This documentation is for the following .NET assembly:

• CoolWatermark Library V2.0 (IC.CoolWatermark.dll)

CoolWatermark is a cool and strong assembly to write watermark text or overlapped photo on image. It is designed for .NET; you can easily use it in .NET window application or ASP.NET application.

CoolWatermark can read all .NET supported Image types (Bmp, Emf, Exif, GIF, Jpeg, TIF, Wmf, Icon, etc.) and write watermark text and overlapped picture to the encapsualted image. All methods return System.Drawing.Image object so that you can operate on it easily in your application.

The assembly offers a solid set of image processing methods, including

• output watermark with shadow
• text rendering with various effect (block, reflect, title shadow, halo, etc.)
• text rendering with various shapes (arch, bugle, rip, squeeze, shear, swell, zoom, dither, rainbow, etc.)
• output hollow watermark text
• output watermark with border
• transparent watermark
• draw overlapped image
• customized watermark text warp

This document is written as a guide to and reference material for CoolWatermark assembly. It assumes that the readers have basic knowledge of .NET or ASP.NET. It also assumes you know how to setup and configure Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) Version 5.0 or later when showing ASP.NET demo.

For more information and news ofCoolWatermark, please go to the ImageComponent.NET - http://www.imagecomponent.net.