How do I create a watermark in Movie Magic Screenwriter?

NOTE:  The watermark does NOT show when you use the print Preview option.

The watermark feature requires three items in order to work:

• the text or image for the watermark
• a distribution list
• a document serial number (not your program serial number)

WINDOWS USERS:  Click on the File > Print > Setup (upper left corner) > Watermark menu command.

MAC USERS: Click on the Production > Watermark Setup menu command.

TEXT / IMAGE

Type in what you want the watermark to say, e.g., “Private Copy” or “Not for Distribution”, "Confidential," etc. or choose a Bitmap image (.BMP) for the watermark (Windows only).

DISTRIBUTION LIST

In the distribution list field, type in title for the list itself (not a person’s name).

Then, click the Edit button next to the field. In the window that opens, type in the names of the to which the script will be distributed (one name per line). 

THERE MUST BE AT LEAST ONE NAME IN THIS WINDOW OR YOU WILL NOT HAVE A WATERMARK.  Press OK to save the edits to the names in the distribution list.

SERIAL NUMBER

Create a serial number for the document, so that each copy of the script can be serialized. The serial number is arbitrary but must end in a number or letter. We recommended something like the initials of the script or author and a number.

Example:

Script title - “Blue Harvest”
Watermark serial number - BH001

Author - Joe Thompson
Watermark serial number - JT2011-A

The program will automatically increment the serial number for each copy that is distributed, i.e., BH001, BH002, etc. or JT2011-A, JT-2011B, etc.

Choose any other options on that window, such as watermark angle, darkness, font, etc., and click OK. You can now print or print to PDF using watermarks.

PRINTING THE WATERMARK

1. Use the File>Print menu command to open the print options window
2. Select the report parameters you want
3. If you do NOT want the watermark to show up, check the "Print w/o Watermarks" checkbox, otherwise the watermark will be added to everything you print
4. Press the OK (Mac) or PRINT (Windows) button in the Print window -- do NOT press the preview button because watermarks do not show up in print preview
5. The Watermark window options will show up for you to make any last minute tweaks
6. Press OK to bring up the print window
7. To send to your printer, press the OK (Mac) or PRINT (Windows) button

PRINTING TO PDF

FOR WINDOWS USERS

• If you want to print to a PDF file instead of printing to paper, use the File>Printer Setup menu command and set your printer to a PDF print driver instead of your regular printer driver BEFORE you go to File>Print and follow the steps above for Printing the Watermark.

FOR MAC USERS

• An alternative to printing (for Mac users) is to create a PDF of the document
• After following the Printing the Watermark steps above, and while still in the print window (Step 7), click on the PDF popup menu located in the lower left corner of the print window

• Select Save as PDF or Open PDF in Preview
• If you select Open PDF in Preview, the document opens in Preview where you may see the watermark before printing
• You may save the PDF or print directly from Preview is you wish