diff --git a/e107_admin/image.php b/e107_admin/image.php
index 276552860..c31cbcf23 100644
--- a/e107_admin/image.php
+++ b/e107_admin/image.php
@@ -576,10 +576,24 @@ class media_admin_ui extends e_admin_ui
 				</tbody>
 						</table>
 						<div class='buttons-bar center'>
-						Import into Category: ".$frm->selectbox('batch_category',$this->cats)."
+						Import into Category: ".$frm->selectbox('batch_category',$this->cats);
+			
+			$waterMarkPath = e_THEME.e107::getPref('sitetheme')."/images/watermark.png";				
+					
+			if(is_readable($waterMarkPath))
+			{
+				$text .= $frm->checkbox_label("Add Watermark", 'batch_import_watermark',1);
+			}
+						
+						$text .= "
 						</div>
 						<div class='buttons-bar center'>
-							".$frm->admin_button('batch_import_selected', "Import Selected Files", 'import')."
+							".$frm->admin_button('batch_import_selected', "Import Selected Files", 'import');
+							
+			
+		
+							
+			$text .= "
 						</div>
 					</fieldset>
 				</form>
@@ -609,6 +623,17 @@ class media_admin_ui extends e_admin_ui
 		
 		require(e_HANDLER.'phpthumb/ThumbLib.inc.php');	// For resizing on import. 
 		list($img_import_w,$img_import_h) = explode("x",e107::getPref('img_import_resize'));
+		
+		if(vartrue($_POST['batch_import_watermark']))
+		{
+			$WM = TRUE;
+			$watermarkPath = e_THEME.e107::getPref('sitetheme')."/images/watermark.png";	
+			$watermark = PhpThumbFactory::create($watermarkPath);
+		}
+		else 
+		{
+		 	$WM = FALSE; 
+		}	
 
 		foreach($_POST['batch_selected'] as $file)
 		{
@@ -626,9 +651,19 @@ class media_admin_ui extends e_admin_ui
 				catch (Exception $e)
 				{
 				     $mes->addError($e->getMessage());
+				     continue;
 				    // return $this;
 				}
-				$thumb->resize($img_import_w,$img_import_h)->save($oldpath);
+				if($WM) // TODO Add watermark prefs for alpha and position. 
+				{
+					$thumb->resize($img_import_w,$img_import_h)->addWatermark($watermark, 'rightBottom', 30, 0, 0)->save($oldpath); 
+			
+				}
+				else
+				{
+				 	$thumb->resize($img_import_w,$img_import_h)->save($oldpath); 
+				}
+				
 			
 			}
 			// End Resize routine. ---------------------
diff --git a/e107_handlers/phpthumb/thumb_plugins/gd_watermark.inc.php b/e107_handlers/phpthumb/thumb_plugins/gd_watermark.inc.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50f33273a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e107_handlers/phpthumb/thumb_plugins/gd_watermark.inc.php
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * GD Watermark Lib Plugin Definition File
+ * 
+ * This file contains the plugin definition for GD Watermark
+ * Usage:
+ * <?php
+ * 	require_once 'path/to/ThumbLib.inc.php';
+ * 	$pic = PhpThumbFactory::create('path/to/pic/destination');
+ * 	$watermark = PhpThumbFactory::create('path/to/watermark/destination');
+ * 
+ * 	//overlays the $pic-image with the $watermark-image on the right bottom corner, no offset 
+ * 	$pic->addWatermark($watermark, 'rightBottom', 50, 0, 0);
+ * 	$pic->show();  //or $pic->save('path/to/new/pic/destination');
+ * ?>
+ * 
+ * PHP Version 5 with GD 2.0+
+ * PhpThumb : PHP Thumb Library <http://phpthumb.gxdlabs.com>
+ * Copyright (c) 2009, Ian Selby/Gen X Design
+ * 
+ * Author(s): Ian Selby <ian@gen-x-design.com>
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the MIT License
+ * Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice.
+ * 
+ * @author Thomas Dullnig <thomas.dullnig@sevenspire.com>
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2009-2010 SEVENSPIRE
+ * @link http://www.sevenspire.com
+ * @license http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php The MIT License
+ * @version 1.0
+ * @package PhpThumb
+ * @filesource
+ */
+
+/**
+ * GD Watermark Lib Plugin
+ * 
+ * Overlays an image with another image to create a watermark-effect
+ * 
+ * @package PhpThumb
+ * @subpackage Plugins
+ */
+class GdWatermark
+{	
+	/**
+	 * Function copied from: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imagecopymerge.php#92787
+	 * Does the same as "imagecopymerge" but preserves the alpha-channel
+	 */
+	protected function imageCopyMergeAlpha(&$dst_im, &$src_im, $dst_x, $dst_y, $src_x, $src_y, $src_w, $src_h, $pct){
+		$cut = imagecreatetruecolor($src_w, $src_h);
+		imagecopy($cut, $dst_im, 0, 0, $dst_x, $dst_y, $src_w, $src_h);
+		imagecopy($cut, $src_im, 0, 0, $src_x, $src_y, $src_w, $src_h);
+		imagecopymerge($dst_im, $cut, $dst_x, $dst_y, $src_x, $src_y, $src_w, $src_h, $pct);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Adds a watermark to the current image and overlays it on the given position.
+	 * @param object $wm a GdThumb-Object
+	 * @param object $pos Can be: left/west, right/east, center for the x-axis and top/north/upper, bottom/lower/south, center for the y-axis
+	 * Examples:
+	 * 		- leftTop/leftop/topleft/topLeft same as westNorth same as westupper same as leftnorth or any other combination
+	 * 		- center --> centers both the x- and y-axis
+	 * 		- leftCenter --> set x-axis to the left corner of the image and centers the y-axis
+	 * @param object $opacity
+	 * 		- set the opacity of the watermark in percent, 0 = total transparent, 100 = total opaque
+	 * @param object $offsetX
+	 * 		- add an offset on the x-axis. can be negative to set an offset to the left
+	 * @param object $offsetY
+	 * 		- add an offset on the y-axis. can be negative to set an offset to the top
+	 * @param object $that
+	 * 		- the current GdThumb-Object
+	 * @return the manipulated GdThumb-Object for chaining
+	 */
+	public function addWatermark($wm, $pos, $opacity, $offsetX, $offsetY, $that) // dont use &wm etc. 
+	{
+		$picDim = $that->getCurrentDimensions();
+		$wmDim = $wm->getCurrentDimensions();
+		
+		$wmPosX = $offsetX;
+		$wmPosY = $offsetY;
+		
+		if(preg_match('/right|east/i', $pos)){$wmPosX += $picDim['width'] - $wmDim['width'];}
+		else if(!preg_match('/left|west/i', $pos)){$wmPosX += intval($picDim['width']/2 - $wmDim['width']/2);}
+		
+		if(preg_match('/bottom|lower|south/i', $pos)){$wmPosY += $picDim['height'] - $wmDim['height'];}
+		else if(!preg_match('/upper|top|north/i', $pos)){$wmPosY += intval($picDim['height']/2 - $wmDim['height']/2);}
+		
+		$workingImage = $that->getWorkingImage();
+		$wmImage = ($wm->getWorkingImage() ? $wm->getWorkingImage() : $wm->getOldImage());
+		
+		$this->imageCopyMergeAlpha($workingImage, $wmImage, $wmPosX, $wmPosY, 0, 0, $wmDim['width'], $wmDim['height'], $opacity);
+		
+		$that->setWorkingImage($workingImage);
+	
+		return $that;	
+	}
+}
+
+$pt = PhpThumb::getInstance();
+$pt->registerPlugin('GdWatermark', 'gd');