Watermark Overlay

ByReid Walley April 6, 2021April 6, 2021

Testing watermark copyright text overlay settings with Affinity Photo. Repeating copyright information set at a diagonal across the image.

Layer blend mode set to: Soft Light
Layer opacity set to: 50%

The Second – Film Director: David Howe; Actor: Nick Abatino; Location: John Ascuaga’s Nugget – 2000

Reid Walley

Graphic designer since before the Internet. Started with newspaper paste-up; then art director for advertising agency in Reno, NV; and now freelancer designing marketing materials, print-on-demand t-shirt art, websites, and social media graphics.

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