I found this method is needed when creating a font / image mask, and needs to be set to false otherwise the mask won't take effect. Here is an example:<?php$image = new Imagick('myImage.png');$watermark = new Imagick();$mask = new Imagick();$draw = new ImagickDraw();$width = $image->getImageWidth();$height = $image->getImageHeight();$watermark->newImage($width, $height, new ImagickPixel('grey30'));$mask->newImage($width, $height, new ImagickPixel('black'));$text = 'Copyright';$draw->setFont('Bookman-Demi');$draw->setFontSize(20);$draw->setFillColor('grey70');$draw->setGravity(Imagick::GRAVITY_SOUTHEAST);$watermark->annotateImage($draw, 10, 12, 0, $text);$draw->setFillColor('white');$mask->annotateImage($draw, 11, 13, 0, $text);$mask->annotateImage($draw, 10, 12, 0, $text);$draw->setFillColor('black');$mask->annotateImage($draw, 9, 11, 0, $text);$mask->setImageMatte(false);$watermark->compositeImage($mask, Imagick::COMPOSITE_COPYOPACITY, 0, 0);$image->compositeImage($watermark, Imagick::COMPOSITE_DISSOLVE, 0, 0);$image->setImageFormat('png');header('Content-type: image/png');echo $image;?>