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procedure TForm1.CreateWatermarkLayer(AString: string; AFontName: string;
AFontSize: Integer; AFontColor: TColor; ATransparency: integer; AAddShadow: boolean);
{ Create a watermark layer. }
var
  iLayer: Integer;
  iListItem: TListItem;
begin
  { All layers have the same size }
  ImageEnView1.LayersSync := True;
  { Add a new layer }
  iLayer := ImageEnView1.LayersAdd;
  { Fill the layer with White }
  ImageEnView1.Proc.Fill(TColor2TRGB(clWhite));
  { Output our text }
    ImageEnView1.Proc.TextOut(Align_Text_Horz_Center, Align_Text_Vert_Center,
      AString, AFontName, AFontSize, AFontColor, [fsBold]);
  { Make the white background transparent }
   ImageEnView1.Proc.SetTransparentColors(TColor2TRGB(clWhite), TColor2TRGB(clWhite), 0);
  { Add a shadow }
  if AAddShadow = True then
    ImageEnView1.Proc.AddSoftShadow(2, 3, 3);
  { Set the layers transparency }
  ImageEnView1.Layers[iLayer].Transparency := ATransparency;
end;
procedure TForm1.AddWatermark1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  iWatermark: string;
  iTransparency: integer;
begin
  iWatermark := Watermark1.Text;
  iTransparency := StrToIntDef(Transparency1.Text, 75);
  CreateWatermarkLayer(iWatermark, 'Arial', 36, clBlack, iTransparency, False);
end;
 
Bill Miller
Adirondack Software & Graphics
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