug that creates light border around the image when you check auto brightness and contrast has been fixed.

Feb 21, 2004 V 1.1.0.1

•	Bug fix: Memory leak and stop at middle of processing.

•	Improvement: Loading JPEG is optimized according to your specified size.

Feb 20, 2004 V1.1.0.0 final

•	Added option "Keep long side". If turned on, PowerBatch will resize your pictures according to the long side.

•	Added crop function.

•	Added Print current image.

•	Added make image current size function.

•	Added support for animated GIF and multipage TIFF formats. Now PowerBatch will watermark every frame and save them appropriately. If the format you save does not support multiple pages, each frame will be saved separately.

•	Added image adjusting commands: orientation, brightness and contrast, gamma correction, RGB, hue-saturation-luminosity, hue-saturation-value, grayscale, negative, alpha channel, sharpness and softness. These commands are available for all batch processing.

•	Changed Resize menu to Image menu.

•	Changed batch convert resize to Batch process images.

•	Removed default JPEG option. Now uses the JPEG settings in the convert dialog box.

•	Now save and load EXIF in TIFF file.

•	Added making AVI movie function.

•	In the rename template, illegal file name characters will be replaced by "_".

•	Now all dockable panels can remember their heights.

•	The main image can load alpha channel now.


Features

Power Batch key features include:

•	Green program: Everything is in a single folder.

•	One step to process large number of photos (all files in a folder and also in its subfolders at the same time) including combinations of

•	Batch renaming: Create unique file names with EXIF date and time.

•	Batch resizing: Can use one of the 11 resample filter.

•	Batch converting: Convert between JPEG, TIFF, Bitmap, GIF, PNG and JPEG 2000.

•	Batch printing: Watermark and print out all your images.

•	Batch rotating: Rotate all your pictures at once.

•	Batch adjusting: Adjust colors of your pictures.

•	Making AVI: Make AVI movie with or without watermark.

•	Customizable target image size: specify a target image size and create the most consistent watermark.

•	Manage multiple watermark files with the built-in watermark manager: Maximize your creativities, switch watermarks is just a single click.

•	Three types of objects: Watermark supports a mixture of text, graphic and drawing objects of any complexity.

•	Multi-line text box and various styles: Text supports multi-line and any true type fonts in your system. Single line text boxes can also have angled fonts.

•	Automatic objects - Objects that are updated automatically with each image using either file information or EXIF data.

•	Auto file info: Stamp your photos with filename and size.

•	Auto date: Stamp your photos with date picture taken in various formats.

•	Auto EXIF table: Show portion or the entire EXIF table on your pictures.

•	Auto age: Place your baby's age on the photos.

•	Camera model and camera settings.

•	Frame: Include an auto adjustable frame for your pictures.

•	Extended text styles: outline*, shadow, emboss, and engrave.

•	Soft shadow: Each object has its own drop shadow including non-text objects*.

•	100 transparency levels: Each object has its own transparency level*.

•	Insert or paste pictures: JPEG, GIF, PNG, ICO, WMF, EMF, TIFF, BITMAP, JPEG2000 etc.

•	Transparent or opaque image object: a single button makes it transparent or opaque.

•	Individual object alignment: Each object can have an auto position attribute which is one of the 9 predefined positions and no auto position.

•	Explorer style folder tree and file list: Photo files are listed automatically when you select a folder. You can optionally open a number of files for watermarking if you do not want to list all photos in a folder.

•	WYSIWYG: What you see is what you get interface.

•	Keep your EXIF data: EXIF data are automatically saved in the watermarked files provided they are in JPEG format.

•	Various graphic formats: JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, BITMAP and JPEG2000.

•	Supports animated GIF and multipage TIFF files.

•	Multiple themes.

* Available under NT based systems (NT/2k/XP/2003) only.


System requirements

Microsoft Windows 95/96/NT/2K/XP/2003.


License agreement

This software is provided AS-IS, without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. In no event shall the author be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software, although many safety features have been implemented in order not to change your original photo files.


Credits

Thanks to all who reported bugs and/or gave suggestions. This has helped us to make PhotoWatermark Professional to be the world's best photo watermarking tool.

Special thanks to the following people who wrote wonderful free software that is useful to this program:

Jordan Russell

Alex A. Denisov

Mike Lischke

Jim Kueneman

Roy Magne Klever

Momot Alexander

 BitSoft Development, L.L.C.


Contacts

Web site: http://www.unidreamtech.com

Web site: http://www.photowatermark.com


Using the program

No other program is easier than PowerBatch. For example:

•	Conventional program usually requires to open files to work with. With PowerBatch, you save this step. Simply select a folder and all images meeting the filter requirement will automatically be listed in the list view box. These are the files you are going to batch process. By checking the Recursive button, PowerBatch will list all photo files in the selected folder and all its subfolders. If you do not work on all images in a folder, you can use the conventional File -> Open command.

•	PowerBatch has a user interface very similar to Microsoft Office. All commands are available in the main menu system with the most commonly used commands on the four tool bars and popup menu.

•	Unlimited undos and redos are very convenient.

•	Realtime command enabling and updating system assumes very little confusion.


File menu

The file menu has the following submenu commands:

•	Watermark

•	New watermark (Ctrl + N): Create a new watermark file and set it as the default. Whatever you create will be saved in this file. If you do not create any watermark objects, this file will be deleted on exit.

•	Delete watermark (Ctrl + Del): Delete selected watermark file and set the default watermark file to the next one.

•	Select watermark: Select a watermark file from the watermark list. This works the same way as you select a watermark file from the watermark manager.

•	Rename watermark (F2): Rename the current selected watermark file.

•	Import: Import a watermark file. It will be added to the current watermark file. So if you want the contents in that file only, please create a new watermark file and then import.

•	Export: Export the current watermark objects to a file.

•	The last menu shows the default watermark folder. By clicking this folder, you change this default folder. However, when you reinstall the program, this value will change back to the default.

•	Open (Ctrl+O): Open a number of files to work with. Use Shift or Ctrl key to select multiple files. The selected files will be shown in the file list until you change folder or open other files.

•	Save current image as: This refers to the image being displayed in the main window. It uses the Default JPEG quality value found under Options if saving as JPEG files.

•	Print current image: This refers to the image being displayed in the main window. It uses the Default JPEG quality value found under Options if saving as JPEG files.

•	Refresh (F5): Refresh the folder tree and file list.

•	Recursive: If checked, PWPro will list all photo files in the selected folder and all its subfolders.

•	File filter: This determines the types of image files to be shown in the list.

•	Batch watermark (Ctrl+W): Batch watermark all images in the file list.

•	Batch process images (F3): All batches except batch watermarking are available here.

•	Make AVI: Make AVI movie with or without watermark.

•	Batch rename (F2): Batch rename all files in the file list.

•	Batch print (Ctrl+P):  watermark and print out all your images.

•	Exit (Alt+X): Exit.


Image menu

The image menu has the following submenu commands:

•	Resample filter: Used when selecting target image size other than "Original". 11 filters are available. They are: Triangle, Hermite, Bell, BSpline, Lanczos3, Mitchell, Nearest, Linear, FastLinear, Bilinear, Bicubic.

•	Image size: This is the target image size. PowerBatch will resize each photos in the memory (without touching the original) using the resample filter if you select the image size other than "Original". Use #x# to specify a custom size.

•	Stretch image: When checked, PowerBatch will stretch the image to fit the specified size. Otherwise, it will keep each image's aspect ratio.

•	Large only: When checked, PowerBatch will only shrink images that are larger than the specified size.

•	Keep long side: when checked, PowerBatch will resize your pictures according to its long side. For example, if you resize a photo of 768x1024 to 640x480, you actually get 480x640, otherwise, you get 360x480.

•	Page: List the number of frames in the image file. Only GIF and TIFF can have more than one frames. Therefore, most of the time, there will be one page only. Choose a page number to display that frame.

•	This menu depends on what you have selected. Here are the possibilities:

•	Orientation: display the orientation commands allowing you rotate or flip your pictures.

•	Brightness and contrast: allow you to adjust the brightness and contrast of your pictures. An auto adjust algorithm is available.

•	Gamma: allow you to set the gamma correction value for channel R, G and B.

•	RGB: allow you to adjust Red, Green, Blue of your pictures.

•	HSL: allow you to adjust hue, saturation and luminosity of your pictures.

•	HSV: allow you to adjust hue, saturation and value of your pictures.

•	Gray scale: allow you to convert your pictures to grayscale.

•	Negative: allow you to convert your pictures to negative.

•	Alpha channel: allow you to display image alpha channel. You cannot have watermark in the transparent area.

•	Sharpness: allow you to sharpen your pictures.

•	Softness: all you to blur your pictures.


Edit menu

The edit menu has the following submenu commands:

•	Undo (Ctrl+Z): Undo last change. PWPro has unlimited undos. If you insert large pictures in the watermark, this process is slow.

•	Redo (Ctrl+Y): Redo last undo.

•	Copy (Ctrl+C): Copy the selected objects to clipboard.

•	Cut (Ctrl+X): Cut the selected objects to clipboard.

•	Paste (Ctrl+V): Past as image from clipboard. PWPro supports the following clipboard image format:

•	Bitmap.

•	Windows meta file.

•	PWPro internal vectorial object format.

•	Delete (Del): Delete selected objects.

•	Reset image: Reset graphic object to its original size and aspect ratio.

•	Make image current size: When you insert an image object, you could resize that image. However, PWPro will keep the original image and only resize it on the screen. This may increase your file size. You could use this command to make that image to the current size on the screen.

•	Crop: Use the object editor to select a portion of the image and click this command to crop it. This is a permanent change.

•	Set image transparent: Turn on or off image object's transparency.

•	Select object: It has submenus listing all objects. By clicking that object, you select that object.

•	Select all: Select all objects.

•	Select invert: Invert the selection.

•	Select none: Clear all selection.

•	Auto position: It has the following submenus:

•	No auto position: The object can be freely positioned.

•	Nine predefined positions: When an object has auto position attribute, it cannot be positioned manually.

•	Group: Group and ungroup objects.

•	Order:

•	Send to bottom: Send selected objects to the bottom layer.

•	Bring to top: Bring selected objects to the front layer.

•	Size:

•	Grow: Make selected objects bigger.

•	Shrink: Make selected objects smaller.

•	Move:

•	Move in bound: If any objects are outside the image bound, move them in.

•	Move left

•	Move right

•	Move up

•	Move down

•	Align or distribute

•	Align left: Align selected objects to the left edge of the first (top) object.

•	Align center: Align selected objects to the center of the first (top) object.

•	Align right: Align selected objects to the right edge of the first (top) object.

•	Align top: Align selected objects to the top edge of the first (left) object.

•	Align middle: Align selected objects to the middle of the first (left) object.

•	Align bottom: Align selected objects to the bottom edge of the first (left) object.

•	Distribute horizontally: Distribute even space between selected objects horizontally.

•	Distribute vertically: Distribute even space between selected objects vertically.


Format menu

The format menu has the following submenu commands:

•	Transparency: Set the selected objects' transparency. Values are from 0 to 100 %. 100% means totally transparent and 0 means opaque.

•	Soft shadow: Turn shadow on or off of the selected objects.

•	Back color: Set background color of shape objects.

•	Line color: Set line color of shape objects.

•	Line width: Set line width of shape objects.

•	Font

•	Font name: Change name of the font of the selected text objects.

•	Font size: Change size of the font of the selected text objects.

•	Font angle: Change angle of the font of the selected single line text objects.

•	Font color: Change color of the font of the selected text objects.

•	Bold

•	Italic

•	Underline

•	Strikeout

•	Outline*: only available on NT based system (i.e. NT/2K/XP/2003).

•	Shadow

•	Emboss

•	Engrave

•	Align left

•	Align center

•	Align Right


Object menu

The object menu has the following submenu commands:

•	Select: If checked, clicking on objects will select that object. This is checked automatically after creating a new object.

•	Text: When checked, click and drag in the image area to create a new default text box. Use the object editor to change the text.

•	Image: When checked, click and drag in the image area to create a new graphic object. You will be prompted to open a graphic file.

•	Line: When checked, click and drag in the image area to create a line object.

•	Box: When checked, click and drag in the image area to create a box object.

•	Ellipse: When checked, click and drag in the image area to create an ellipse object.

•	Polygon: When checked, click and drag in the image area to create a polygon object. Double click to close the polygon.

•	File info: Click to insert a file info auto field in the center of the image area. Use the object editor change the format.

•	Age: Click to insert an age auto field in the center of the image area. Use the object editor change the format.

•	EXIF table: Click to insert an EXIF table auto field in the center of the image area. Use EXIF table editor turn on and off entries.

•	Date: Click to insert a date and time auto field in the center of the image area. Use the object editor change the format.

•	Camera setting: Click to insert a camera setting object in the center of the image area. This includes F-number, Exposure time, ISO speed rating and flash status, e.g. F4.5 1/500 ISO100 Flash off.

•	Camera model: Click to insert a camera model object in the center of the image area. This includes the model and make of the camera, e.g. C3000Z (Olympus Optical CO, LTD.).

•	Last watermarked: Click to insert a date and time object which shows when the image is last watermarked. You apply the same format string as in EXIF date time object.

•	Frame: Click to insert a picture frame. Frame is a box object which automatically adjust itself to fit the entire image area. You can change the line width, color and background color of the frame. Each frame can also have its own transparency level and soft shadow. By layering several frames of different line width and color on top of each other, you can create special framing effect.


View menu

The view menu has the following submenu commands:

•	Restore all: display all dockable windows as their defaults.

•	Old interface: Hide all right side dockable windows and make the object editor float.

•	Standard tool: Turn on or off standard tool bar.

•	Formatting tool: Turn on or off formatting tool bar.

•	Image: Turn on or off image tool bar.

•	Tip tool: Show or hide tip tool bar.

•	Attributes: Turn on or off attributes panel. Attributes window works properly only in ANSI character set.

•	Watermarks: Turn on or off watermark manager panel.

•	Zoom: Choose among several predefined numbers and fit or enter a custom number. If set to fit, large images will be shrunk but smaller images not stretched.

•	Themes: Choose one of the available themes from its submenu.


Options menu

The options menu has the following submenu commands:

•	Use individual object transparency*: If checked, each object can have its own transparency. Extended font styles are not available. This option is only available on NT based system (i.e. NT/2K/XP/2003).

•	Auto format (c) and (r) marks (English only). This option only works with ANSI system.

•	Convert and rename options: This will bring up the convert and rename options window. Most settings are globally used.

•	Use file date: When checked, auto date objects will use file date if EXIF date not available.

•	Hide EXIF titles: When checked, EXIF table will hide EXIF titles, i.e. only display EXIF values.

•	Hide Empty entries: When checked, EXIF table will not show entries with empty values even that entry is selected.

•	Hide error objects on watermarked photos. If checked, the error watermark objects will not be shown on your final products. This prevents you from removing these objects when you have photos that do not contain EXIF or are taken before your specified birthday.

•	Open destination folder when processing is complete: If checked, PowerBatch will open the destination folder when batch watermarking or convert-resizing is complete.

•	Auto position border: The distance from the margin used to auto position objects.


Help menu

The help menu has the following submenu commands:

•	Contents (F1): Open this help file.

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