Add Watermark to Image
To watermark a photo, add it, type your name, site address or copyright line, choose a corner, centred or tiled position and set the size and opacity. The text is drawn into a new copy with a soft shadow so it stays readable; your original is untouched and never uploaded. A tiled mark is the hardest to remove.
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How to use Add Watermark to Image
- 1Add the picture.
- 2Type the wording — a name, a site address or a copyright line.
- 3Choose a position, then set the size and opacity.
- 4Download the marked picture; the original is untouched.
How it works
The text is drawn into the picture itself at a size proportional to its width, so the same settings look right on a small web photo and a full-resolution camera file. A soft shadow sits behind the text, which is what keeps white lettering readable over a pale sky.
Position is a trade-off rather than a preference. A corner mark is unobtrusive and trivially cropped off. A tiled mark across the whole frame is far harder to remove and equally hard to look past. Centred sits between the two.
Be clear about what this achieves: a watermark discourages casual reuse and identifies the source when a picture travels. It is not protection, because anyone with an editor and patience can paint it out.
Images are decoded by the browser, redrawn on a canvas and re-encoded on your own machine. Nothing is uploaded, so there is no waiting on a queue and no copy of your photos anywhere else.
Tips and common mistakes
- Tile the watermark when the goal is to discourage reuse; a corner mark is cropped off in seconds.
- Keep the opacity low enough that the photo is still enjoyable to look at.
- Put a single mark over a busy part of the picture rather than a plain corner, where it is easiest to remove.
- Keep an unmarked original for your own archive and for printing.