Creating a watermark Effect in flash 8 

To Create a water mark effect in Flash 8, we are going to use a feature called "Filter" which is available in Flash 8 proffessional . They are not available in Flash Basic 8. Flash 8 filters can be applied to text, MovieClips, and Buttons only.

1. Open a new flash document.

2. Select View->Magnification->show all

3. Select the rectangle tool from the tool box. In the property panel, (If the property panel is not there, open it by selecting windows->properties) select the line to No fill and select the color for the Fillcan . Draw a rectangle on the stage .

4. Select the rectangle . In the property panel for the rectangle, set the width and height to the stage size. Here we are using the default stage size width= 550 and height = 400

5. Add a New layer by selecting Insert->timeline->layer. Lock layer1 by clicking the lock dot in the timeline. You can see a lock symbol on the dot as in the picture.

Watermark a text:

To create a text as a watermark, we are going to add a text in the layer2, by selecting the text tool from the toolbox and typing a text . For example “My WaterMark”.

Increase the Text size . Using the resize (free transform ) tool, rotate the text to your favourate angle.

In the property panel of the text. Click on the Filter tab. Click on the “ +” sign and select drop shadow option from the dropdown list. Now change the following options: 

Blur x =0

Blur y =0

Strength = 15%

Check the Kockout check box.

Done….!

We have made the water mark text.

Image as Water mark

We can watermark an image too.

Import the image to watermark to the stage by selecting File-> import-> to stage and select the image file in your computer.

The image appears on the stage.

Select the image and right-click. Select “Convert to symbol” . In the window that apears. Select the graphic option and give a name to the image. Here I use “img_gc”.

Select the image again.Now the property window shows the image as a graphic. In the property panel, click on the Color dropdownlist and selct alpha. Set the alpha to 20%.

Now the image is a watermark.

Done…!