Doc,
I’ve created an Action that pretty well does what you’re after. You can download it and a sample image from <
http://jazzdiver.com/photoshop/Add_Logo_Action.zip>. To see what the action does, copy or move the included "logo.psd" file to C:\logo.psd so that the action looks in the correct place for it. While not as fast as a brush stroke, it is still quick (and quite likely very quick on something more than my dual 550MHz P3).
The main step to be aware of is the Selection using a fixed size where the specified size is that of your logo. If you’ve never used that, once you select the Rectangular Marquee tool the Options panel has a drop-down menu to choose Fixed Size from. Now, if you have your Info palette visible when you make the selection, you can ensure your cursor is at X,Y = 0,0. In one fell swoop that will define a selection the size of your logo that is positioned at the top left corner of your image.
Now, in the case of my action, I wanted the logo to ultimately be at the bottom left of my destination image, regardless of that image’s size. So, here’s what my action does:
1. With the destination image already open, the logo file is opened, all content copied, and then the file is closed.
2. The destination image now the active file by default, the Select Fixed Size step defines where the logo is to be pasted.
3. The logo is pasted from the clipboard to the selected area.
4. Now, to get the logo from the top left corner as I’d defined to the bottom right (independent of image size, else I’d have defined the selected area at the bottom right), a series of flips is performed, first using the whole layer so that the image size contributes to the placement.
5. The area is deselected and the action is complete….unless you want to merge the logo into the image permanently, in which case a Merge Down of the layer should be added.
Note, if you have some other more arbitrary placement needed for your logo and you know that it will always be within the dimensions of your destination image, then you can record over the Select Fixed Size step and define that position. Then, delete the rotate and flip layer steps. That will make for an even faster-executed action.
Don’t forget also that you will need to record over the step that opens the logo file, based upon where your file is saved at.
You’re probably aware of this, but if you want to avoid any dialogs interrupting the flow of the action, be sure your logo and your destination file are both defined in the same color space. Also, the resolutions should be the same if you don’t want any scaling to occur on the logo.
Hope that helps,
Daryl