importing with watermark

Is there a possibility to do the bulk import and still apply a watermark to the images?

You now have to place the .jpg's in the upload folder first but those will not be processed to create the watermarks then when importing the items.
Any way around it? (I have to bulk import ~2500 items, all with pictures... and all need a watermark...)

I don't have a solution for you. The system skips any image processing during the import in order to increase performances. Otherwise, the import would timeout after a few tens of images on normal servers. Thanks to that it can process thousands of products.
If the watermark is a simple text, you can use irfanview to batch process all your images and then upload them to your website for the import:
www.eaph.com/iDriveHelp/tutorials/Irfanv...chResizeCompress.htm

thx for the answer, I was afraid that would be the case though!

It is a logo to add, so I guess I will create a batch process around Photoshop first, then upload the images indeed..
Glad it will create all thumbnails then at least !