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+# WaterMarker
+>A simple watermarking program
+
+This program is a very simple way to watermark images, it should work with most image types, but only supports png, jp(e)g and bmp files. 
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+## Building
+1. install at least Java 8u181
+2. run ./gradlew shadowJar
+3. in the folder build/libs there should be a WaterMarker.jar
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