More "flexible" watermarking?

I do portraits of show animals. Which means I want to "sign" my images with a small signature in different spots depending on the particular image. In LR5, I can place a watermark on an image, but I haven't been able to figure out how to adjust it without creating a NEW watermark. After doing this enough times, I end up with a couple dozen water marks that all have the same content, but are in very slightly different places. And, of course, I haven't come up with a way of naming them so I can find exactly which one sits in exactly which spot...
Is there any way to make the positioning of the watermark more flexible, so I can just move it where I want, then export the image WITHOUT having to create a new watermark every time?
Yes, I can VERY easily do this in Photoshop by just dropping a signature with a transparent-background layer on the image, but it seems silly to have to go into Photoshop JUST to put a signature watermark on an image...
Ideas?

Dave,
I do this by having a single Signature Watermark preset that I update each time. Since my signature is almost never going to be in the same place on any image, I don't worry about saving it from export-to-export.
Create a Signature Preset called Floating Signature. When you are ready to export, invoke Floating Signature. Launch the editor. Move the watermark to where you desire and then Select Update Preset "Floating Signature" from the pulldown at the top left of the Watermark Editor. It will allow you to use the modified watermark without ending up with many slightly different watermarks.
Not as elegant as you might like, perhaps but it does keep you from getting a big list of slightly-different watermarks, and avoids going to Photoshop.

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What is more flexible ?

Hi,
Reading the generics faq, I have encountered this text:
"In general, if you have an API that only uses a type parameter T as an argument, its
uses should take advantage of lower bounded wildcards (? super T). Conversely, if
the API only returns T, you�ll give your clients more flexibility by using upper bounded
wildcards (? extends T)."
Could anybody please explain me how would somebody benefit
by using this convention ? Any examples ?
Thanks,
Adrian

Hi Simu,
That's right - an excellent example :)
Moreover - I do understand what you write here
and why it's useful here. But according to what was
written in the sun's faq (let me quote it again):
"In general, if you have an API that only uses a type parameter T as an argument, its
uses should take advantage of lower bounded wildcards (? super T). Conversely, if
the API only returns T, you�ll give your clients more flexibility by using upper bounded
wildcards (? extends T)."
An example you could fit into this convention could be (let's quote again):
public static <T> List<? extends T> doSomething(List<? super T> l) {
   return new ArrayList<T>(); // what else could I put in here ? I can't
                                                   //put just anything since I don't know what the T
                                                   //is going to be, so no subtypes available ...
                                                  //as for formal method's parameter l - there isn't
                                                  //any other benefit then being able to invoke eg:
                                                  // l.add() .... or is there something else ?
}So we accept a parameterized formal method's parameter whose
type parameter is bounded wildcard. I understand that it is useful
as we are able to call e.g.: l.add() But sometimes it is not that case
and we want to accept List<? extends T>. So why does author assume that
List<? super T> is in general better ? (Why is he assuming that in general
we want to be able to call parameter's methods which have type parameter
in its signature more often ?) And secondly, as I wrote as comment, what is
the benefit of RETURNING List<? extends T> ?
And have a look at what I wrote about copy method again:
Original from Collections:
public static <T> void copy(List<? super T> dst, List<? extends T> src) {}My propose:
public static <T> void copy(List<? super T> dst, List<T> src) {}They BOTH work.
Thanks for your patient :)
Cheers,
Adrian

The Transform Each Effect: more flexibility is needed please...

Is this really wishful thinking?
Hi,
I was reveiwing recently an episode on AdobeTV with Colin Smith regarding a very neat trick applying a style with Illustrator and repeating business cards on the same page. Very cool idea and way of using that effect indeed. I particularly like the fact that you can store and save that effect as a style so you can use it over and over again.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/no-stupid-questions-with-colin-smith/illustrator-business-cards/
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For a better understanding, please view the above video where the author explain and debates quite clearly that point::
http://youtu.be/V4-Ee9mJAOA
Like the author says at the end of in his video, you can always make a small "Action Script" but it involves more steps andfurther testings. So more flexibility is needed here from the "Transform Each Effect" and I tend to agree with the gentlemen on that matter. As you may know, many of us who are involved in production the simple task of rearranging/transforming logos is performed many times for certain projects. By adding this feature to the "Transform Each Panel" would be a great help to us all. Also, just imagine if that feature could then be save as a "Style", what a great time saver it would be for all of us!
I know that you can first rezise one object with the "transform Panel" an then use the the "Transform again" command in order to apply it to the others. But you cannot do it to all at the same time because Illustrator apply that transformation then globally. Also, if the some logos are let's say of various sizes it does not work at all.
Is there another way some of you may know how to do it simpler? Is there a special "Plugin" available with Illustrator that you may know who could perform that type of task?
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Robert Marchand
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oh yeah. sorry. Two new errors were generated (same
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Hi Phil
Welcome to the iPhoto discussions.
First thing to remember is that everything you want to do, all the organisation takes place within the iPhoto window. Ignore what goes on in the iPhoto Library folder, you simply never, ever have to do any work in there. In fact it is strongly recommended that you never touch or change anything there as it will profoundly affect the running of the app.
Given the above, you can import your pics into iPhoto and then Trash your originals. Yes, once you are happy that iPhoto has taken all the pics in, you can throw away your originals, this eliminates the problem of the doubled-up disk space. But, you may ask, what if I want to keep my originals. iPhoto does this for you. If you edit or alter a pic in iPhoto you can always revert to the original as iPhoto keeps the original.
<<So if I import additional images in the future I have no control over how it will be organized in the Finder. My organizational scheme and workflow are hosed!>>
Yes it is, totally done for - because you are not organising the pics in the finder any more, you're organising them in iPhoto.
You can organise pics in just about any way imaginable in iPhoto: by date, by time, by keyword, by ratings by a combination of them all. Want to find the pics taken in June 2003, no problem. Want to find only the pics of your dog taken in June 2003? No problem if you use keywords. Want to find all the pics of your dog that don't have your cat taken any month in 2003 except June? You get the picture.
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The most important thing to remember is that your organisation is done within iPhoto. It does the heavy lifting.
If anything I've said is unclear, don't hesitate to come back and ask more.
Regards
TD

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