Adding watermark to flash SWF movie

Please can someone advise how I may add a watermark to my
Flash movie.
I have created a watermark that will cover the whole video
view but it will not be so dark that it can not be viewed, i have
it in black and white and set the background of the image to
transparent, using mircosoft photo editor. then saved this as a PNG
file.
i have added it to a new layer, but can not seem to view
both, its just one of the other. how do i add a watermark?
thanks

there is no "watermark" feature - it doesnt exist - you can
easily make one as described in other
replies - if you are having trouble with colors and contrast,
generally it is goo dpractice to make
the watermark 50% alpha or provide a drop shadow to help its
visibility.
Chris Georgenes
Animator
http://www.mudbubble.com
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Adobe Community Expert
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not very clever wrote:
> Please can someone advise how I may add a watermark to
my Flash movie.
>
> I have created a watermark that will cover the whole
video view but it will
> not be so dark that it can not be viewed, i have it in
black and white and set
> the background of the image to transparent, using
mircosoft photo editor. then
> saved this as a PNG file.
>
> i have added it to a new layer, but can not seem to view
both, its just one of
> the other. how do i add a watermark?
>
> thanks
>
>
>

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