Bytescout Watermarking is a tool to protect images and scanned documents (TIFF and other formats) with customizable text watermarks and ready-to-use stamps.

This tutorial demonstrates how to add semi-transparent "COPY" stamp to the TIFF document (1-bit CCIT compressed TIF image document).

Source 1-bit TIFF document (screenshot):

Install and start Watermarking. You'll see the main window.

First of all let's add input TIF image files by clicking on "Add files" button.

Select desired TIF document (or documents) in click Open button to use this image file as input:

You will see the image file added to the list of input images:

Now click the Next button. You can see a set of available presets:

Select Stamp Fits Page watermark preset as shown below:

Then select "COPY" stamp from the list of available stamps:

Now click Next button to continue and then click Start! button:

The program will process input TIF document image file:

 

Source image (screenshot)	Output image (screenshot)