Thesis Report with Watermarked Certificate

Many Universities has certificate page with watermarked University logo. This post demonstrates certificate creation with watermarked logo.

%Include this packages for watermark images \usepackage{type1cm} \usepackage{eso-pic} \usepackage{color} \usepackage{everypage} \usepackage{transparent}

%Add these lines in the preamble

\newenvironment{water}{\AddThispageHook{\waterb}\AddEverypageHook{\watere}}

\makeatletter \newcommand{\waterb}{ \AddToShipoutPicture*{% \setlength{\@tempdimb}{.5\paperwidth}% \setlength{\@tempdimc}{.5\paperheight}% \setlength{\unitlength}{1pt}% \put(\strip@pt\@tempdimb,\strip@pt\@tempdimc){% \makebox(0,0){\rotatebox{0}{\textcolor[gray]{0.75}% {\fontsize{12cm}{12cm}\selectfont{\transparent{0.1}\includegraphics[scale=1.5]{logo.png}}}}}

%HERE YOU SPECIFY THE PNG IMAGE NAME TO BE USED AS WATERMARKED BACKGOUND. Replace logo.png by new filename }% }}

\makeatother

\makeatletter

\newcommand{\watere}{ \AddToShipoutPicture*{% \setlength{\@tempdimb}{.5\paperwidth}% \setlength{\@tempdimc}{.5\paperheight}% \setlength{\unitlength}{1pt}% \put(\strip@pt\@tempdimb,\strip@pt\@tempdimc){% \makebox(0,0){\rotatebox{45}{\textcolor[gray]{1}% {\fontsize{6cm}{6cm}\selectfont{ }}}}% }% }} \makeatother

In the document, enclose the page in \begin{water} and \end{water} environment. For ex.

\begin{water} \newpage \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Certificate}\label{Certificate} \begin{center} {\LARGE \bf Some Technological University}\\ \underline{\LARGE \bf Certificate}\\ \end{center} \vspace{2pt}

\noindent This is to certify that research work embodied in Mid Semester Review (XXXXXX) Report entitled “Thesis Title” was carried out by Mr. Name (Enroll) at Some Technological University, PG School (YYY), Ahmedabad for partial fulfillment of Master of Engineering degree to be awarded by Some Technological University.

This research work has been carried out under my supervision and is to my satisfaction.

\vspace{0.5cm} \noindent Date:

\end{water}