ByteScout Watermarking SDK – C# – Add Simple Text Watermark

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How to add simple text watermark for simple text in C# using ByteScout Watermarking SDK

See how to add simple text watermark to have simple text in C#

Today you are going to learn how to add simple text watermark in C#. ByteScout Watermarking SDK helps with simple text in C#. ByteScout Watermarking SDK is the powerful SDK can apply high quality visible and semivisible watermarks into PNG, JPG, BMP pictures and TIFF scans. Doznes of presets are available, multiple watermarks can be applied. Can add logo based watermark from image, can adjust font size, font family, colors.

Fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout Watermarking SDK for C# plus the instruction and the code below will help to learn how to add simple text watermark. Sample code in C# is all you need. Copy-paste it to your the code editor, then add a reference to ByteScout Watermarking SDK and you are ready to try it! Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample C# codes to implement simple text using ByteScout Watermarking SDK.

Trial version of ByteScout is available for free download from our website. This and other source code samples for C# and other programming languages are available.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.Diagnostics; 
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Bytescout.Watermarking;
using Bytescout.Watermarking.Presets;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create Watermarker instance
            Watermarker waterMarker = new Watermarker();

            // Initialize library
            waterMarker.InitLibrary("demo", "demo");

            // Set input file name
            string inputFilePath = "my_sample_image.jpg";
            // Set output file title
            string outputFilePath = "my_sample_output.jpg";

            // Add image to apply watermarks to
            waterMarker.AddInputFile(inputFilePath, outputFilePath);

            // Create new watermark
            SimpleText preset = new SimpleText();

            // Set watermark text
            preset.Text = "Bytescout Watermarking";

            // Set watermark font
            preset.Font = new WatermarkFont("Tahoma", FontStyle.Regular, FontSizeType.Points, 30);

            // Set watermark text color
            preset.TextColor = Color.Black;

            // Set text transparency
            preset.Transparency = 40;

            // Set watermark placement
            preset.Placement = WatermarkPlacement.MiddleCenter;

            // Add watermark to watermarker
            waterMarker.AddWatermark(preset);

            // Set output directory
            waterMarker.OutputOptions.OutputDirectory = ".";

            // Set output format
            waterMarker.OutputOptions.ImageFormat = OutputFormats.JPEG;

            // Apply watermarks
            waterMarker.Execute();

            // open generated image file in default image viewer installed in Windows
            Process.Start(outputFilePath);
        }
    }
}