[softwarelist] Re: Transparent text background colour in Ovation Pro

In message <C80669109B244F40A220312F4F9D8279@PC01>, John Grogan <johngrogan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes 
In an Ovation Pro document I am using a text frame with light grey text behind
the main frame as a "watermark".  I would like the watermark to be visible even
where text has a background colour. Is there any way of setting a text
background colour which appears normal if there is nothing (i.e. white) behind
it but allows any non-white colour to show through?
One solution (albeit slightly awkward) is to duplicate the main text frame then
sandwich the watermark between the two frames with the following settings:
   Top frame:        Text foreground black, background transparent throughout
   Middle frame:    The watermark
   Bottom frame:   Text foreground transparent, background coloured (where
needed)
with the bottom frame aligned beneath the top frame.  This works OK but I
wonder if anyone has a suggestion for something more straightforward?


I can't see any other way to do it.
It seems you want colours that know what they're being painted on top of, that is a more sophisticated rendering model than OP and traditional systems support. 


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