Watermark PDF Action (Offset x,y now working)

I can create a watermarked PDF just fine, however, Automator freezes when I try to change the x and y offsets. As soon as I put the cursor in the box and try to change the value from 0, Automator will freeze.
Any workarounds?

I have played with that myself. Although it does seem to crash when you try to change those values you can still get it to work. For example, if I wanted to change the x offset to 50 I would select the current x offset then type 50. You'll see that when you type 50 it doesn't appear in the field and seems to lock up Automator... but that's OK. What you need to do after typing 50 press command-s on your keyboard to save the workflow, then press command-q to quit automator.
Now just open the automator workflow again and you will see that 50 is in the x offset field. So although it does appear to lockup, you can still save your change and quit automator. It's not a good solution but it works. You just have to save and quit and re-open the workflow every time you make a change.

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I couldn't find the QuickLook folder but I took a screen shot.
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Hi Markus Seeger
Thak-s for your little manual!
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#!/usr/bin/python
# Watermark each page in a PDF document
import sys #, os
import getopt
import math
from Quartz.CoreGraphics import *
from Quartz.ImageIO import *
def drawWatermark(ctx, image, xOffset, yOffset, angle, scale, opacity):
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    writeFilename = None
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    yOffset = 0.0   # FIXED: changed to float value
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H

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