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   Last updated: July 25, 2011

Description:

Its software title says it all.  WatermarQue Plus is just one of those apps allowing the user to watermark any number of images, right?  Not so fast...  WatermarQue Plus comes with a built-in media player that allows the user to import movies and take movie snapshots, which can be brought to its image list.  That is, WatermarQue plus offers a quick and easy way of watermarking movie snapshots.  Its built-in video player supports such multimedia formats as 3GP, AVI, DV, M4V, MOV, MPEG, WMV and more, depending on computer's OS version, availability of QuickTime components and other factors.

Features

• Save default watermark text
• Drag and drop your own picture files and watermark them all at a time.
• Drag and drop video clips to generate movie snapshots, which can be directly sent to the image list.
• Store and keep track of as many as 1,000 movie snapshots in a cache folder.
• Auto Pan: Freely move watermark text with Mouse (with Version 2.1.0)
• Rotate watermark text (with Version 2.1.0)
• Drag and drop a QuickTime-based movie directly onto the application window (with Version 2.2.0).

* Decoding additional media types other than 3G2, 3GP, DV, M4V, MOV, MP4 may require QuickTime 7 (as opposed to QuickTimeX) and third-party QuickTime components.  Click here for more information.

Screenshots:

Trial version:

A demo/trial version is available.

• Click on the button to download a demo/trial version of WatermarQue Plus for Mac OS X 10.5 & 10.6. 

System requirements:

• 10.5 or 10.6 with PowerPC Mac or Intel Mac for online store version
• 10.6 or 10.7 with Intel Mac only for Mac App Store version
• QuickTime 7.5 or higher (not QuickTimeX) for additional media types (No Pro upgrade required)

Videos:

Quick Overview Video (no audio commentary) QuickTime Video 01: Overall Workflow 1 This QuickTime video covers the basic workflow of WatermarQue Plus.  The software version is 2.3.0. Duration: 8 minutes 43 second (67.4 MB)   Click on the screenshot to play a movie with no audio commentary

Purchasing WatermarQue Plus license:

Version History:

2.3.0 to 2.3.1 (February 21, 2011)

1. Preferences: 'Check QuickTime at startup' is deprecated because the application can put itself into an infinite loop when the user cannot locate QuickTime 7 under Snow Leopard.
2. Text alignment may not have been enforced unless the user closes Text window and then reopen it manually.
3. Open button is installed so that the user can have quick access to the destination folder.

2.2.1 to 2.3.0 (February 11, 2011)

1. If the user disables Auto Pan, the ring will disappear.
2. Change: Text Window will close itself when the user opens Preferences.
3. Additional export formats are added: PSD, SGI, TGA
4. If any of the application files goes missing, it will be automatically regenerated.
5. Clicking on Convert (Toolbar button), the user can convert the graphic format of one or more image files into another at a time.  Click here for more information.
6. A number of minor changes and bug fixes are made.

2.2.0 to 2.2.1 (November 24, 2010)

1. This update will resolve an issue where the application may have failed to save some watermark settings including the font color.

2.1.1 to 2.2.0 (November 20, 2010)

1. Preferences: The user can now set their default window size of the main window under Settings2.
2. Preferences: The user can set their default sample image under Settings2.
3. The tab order is fixed on the main window where the first tab is set to Label.
4. After the user select a picture as an sample image on the image list, they will have an option of using it as their default sample image.
5. The user can now drag and drop a QuickTime-based movie directly onto the application icon.
6. Fix: Edit/Copy, Edit/Cut, Edit/Select All were disabled.
7. Fix: Pan up/down value and Pan right/left value will no longer be automatically adjusted to 110 and 190, respectively.
8. The user can turn off Auto Pan in order to adjust the position of watermark text by entering numbers in edit fields or using up/down meters. See Canvas > Auto Pan.
9. Other numerous changes and fixes are made.

2.1.0 to 2.1.1 (November 17, 2010)

1. Preferences: The user has an option of whether or not to relaunch the application automatically after closing the window to reload new settings.
2. The application now has better compatibility with Snow Leopard.
3. Window > Show Text Window will be disabled if Text Window is open.

2.0.0 to 2.1.0 (October 14, 2010)

1. The user is able to open Text Window to change horizontal and vertical alignment.
2. Choose 'Show Text Window at startup' in Preferences to show Text Window at start up.
3. Window menu is installed along with 'Bring Window to Front.'
4. By default, the user is able to change the opacity of watermark text. They now have an option of rotating text. If text rotation is enabled, text opacity will be automatically disabled. On the other hand, if text opacity is enabled, text rotation will be automatically disabled, setting the angle to zero.
5. The application remembers main window's coordinates, where Preferences window will open accordingly.
6. Auto Pan: When the Mouse pointer approaches the coordinates of watermark text, a red ring will appear, allowing the user to freely move watermark text.
7. Several other minor changes and improvements are made.
   
   

1.2.3 to 2.0.0 (October 12, 2010)

1. The user is able to save default watermark settings.
2. The user has an option of loading stored movie snapshots at startup.
3. The user has an option of deleting all stored movie snapshots at startup.
4. The user is able to set up a default export folder in Preferences.
5. WatermarQue Plus has a new application icon.
6. WatermarQue Plus comes with a better video player.
7. The user will be reminded of missing or invalid watermark/export settings in real time.
8. Other numerous minor fixes, changes and improvements are made.

1.2.2 to 1.2.3 (December 11, 2009)

1. The image drop box will now correctly display a resized sample image.
2. The user can click on the newly installed Locate button to locate the selected image.
3. The user can click on the newly installed Open button to open the selected image with the default application set by the system.
4. Bug fix: Importing a movie for the second time or more will not cause the application to crash.
5. Bug fix: Clicking on the Remove or Dropbox buttons without a selected image will not cause the application to crash.

1.2.1 to 1.2.2 (November 23, 2009)

1. The application rejects an imported movie if it has 214 pixels or less in height to maintain the user interface.
2. The application rejects a dropped image if it has 239 pixels or less in width or 549 pixels or less in height to maintain the user interface.
3. Clicking on the Dropbox button will show the selected image being resized in the dropbox.
4. Several minor changes and fixes are done.

1.1.0 to 1.2.1 (November 21, 2009)

1. Import and Export buttons are installed on the Toolbar menu.
   
2. With version 1.1.0 update, the application failed to create a Screenshots folder, which caused taken screenshots to be created inside the folder where the application was installed.
   
3. The application prevents the user from selecting files other than movie clips when Import Movie is selected.
   
4. A few more minor fixes are done.

1.0.4 to 1.1.0 (November 20, 2009)

1. WatermarQue Plus now supports the CheckUpdate function as other MacHouse applications do.
   
2. A dropped image will be resized accordingly when it's dragged and dropped onto the image drop box to the right.

1.0.3 to 1.0.4

1. Improvement: The image listbox now indicates the dimension of each imported graphic image.
   
2. Fix: The default background picture of the image canvas now expands as the window size does.

WatermarQue Plus is a product of MacHouse.