Watermark opacity, angle and position
Four settings decide how a watermark looks: opacity, angle, position and size. Together with the color, they are the difference between a mark that sits quietly behind your content and one that covers it. Every change shows on the pages right away, so you can try them before you save.
Steps
- Start from the default: center, 45°, normal size, gray, 30% opacity.
- Change one setting at a time and watch the preview.
- Open a page larger to judge it at real proportions, especially on pages with small print.
- Press Add Watermark when it looks right.
Opacity
Opacity sets how strongly the watermark covers the page, from 10% to 100% in steps of 5. At 30% gray text over black print, the page underneath stays easy to read. At 100% the watermark is solid and hides what is under it. The value in the file is exactly the value in the preview.
Angle
There are four angles: 0° (horizontal), 45° (rising from bottom left to top right), −45° (falling) and 90° (vertical, reading upwards). The diagonal angles cross more of the page with the same text, which is why 45° is the default. 90° fits a narrow strip along a side, for example in a margin.
Position
The position map is a small page with nine spots: the four corners, the middle of each edge and the center. The watermark keeps a small distance from the edge, measured on the page as you see it — landscape and rotated pages included.
Tile repeats the text across the whole page in staggered rows. It uses the same angle, color and opacity, at a smaller size so the copies fit.
Size
Small, normal and large are relative to the page: on a single position, the turned text fits about a third, a half or most of the page. On a large page the watermark grows with it, so the look stays the same from A5 to A3.
A few combinations that work
- Classic: center, 45°, normal, gray, 30%.
- Discreet label: bottom right, 0°, small, gray, 40%.
- Hard to miss: center, 45°, large, red, 25%.
- Every part of the page: Tile, 45°, small, gray, 20%.