Add a watermark to an image
Put your name, a copyright line or a logo on every picture in a batch.
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How it works
Add your images
Drag and drop, paste, or pick files. They upload over an encrypted connection.
Pick a quality or a target size
Use the quality slider, or tell it exactly how many KB or MB you need.
Download
Save each file, or grab them all at once as a ZIP.
Type the text you want on the picture: a name, a web address, a copyright line, or a word such as Sample or Draft. Pick its colour, how large it is relative to the image, how transparent it is, and where it sits: any corner, any edge, the centre, or tiled across the whole picture. The result updates as you change the settings.
A corner mark at reduced opacity identifies a photo without spoiling it, and suits pictures you publish. A tiled mark across the full frame is harder to crop or paint out, and is the usual choice for proofs and previews sent to a client before payment. The size is a share of each picture's width, so one setting looks consistent across a batch of images with different dimensions.
Text watermarks are free, for up to twenty images at a time without an account. Using your own logo file as the watermark is a Pro feature; a PNG with a transparent background works best. The watermark is drawn into the pixels, so it survives being downloaded, re-saved or screenshotted, and it cannot be switched off afterwards: keep your originals. Uploads are encrypted, the marking is done on our own servers, and the files are deleted within one hour.
Placement and strength
A good watermark is found by anyone who looks for it and ignored by everyone else. For published photos that usually means a lower corner, white or light grey, at an opacity between a quarter and a half. Lower than that and it vanishes on bright pictures; higher and it becomes the first thing people see.
Where you put it also decides how easily it can be removed. A mark in an empty corner of sky is gone with one crop. A mark that overlaps part of the subject, or sits across an area of texture, cannot be cut away without damaging the picture. For proofs, use the tiled option at a low opacity: the client can judge the photo, and no usable piece of it is left unmarked.
What a watermark protects, and what it does not
It does two things well. It tells anyone who meets the picture, on a search page or in a repost, where it came from. And it discourages casual reuse, since most people looking for a free image move on to one without a name on it.
It does not create your copyright, which exists from the moment you take the photo, and it will not stop someone determined: corner marks are cropped, and retouching tools paint out the others. Treat it as one layer among several. Publish at the size the page needs and no larger, about 1600 pixels on the long side, and keep the full-resolution files to yourself. A small marked picture is of little use to a thief, and the original remains your proof.
What to write
Short is better. The copyright sign with a year and a name is the classic form. A web address or a social handle does more for you when the goal is to be found, since a viewer can type it. A studio name suits client work. Avoid long lines: the mark is sized as a share of the picture's width, so the more characters it holds, the smaller each one is drawn. The text is set in one bold sans-serif typeface, chosen because it stays legible when small.
Frequently asked questions
Can the watermark be removed later?
No. It becomes part of the picture. Keep the original file if you may need a clean copy.
Can I watermark many photos at once?
Yes. The same watermark is applied to every image in the batch, sized in proportion to each one.
Can I use my logo instead of text?
Yes, on a Pro plan. Upload a PNG, WebP, JPEG or SVG logo and it is placed like the text would be.
Which characters can the text contain?
Latin letters including accented ones, Greek, Cyrillic, digits and common symbols such as ©. Other scripts are not supported yet.
Will the watermark show on both light and dark photos?
White at about half opacity reads on most pictures. For a batch with a few very bright images, select those, switch on Only this image and give them a dark colour.
Does adding a watermark lower the quality of the photo?
The picture is saved again once, at a high quality in its original format, and PNG stays lossless. Apart from the mark itself you will not see a change.