uMark PDF Watermarker

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Overview:

A watermark is text or an image that is displayed either on top or behind PDF document contents. It gives the look of a stamp. The main difference is that a watermark is integrated into PDF pages as a fixed element while a stamp is PDF comment which can be opened to display a text annotation, move, change, or delete. But why you need to add watermark to your document? Simply this will protect your copyrights using visible watermarks. In addition, it adds professionalism and prevents against others from presenting your work as their own.
You can create watermarks with file names, company logos, signatures and product pictures, etc. For example, you could apply a “Confidential” watermark to pages with sensitive information or specify the page range on which watermark will appear. You can add multiple watermarks each one separately. Also, you can watermark many PDFs documents at the same time.
This can be done using many software or online websites, one of these simple and professional applications is uMark PDF Watermarker

Homepage:

https://www.uconomix.com/Products/uMark-PDF/

Download: 

https://www.uconomix.com/Downloads.aspx?p=10

Size:  2.70 Mb

Price: 29$

Installation:

After downloading the installer file, double clcik and follow simple on screen instructions till you have the program installed on your computer. You can activate the pro mode in trial for 15 days. After installation, you will be asked to register your software using your email address (better use the email you have used during purchase). This will help you to easily activate the program when connected to the internet.













Comparison of free versus pro modes:

uMark PDF Watermarker has two modes; namely the free and pro. The pro mode offers you 15 days free trial to test all features. After the trial is over, uMark will continue to work in the free mode with certain features disabled. If you like to make use of the Pro features, consider doing purchase and upgrade to the Pro mode.





In this table, you can see the differences between the free and the pro modes:



User Interface:

The user interface is well arranged and easy to use. In the upper part there is menu bar. In the main program area, you can see three main parts; on the left side there is PDF files and the options to add or remove documents, in the center the preview area and on the right side the working area to add, save and customize watermarks.



Watermarks menu:



Help menu:



Features and uses:

PDF Watermarking

Add visible watermarks on your PDF documents. Put your copyright on your important documents.

Batch Processing

Watermark multiple PDF documents at once. Select individual documents or watermark entire folders with sub folders.

Text and Image Watermarks

Add text or your logo as watermarks. You can add multiple watermarks on a document. Put your company name on your corporate documents.

Fully Customizable Watermarks

First regarding the text watermark, you can set watermark font, size and other font properties like bold, italics and underline. You can easily choose the placement of the watermarks, for example you can place watermark at one of the 9 predefined positions or set custom X,Y position. You can also set custom transparency and rotation. Set watermark color. Add a shadow to watermark to improve visibility. Set shadow color. Have total control over how the watermark looks and where it appears.

Image Watermark:

The program lets you use an image/logo/signature as watermark. You can easily resize the image to be used as watermark

Macros:

Use watermark macros - document name, folder name, document path, page number, total pages

Save Watermarks for Reuse

Save time with saved watermarks. Create one or more watermarks and save them for repeat use so you don't have to create them from scratch every time.

Watermarked PDF document:

Save watermarked PDF in a specific folder or the original folder. Choose whether to overwrite original PDF or to keep it with the watermarked document. Also, add suffix to watermarked documents

Insert Page Numbers

Insert page numbers and total number of pages in your documents.

Password Protected PDFs

Add watermarks to password protected documents. uMark can also remove passwords or apply passwords to PDF documents.

Free Mode

If you have limited number of documents to watermark, then you can use uMark for free. The free mode does not add any of its own watermarks.

Now let me explain how to use the program in three simple steps:

You can use the program to create the watermark you wish in three simple steps; select, add, save. First select the PDF documents to watermark, second add the watermarks, third save the watermarked documents. That’s all!

1. Select the PDF documents:

This is the first step. Simply click add PDF file or even folder with many documents. You can select subfolders to include all documents at once. The selected PDF documents will be automatically added to the list of documents to be watermarked. You can also use drag and drop of any PDF files to the program window to be included in the list. If you need to remove any PDF file from the list, the process is very easy, all you need to do is to select the file then click remove button. You can remove all documents by clicking on the “Remove All button”.

File preview:

This is a built-in feature that lets you preview the contents of the first page of the selected file in the preview area.

Watermarking password protected documents

Using the program, you can easily add a watermark to any password protected PDF file. Simply, select the file then input the password when asked for. If it is the same for all selected PDFs, you can use for all.



2. Adding the watermarks

There are two types of watermarks you can add to your file; namely text and image watermarks.

Text watermark

This watermark is only text, for example; you can use your name, website URL or any custom text you want. There are many built-in options which let you easily have the watermark in the appearance you want. For example, you can change font, style, shadow, size, place, color, transparency, rotation.







Watermark Macros

You can use built-in macros to create dynamic text watermarks. You can select any macro from the drop-down menu and click insert.  For example; document name, document name with extension, document folder name, document folder path, page number and total page.

Image Watermark

You can add an image watermark to your document; for example; image or logo that. The process is very easy, simply select the image watermark option, then select the image you will add as a watermark. The program allows users to the image as a percentage of the document width or height.
You can change the positioning of the watermark in one of the 9 predefined locations on the document or specify custom location using left and top coordinates in pixels. In addition, you can control the transparency and the rotation angle of the watermark.
Finally, after you have done all the changes you want to your watermark; You can preview the watermarks in the preview area.







Saving watermarks for repeat use

The program lets you save the watermark settings for later use with other documents. There is no need to lose your time and effort trying to recreate the watermarks every time. Simply, click on the Save Watermark button and specify its name in the dialogue which appear. That’s all! Next time you need to use a previously saved watermark, click on the Add Saved Watermark buttonand select a watermark from the list. You can also remove any watermark you will not need anymore. Remember that you can add multiple watermarks in the Pro mode and up to 2 watermarks in the Free mode.



3. Save the watermarked PDF documents

After you are done, click on the Start Watermarking button at bottom, Output Options dialogue will appear. Simply, specify the parameters of the output files; for example; folder path to save output files, overwrite your original PDF documents, add suffix, password options. Finally, click start. You can see the progress and completion percentage of watermarking.





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Pros:

Batch watermarking of many documents
Support text and image watermarks
Easy to use
Support password protected files
And many more

Cons: 

No settings available
Printing and page range options need to be added

Conclusion:

uMark PDF Watermarker is good easy to use software that helps you to add an image or text over your PDF in seconds. It can add watermark to many PDF documents at once. You will be able to customize your watermark regarding the typography, transparency and position.