It's been awhile since I've done this, but maybe this general overview will help.
Automator workflows will tend to work with what are called QuartzComposer "protocol" compositions; Graphic Animation, Image Filter, etc. You will probably want to make an Image Filter protocol composition. Use the QuartzComposer editor template chooser. Edit the composition to your liking. The simplest thing is probably to place a Composite patch on the editor. Place your original image in one input, the watermark in the other, then find the suitable blend mode for the Composite patch. Take the output of that composite and attach it to the input of the protocol splitter image output. There may be some more efficient ways, but I'm describing what I think is probably easiest. In Automator, there are workflows that allow you to then run images through any Image Filter qtz's you place in your Compositions folder. You pretty much choose that, tweak whatever fields are needed, and you should be good to go....if it all still works! > On Oct 20, 2015, at 9:13 PM, Patrick Sheffield <psheffi...@earthlink.net> > wrote: > > I would guess you could do something like this. Certainly Quartz Composer can > do the image processing. > >> On Oct 20, 2015, at 5:33 PM, Josh Reiss <j...@joshreiss.com> wrote: >> >> Newbie question trying to determine if Quartz Composer is the tool I need. >> >> I looked in Automator and saw there's a way to use Quartz Composer >> Compositions in automator to edit images. >> >> I have a background in programming, and node based architecture (from the 3d >> application Maya). Can I create my own quartz composition to show up in >> Automator? Supposedly it will add any composition in /Library/Compositions. >> >> And are there any tutorials for doing this? (I'd also be willing to spend a >> few bucks if there was someone around with the time to answer a few >> questions). >> >> >> I want to be able to have automator automatically apply a set image >> (basically a watermark) over another image using the watermark's alpha >> channel. And I want it to do this for any image that's placed in that >> folder. I tried already with a photoshop droplet, but it seems unreliable. >> >> >> thanks! >> -J >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list (Quartzcomposer-dev@lists.apple.com) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/psheffield%40earthlink.net >> >> This email sent to psheffi...@earthlink.net > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list (Quartzcomposer-dev@lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/gtoledo3%40gmail.com > > This email sent to gtole...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list (Quartzcomposer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
