Convert + watermark without GUI

[Tom_Joad]

Hi

I need to schedule a batch convert on a specific folder to convert some .tif to .pdf files. I know that Irfanview has some command line options that do this. When the images are on a folder with long names (let's say in My Documents\My Pictures, etc) it does nothing. I've tried using the 8.3 format, but it also didn't work. If I put my images on the root (c:\) it works flawlessly. Should I use "" around the paths? Any ideas?

Anyway, before converting to pdf, I would like to add a watermark image, also through a command line. I know that Irfanview doesn't support this, but I was wondering if you know some freeware or even shareware application that does this.

Thx

[Skippybox]

Notes:

- Only lower case options are supported (don't type any UPPERCASE letters) !
- Input file name (if required) is always the first parameter!
- Use "" for file names with spaces, example: "c:\images\dummy test file.jpg".
- Write always the FULL paths for file names (incl. drive letter).
- You can combine several options in one command.
- Wildcards (*) supported only for /convert, /print, /info and /jpg_rotate.
- Maximal command line length is limited by Windows, so use shorter names/paths.
- Most settings are loaded from the INI file. Using prepared INIs and /ini=folder option, you can extend the possibilities.
- IrfanView exit code is 0. If /convert or /print is used, there is 1 or 2 also possible, for load/save errors.

IrfanView can do a text overlay using /advancedbatch, but no watermarking like you say. XnView is capable of watermarking and can even export a script for you, utilizing it's companion command line conversion program, NConvert.

[Tom_Joad]

Thanks. I'll try it out.
TJ