[pein87]

Yes using the built in functions you can perform this easy

for image functions see GD

http://php.net/manual/en/book.image.php

for compression check zlib

http://php.net/manual/en/ref.zlib.php

heres an example of adding watermarks

http://www.sitepoint.com/watermark-images-php/

then once its been watermarked just compress it and move it to another directory or store it in the database(not recommended).

hope this helps