Watermarking

Your IMS Library can be used to store your watermarks and they can be applied to the thumbnail and preview images of all or selected Files, as required.

The scope of Watermarking

Watermarking can be applied at a number of different levels so there may be multiple places you will need to check  or adjust if you wish to make changes.

Please note that it is not possible to apply watermarking at the level of individual files.

Add a Watermark

Upload pre-prepared watermark images and store them in the IMS Library as follows:

1. Logon as an Administrators
2. Select Tools > Watermarking from the main menu
3. Click the Upload a new watermark button. The Upload a new graphic box opens
4. Select Choose File to upload your watermark image

Colour

The watermark you use should be grey on a white background. When the file is uploaded its colour characteristics will be handled as follows:

• Grey is rendered as translucent
• 100% white is rendered as 100% transparent
• 100% black is rendered as 100% opaque.

Tiling

The watermark will be tiled across the images and videos to which it is applied automatically, so you do not need to produce a repeating pattern in your watermark artwork.

Size

The recommended size for your image is 300 x 300 pixels. However, if a smaller image is used, it will be repeated as a tile across an image.

Default Watermark

You can use several different watermarks and apply them to selected Folders, Smart Folders or Collections. However, when you are assigning watermarking by Event, the Public Gallery or user, the watermark specified as the default watermark will be used.

When you have uploaded more than one watermark, you can specify which should be used as the default, as follows:

1. Logon as an Administrators
2. Select Tools > Watermarking from the main menu
3. Locate the watermark you want to be the default and click the Make default button.

Assign Watermarking

Folders, Collections and Smart Folder

Watermarks are not applied to Files when displayed in a Folder, Smart Folder or Collection by default. You can change the settings as follows:

1. Logon as an Administrators
2. Locate the Folder to which you want to apply a watermark and Add, Edit, Move and Delete Modify Folders.
3. Select the Watermarking tab or, if you are using the Multiple Container Editor, select the Display Options tab

4. The Watermark Files dropdown presents you with several options as follows:

   Option	Description
   Use user settings	Watermarking will be applied to Files in the Folder only if specified in a user's account or for the IMS Library. This is the default setting for a new Folder.
   Never	Watermarking will not be applied to Files in the Folder. A watermark may be applied if the File is displayed in the Public Gallery or an Event: refer to Public Gallery and Events below.
   Always	Watermarking will be applied to Files in the Folder including downloads

5. Select the option you want.
6. Select Watermark Select the watermark you want to apply: all Add a Watermark are available for selection.
7. Click Save Changes.

Watermarking in the Public Gallery and Events

Watermarks are not applied to Files when displayed in the Public Gallery or an Event, by default. You can change the settings as follows:

1. Logon to the Library as an Administrator
2. Select Users > Public Gallery or Users > Events from the main menu. When you select Events, you are presented with a list of Events - select the one you want to change

3. Select the Display Options tab. You are presented with the following options

   Option	Description
   Watermark previews	Apply watermark to Display Files Previews and Original Files only
   Watermark thumbnails	Apply watermark to Display Files Previews and Original Files only
   Watermark video streams	Apply watermark to Display Files Additional Display Options only

4. Select the options you want to apply
5. Click the Update button to apply the settings

If you use any of the above options to specify that watermarks are to be applied, the default watermark will be applied to all File displayed in the Gallery or the Event, regardless of the settings for the IMS Library or for users.

Watermarking IMS Library

Watermarks are not applied to any Files in your IMS Library by default. You can change the settings as follows:

1. Logon to the Library as an Administrators
2. Select Configuration > Site Options > Watermarking to open the Watermarkings page
3. You are presented with the options described in the table below: select the options you want to apply
4. Click the Update button to apply the settings used to apply watermarking to files

If you use any of the above options to specify that watermarks are to be applied, watermarks will be applied unless:

• The settings in a Folder specify never
• The settings in an Event or the Public Gallery specify that watermarks should not be applied.
  In both of these cases, watermarks will not be applied.

If you use any of the above options to specify that watermarks are not to be applied, watermarking will not be applied unless:

• The settings in a Folder specify always
• The settings in a Folder specify Use users settings and a user's account specifies watermarking should be applied
• The settings in an Event or the Public Gallery apply watermarks
  In all of these cases, watermarks will be applied.

Selected Users

You can specify that a Watermark should be applied when a user views Files, as follows:

1. Logon to the Library as an Administrators
2. From the main menu select Users > Users & Groups.
3. Select the users you want or select Groups and select the Group you want
4. The Edit User or Edit Group page is displayed: select Display Options

5. The Display Options tab includes three options for watermarking, as follows:

   Option	Description
   Watermark previews	Apply watermark to Display Files Previews and Original Files only
   Watermark thumbnails	Apply watermark to Display Files Previews and Original Files only
   Watermark video streams	Apply watermark to Display Files Additional Display Options only

6. Select the options you want
7. Select Update User to apply the settings

If you use any of the above options to specify that watermarks are to be applied, the default watermark will be applied unless the settings in a Folder, Event or the Public Gallery specify never, in which case watermarks will not be applied.

If you use any of the above options to specify that watermarks are not to be applied, they will not be applied unless the settings for the IMS Library specify that they should be or, a Folder, Event or the Public Gallery specify always.