ImageWell can Watermark your image by placing either text or a graphic on top of your final image. Watermarking is a great way to protect your images by indicating a copyright, website URL or a logo graphic. It's like branding your images before they leave your computer.

 

The Watermark Tab

The Watermark tab is available from the main ImageWell window or from Preview mode. Click on the Watermark tab to reveal the options: a popup list with various styles of watermarking, a text entry box for entering watermark text, and just below that, some formating options for your watermarks - alignment, font selection, size, color and an opacity slider. Selecting 'image' for the watermark style reveals a small image well for setting the watermark graphic and adjusting the opacity of the graphic.

 

Try out the watermarking feature by typing in some text and selecting the various styles from the popup list. To disable the watermark feature, simply select 'None' from the pop up list.

 

Adjusting the Text Styles

The font family and font size appear in the text entry box exactly as it will be on your image.  For example, if you use Helvetica 12 point, then the watermark text will be that size regardless of the size of image. Perhaps you want a different font or different size.

 

To change the font attributes, click on the font button to activate the standard OS X font panel. To change all of the text, select all of it and then change the desired font attributes in the font panel. To change just one word or only a portion of the text, select only the word or portion of text you wish to change and set the attributes in the font panel.  Feel free to mix and match styles.

 

White text on a white background!  I can't see the words!

 

By default the text entry box has a white background, so if you set your watermark text to white, you just can't see the 'polar bear in a blizzard'.  No worries, you can change the background color of the text entry box.

 

Click the icon button shown below in the Font Panel, then select a color in the Color Picker Panel.  The background of the text entry box will change - now you can see the 'polar bear in a blizzard'.

 

Changing the background color of the watermark

 

The color well in the bottom right corner allows you to change the background color of the watermark. You can select any color from the Color Picker Panel and adjust the opacity of the color - this will create a semi-transparent background. If you don't want a background color, just set the opacity slider to 0%.

 

Adding Graphic Watermarks

By selecting one of the 'Image' options from the popup list, you can use a graphic as the watermark for your images. The UI below the popup list changes to show a small image well (drag and drop your graphic into this well) and an opacity slider.

 

Any kind of image can be used, including images with transparent backgrounds.

 

 

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