Watermark

Watermark is part of the Styles Browser. This feature allows you to add a watermark-like image to foreground or background of the drawing area.

Adding a Watermark to the Drawing Area

To add a watermark to the drawing are:

Select the Styles menu item from the Window menu. The Styles Browser is displayed.

1. Click on the Edit tab.
2. Click on the Watermark panel button. The Watermark panel is displayed.
3. Click on the Add button. The Choose Watermark dialog box is displayed.
4. Navigate to an image you will use as a watermark.
5. Click the Open button.The image will appear as a watermark in the background of the drawing area. The Create Watermark dialog box is displayed.
6. Click either the Background button to have the image appear behind your model as a background watermark, or the Overlay button to have the image appear in front of your model as an overlay.
7. Click on the Next button.
8. (optional) Check the Create Mask checkbox. Refer to Watermark Settings for further information.
9. (optional) Move the Blend slider to the left to fade the watermark. Or, move the Blend slider to the right to fade the model.
10. Click on the Next button.
11. Check the radio button that reflects where you want the watermark to appear on the screen. Refer to Watermark Settings for further information.
12. Click on the Finish button.

Watermark Panel

 The watermark panel contains settings for all of the watermarks in a style.

Display Watermarks

Check the Display watermarks checkbox to display all active watermarks (all watermarks whose Active checkbox is checked). Uncheck the Display Watermarks checkbox to hide all watermarks.

Watermark Settings

There are several settings that you can make when creating or editing a watermark. These settings follow.

Create Mask

Uses brightness of the color to create a vignette-like mask. The white portion of the graphic will become transparent and the black portions of the graphic will use the background color.

Blend

Move the Blend slider to the right to increase the presence of the watermark while decreasing the presence of the model. Move the Blend slider to the left to increase the presence of the model while decreasing the presence of the watermark.

Position

There are three options for positioning your watermark. The positioning options are:

Stretched: Select the Stretched option to stretch the watermark across the drawing area. Check the Lock Aspect Ratio checkbox if you want the aspect ratio (height of image to width of image) to remain consistent such that the image is not distorted (the image might not fill the entire drawing area when aspect ratio is locked).

Tiled: Select the Tiled option to create copies, or tiles, of the watermark and tile them across the drawing area. Move the Scale slider to the left to create progressively more, smaller, watermarks. Move the Scale slider to the right to create progressively fewer, larger, watermarks.

Positioned: Select the Positioned option to position the watermark at one of nine pre-defined screen locations. Check the radio button in the Position matrix that best represents the location on the screen where you want your watermark.Move the Scale slider to the left to create decrease the size of the watermark. Move the Scale slider to the right to increase the size of the watermark.