Adding PDF watermark in Automator doesn't work in Lion?

Question

Hi folks,I am trying to create a function for adding watermarks to my invoices. I read different tutorials, but whatever I make, when it comes to adding the watermark background (Automator -&gt; Workflow -&gt; PDFs -&gt; Watermark PDF document (not quite sure about the english name)) it doesn&#x27;t add anything. I tried .jpg, .psd, .png, different image files and sizes. However I never get any file into my list.Any hints?Thanks!Mike

John Blanchard1 · Accepted Answer

This is broken for others here also. You should send feedback to Apple:http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

pengtao · Answer

Here&#x27;s a workaround:1. Create a workflow, including the "Watermark PDF Documents" action, save it as a workflow.2. Show the contents of the saved workflow, find the file "document.wflow" inside the "Contents" folder, open it with a word processor, e.g TextEdit or BBEdit or Microsoft Word3. Find the parameter block of the "Watermark PDF Documents" action, it should look like below:                              &lt;key&gt;ActionParameters&lt;/key&gt;                              &lt;dict&gt;                                        &lt;key&gt;angle&lt;/key&gt;                                        &lt;real&gt;57.379999999999995&lt;/real&gt;                                        &lt;key&gt;onePDF&lt;/key&gt;                                        &lt;false/&gt;                                        &lt;key&gt;opacity&lt;/key&gt;                                        &lt;real&gt;0.72282608695652173&lt;/real&gt;                                        &lt;key&gt;overUnder&lt;/key&gt;                                        &lt;integer&gt;1&lt;/integer&gt;                                        &lt;key&gt;scale&lt;/key&gt;                                        &lt;real&gt;1.4574821967095799&lt;/real&gt;                                        &lt;key&gt;xOffset&lt;/key&gt;                                        &lt;real&gt;34.5&lt;/real&gt;                                        &lt;key&gt;yOffset&lt;/key&gt;                                        &lt;real&gt;23.469999999999999&lt;/real&gt;                                &lt;/dict&gt;4. Add a key-value pair for "fileNames" into the parameter dictionary, so that it looks like this:                                &lt;key&gt;ActionParameters&lt;/key&gt;                                &lt;dict&gt;                                        &lt;key&gt;angle&lt;/key&gt;                                        &lt;real&gt;57.379999999999995&lt;/real&gt;                                        &lt;key&gt;fileNames&lt;/key&gt;                                        &lt;array&gt;                                                &lt;string&gt;/Volumes/Storage/Media/Pictures/SleepingCat.gif&lt;/string&gt;                                        &lt;/array&gt;                                        &lt;key&gt;onePDF&lt;/key&gt;                                        &lt;false/&gt;                                        &lt;key&gt;opacity&lt;/key&gt;                                        &lt;real&gt;0.72282608695652173&lt;/real&gt;                                        &lt;key&gt;overUnder&lt;/key&gt;                                        &lt;integer&gt;1&lt;/integer&gt;                                        &lt;key&gt;scale&lt;/key&gt;                                        &lt;real&gt;1.4574821967095799&lt;/real&gt;                                        &lt;key&gt;xOffset&lt;/key&gt;                                        &lt;real&gt;34.5&lt;/real&gt;                                        &lt;key&gt;yOffset&lt;/key&gt;                                        &lt;real&gt;23.469999999999999&lt;/real&gt;                                &lt;/dict&gt;

flymke · Answer

Alright, Thanks guys!Mike