GGGGRRRRR I hate this new Mailing List format … not being able to ‘Add Links’ like in Rich Text! Makes giving support harder for me, more time consuming ;-(
Chris, I've redone my email and added the URLs. Hopefully this one works. ---- Hi Chris, I think you wish to 'Add a Watermark' to all your images that includes the Copyright symbol © The Mac shortcut for this © is 'Option-G’ The Professional Photographers on our Mailing list will be able to help you a lot more than I can. A watermark is a visible embedded overlay on a digital photo consisting of text, a logo, or a copyright notice. The purpose of a watermark is to identify the work and discourage its unauthorized use. Though a visible watermark can’t prevent unauthorized use, it makes it more difficult for those who may want to claim someone else’s photo or art work as their own. Ideally, the watermark should be a copyright symbol along with the name of the owner, and the URL of the owner’s web site, if applicable. This not only conveys the message of copyright, but it gives others an opportunity to contact the original owner of the image. Watermark placement can be a bit of a balancing act. The watermark should be placed carefully so as not to detract from the image too much, but you also don’t want to place the watermark in a area of solid color or a textured area where removal would be easy to conceal. If you have Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, you can add a watermark to your images. There are other Mac applications such as Lightroom, Aperture. If you do a Google search you will find other professional programs for watermarking images. A few I picked up in a Google search are: iWatermark Pro <http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/13758/iwatermark-pro> Star Watermark for Mac <http://www.star-watermark.com/index.html> <http://www.star-watermark.com/how-to-watermark-photos.html> WinWatermark Professional - Mac Edition <http://www.winwatermark.com/#> For watermarking your videos I used Quicktime Pro (years ago) to add a watermark over the entire video. It was a bit of fiddling, but it worked ;-) You can do this in Final Cut Pro. Again a google search brings up these: Watermarking Video with the Mac • Adding a watermark to your video in DVD Studio Pro <http://www.geniusdv.com/news_and_tutorials/2008/01/adding_a_watermark_to_your_video_in_dvd_studio_pro.php> • Watermark video using Quicktime Pro <http://thedvshow.com/faq-pro/?action=article&cat_id=013001&id=771&lang=> • With MPEG StreamClip <http://tipsfor.us/2008/11/11/add-watermarks-to-video-for-free-with-mpeg-streamclip/> • Watermark your videos using Final Cut Pro video #1 <http://www.fcptips.com/final-cut-pro/watermarking-in-final-cut-pro-video_bf4f4ed2b.html> • Watermark your videos using Final Cut Pro video #2 <http://www.fcptips.com/final-cut-pro/create-a-watermark-video_942450d58.html> • If you happen to have Compressor, you can add the watermark at transcode time and save the rendering/duplication in your editor. <http://www.fcptips.com/compressor/watermarking-video_3240e62b6.html> Cheers, Ronni On 08/10/2011, at 11:31 AM, Chris Burton wrote: > Ronni and Steve > > Thankyou both very much for your advice with movies, I will have a play with > iMovie. > > I also have a concern with copyright on my images and movies that I will be > providing to a research organisation, as Im not sure how I can include my > copyright info on each image and movie. > > I have been told that while using a Windows machine it is possible to include > name, copyright symbol,etc within the image info of each image (and with > video) but Im not sure how to do this on my mac. Can someone please advise me > on this? I have looked at the Get Info screen for an image and video file, > and it only shows if a person can 'read or write' under the 'Sharing and > Permissions' drop down menu. Is this the place I need to include copyright > info? > > I vaguely recall that images have Xif data (or something similar) and that > might be the place to look, but I dont know how to access it? > > Kindest regards and many thanks > > Chris > > > Christopher L.K. Burton > Director > Western Whale Research > PO Box 1076 > Dunsborough WA 6281 > Mobile: 0419 199 120 > Email: [email protected] > > On 08/10/2011, at 7:54 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Hi Chris, >> >> As you don’t have Quicktime Pro, Stephen has already mentioned iMovie will >> do the job. >> >> If you are using a Canon EOS 7D, it records its movies as MOV files using >> AVC / H.264 compression. >> The choice of H.264 comes with the requirement of greater processing power, >> though -- not only from the camera when recording, but also when playing >> back or editing videos. >> The more sophisticated encoding used in the H.264 standard requires quite a >> bit of processor power to pull it apart and put it back together again, so >> frame-accurate editing of H.264 requires a fast processor and capable >> editing program. >> >> In iMovie’09 when importing HD (File > Import > Movies) you have two choices >> for optimizing video format: >> >> FULL - Maintains the best HD video quality but requires large amounts of >> hard disk space and a fast Mac. >> >> LARGE: Optimizes the HD Video to a smaller size, so files use less hard disk >> space and play smoothly on all Macs. >> >> iMovie when optimizing the video will convert the codec that comes out of >> the camera H.264 to AIC (Apple Intermediate Codec) which is better for >> editing. >> >> There is a video here that might be worth having a look at before you decide >> what codec to use for editing the HD footage. >> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z6r80jWCxU> >> >> Canon 7D Video Recording >> <http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/E7D/E7DVIDEO.HTM> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> >> On 07/10/2011, at 10:27 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: >> >>> Simplest way would be to import all the clips into iMovie, >>> then just edit them as single project in the timeline. >>> >>> On 07/10/2011, at 5:27 PM, Chris Burton wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Muggers >>>> >>>> Steve's death has been a very sad event but also an uplifting time, with >>>> the huge amount of positive to come from his incredible life. Of the many >>>> I have seen, it was nice to sit in a coffee shop in Dunsborough and read a >>>> very good 2 page article in today's Fin Review. >>>> >>>> I have just recently taken some HD video with my Canon D7 camera. After >>>> downloading the CF Card I have 12 seperate little movies that are showing >>>> the Quicktime icon, and I am not sure what is the best way to combine them >>>> into one movie, with some editing. >>>> >>>> I assume QT Pro would provide this ability but I dont have it. I have Snow >>>> Leopard on my laptop with iMovie 9.0.4 and thought that this would be a >>>> good alternative, but havnt used it for years. >>>> >>>> Can someone please advise what is a good way to go, that provides some >>>> ease of use and a not-to-steep learning curve as I need to have something >>>> for tomorrow? >>>> >>>> My sincere regards and thanks for any advice. >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Stephen Chape >>> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard OS X 10.7 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
