Add watermark in batch

[darwin4ever]

Hi,

Somewhere  I read about

pdf24-DocTool.exe -applyProfile -profile user/XXXXXX -profileParam pdf-watermarkText YYYYYYYY .....

to be used for adding a watermark in batch.

But what is a "profile", what is in it and how to create it ?

In the GUI "Add a watermark to PDFs" there are a lot of settings for the watermark that can be specified, how to provide them to the batch counterpart ?

[Stefan Ziegler]

A profile is a set of parameters to control the generation of an output file. There is an output profile manager that you can use to add/manage profiles.

-profile user/XXXXXX

XXXXXX is the name of a profile that you have added.

-profileParam pdf-watermarkText YYYYYYYY

Assigns the value YYYYYYYY to the key pdf-watermarkText.

In order to add a watermark to a file via -applyProfile, you  have to enable the watermark function in the profile. If it's not enabled, then no watermark is added.

[darwin4ever]

Ok, thank you.
I've seen now how to proceed with those profiles.

Just to know, how can I use a build-in profile (like good-quality) in -profile?

[darwin4ever]

3rd time I try to add a comment

Thank you for the reply

How can I use in -profile a build-in profile like good-quality ?

[darwin4ever]

Seems I can only comment my own topic, not the answer you gave

[PDF24 Support]

Hello,

the built-in profiles have these IDs:

• default/low (Low quality)
• default/medium (Medium quality)
• default/good (Good quality)
• default/high (High quality)
• default/best (Best quality)

So you use -profile default/good. See also: https://creator.pdf24.org/manual/11/#1114-apply-a-profile-to-input-files

The built-in profiles do not add a watermark. You can switch it on with -profileParam, which overrides values of any profile, also of a built-in one:

pdf24-DocTool.exe -applyProfile -profile default/good -profileParam pdf-useWatermark true -profileParam pdf-watermarkText "CONFIDENTIAL" -outputFile C:\out\file.pdf -silent C:\in\file.pdf

For other settings such as color, font or position of the watermark, a profile of your own (user/...) as described above is easier.

Adding a watermark is also possible online: https://tools.pdf24.org/en/add-watermark

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