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I was talking about the "composite" binary itself.
Works in 6.9.6.4 and 7.0.5.7
Fails in 6.9.8.6

FYI, the composite command in my original post produces the desired result in ImageMagick7-nox11-7.0.5.7
It looks like there's a bug in IM 6.9.8

Thank you, sir! This now works as expected in both versions.

convert bg.jpg overlay.png -gravity Center -define compose:args=20,100 -compose dissolve -composite out.jpg

Ok, here's what I've come up with. First, I made a screenshot of this browser window and saved it as background.jpg. https://preview.ibb.co/bWdFCa/background.jpg Then I used a free online tool to create a text string with a transparent background (http://www.picturetopeople.org/text_generator/others ...

The OS is FreeBSD 10.3 Working: ImageMagick-nox11-6.9.6.4_2,1 Image processing tools (legacy version) Not working: ImageMagick-nox11-6.9.8.6,1 Image processing tools (legacy version) Just about any kind of real-world photograph can be used as background, and "a text string" as a watermark in overlay ...

composite -gravity Center -dissolve 20% overlay.png background.jpg output.jpg

This command works fine in 6.9.6, and produces a non-transparent overlay in 6.9.8.