How to Make a Watermark in Corel

Although there’s no one-click option to create a watermark, the steps below are straightforward and allow lots of formatting options.

Tips for Applying Your Watermark

If you want the watermark a little more visible, use a custom color in the Emboss options, and set it to a gray color slightly lighter than 50% gray. Scaling the text after applying the effect may cause it to appear jaggy or pixelated. A bit more Gaussian blur will remedy this problem. You can edit the text by clicking it with the type tool, but you’ll lose the effects and will have to reapply them. You’re not restricted to text for this effect. You can use a logo or symbol as a watermark. If you use the same watermark often, save it to a file that you can drop into an image whenever needed. The Windows keyboard shortcut for the copyright symbol is Alt+0169 (use the numeric keypad to type the numbers). The macOS shortcut is Option+G.