Hi Scott, Lou and Mike Thank you for taking the trouble to help me. I was actually enquiring on behalf of a friend who is building a new web page and he wanted to batch watermark hundreds of images. I sent him the tutorial from Scott Kelby's book but we were both having the same problems. At least you have all re-assured me that we were not doing anything wrong. It works perfectly on a one-off but not in batch. I have sent my friend all your replies. It's great to have a forum where people with more knowledge than ones self who are willing to pass it on. Cheers