I use the following code. It requires PIL:
def reduceOpacity(im, opacity):
"""Returns an image with reduced opacity."""
assert opacity >= 0 and opacity <= 1
if im.mode != 'RGBA':
im = im.convert('RGBA')
else:
im = im.copy()
alpha = im.split()[3]
alpha = ImageEnhance.Brightness(alpha).enhance(opacity)
im.putalpha(alpha)
return im
def watermark(im, mark, position, opacity=1):
"""Adds a watermark to an image."""
if opacity < 1:
mark = reduceOpacity(mark, opacity)
if im.mode != 'RGBA':
im = im.convert('RGBA')
# create a transparent layer the size of the image and draw the
# watermark in that layer.
layer = Image.new('RGBA', im.size, (0,0,0,0))
if position == 'tile':
for y in range(0, im.size[1], mark.size[1]):
for x in range(0, im.size[0], mark.size[0]):
layer.paste(mark, (x, y))
elif position == 'scale':
# scale, but preserve the aspect ratio
ratio = min(float(im.size[0]) / mark.size[0], float(im.size[1]) / mark.size[1])
w = int(mark.size[0] * ratio)
h = int(mark.size[1] * ratio)
mark = mark.resize((w, h))
layer.paste(mark, ((im.size[0] - w) / 2, (im.size[1] - h) / 2))
else:
layer.paste(mark, position)
# composite the watermark with the layer
return Image.composite(layer, im, layer)
img = Image.open('/path/to/image/to/be/watermarked.jpg')
mark1 = Image.open('/path/to/watermark1.png')
mark2 = Image.open('/path/to/watermark2.png')
img = watermark(img, mark1, (img.size[0]-mark1.size[0]-5, img.size[1]-mark1.size[1]-5), 0.5)
img = watermark(img, mark2, 'scale', 0.01)
The watermark is too faint to see. Only a solid color image would really show it. I can use it to create an image that doesn't show a watermark, but if I do a bit-by-bit subtraction using the original image, I can demonstrate that my watermark is there.
If you want to see how it works, go to TylerGriffinPhotography.com. Each image on the site is watermarked twice: once with the watermark in the lower right corner at 50% opacity (5px from the edge), and once over the whole image at 1% opacity (using "scale", which scales the watermark to the whole image). Can you figure out what the second, low opacity watermark shape is?
