Add a Watermark to Your Photos

A watermark is a small, deliberate mark — your name, a copyright line, or a logo — placed over a photo to show who made it. It keeps your credit attached as an image travels around the web and makes casual copying far less appealing. This guide explains the two kinds of watermark, how to place one well, and how to watermark a whole batch of photos at once. You can do all of it with the free tool at the top of this page.

Text watermark vs logo watermark

There are two ways to watermark a photo, and the tool supports both:

• Text watermark — a line of text such as © 2026 Your Name. It’s quick, needs nothing to upload, and you control the font, colour, size, opacity, and angle. Great for a clean copyright line or a repeating pattern.
• Logo watermark — your own logo image laid over the photo. It builds brand recognition and looks polished. A transparent PNG works best, because only the logo shows with no box around it.

Most photos only need one or the other. A discreet text line in a corner suits documents and quick credits; a logo suits portfolios, shops, and anything where branding matters.

How to add a watermark (step by step)

1. Open your photo. Drag a photo onto the tool above, click Choose images, or paste from your clipboard. To watermark several at once, select multiple files — they appear in a strip you can switch between.
2. Pick text or logo. On the Text tab, type your watermark and choose a font and colour. On the Logo tab, upload your logo image.
3. Style it. Set the opacity so it sits lightly over the photo, choose a size, and add a small rotation if you want it on an angle. For text, an outline or shadow helps it stay readable on busy backgrounds.
4. Position it. Use the 3×3 grid for the nine common spots — corners, edges, and centre — or simply drag the watermark anywhere on the preview.
5. Download. Choose a format and click Download. A single photo saves straight away; a batch is bundled into one ZIP.

Tile the watermark to make it crop-proof

A single watermark in one corner is easy to crop away. If you really want to protect a photo, turn on Tile across the whole image. The watermark then repeats in a grid over the entire frame, so there’s no clean area to crop to. Add a rotation for a classic diagonal repeating pattern, and use the spacing slider to set how far apart the copies sit.

Tiling works for both text and logos. A faint, repeating © Your Name across a photo is one of the most effective deterrents against image theft.

Batch watermarking many photos

If you publish a gallery, a product catalogue, or a set of event photos, watermarking them one by one is slow. To do a batch:

1. Add all your photos at the start, or use the + button in the thumbnail strip to keep adding.
2. Set up your watermark once — text or logo, opacity, size, rotation, and position.
3. Click Download all. The same watermark is applied to every photo and they’re saved together in a single ZIP.

Because sizes and positions are relative to each image, the same settings look consistent whether a photo is a small thumbnail or a huge full-frame shot — and portrait and landscape images both get a watermark that fits.

Choosing the output format

• PNG — lossless and keeps transparency. Best when your original is a PNG or your logo needs a transparent background.
• JPG — smallest files, ideal for photographs. JPG can’t store transparency, so any transparent areas fill with a background colour you choose. Keep the quality high (around 90) for a result that looks identical to the original.
• WebP — usually smaller than both at the same quality, with transparency support. Great for the web; just check it’s accepted wherever you’re uploading.

Is it safe? Where does the watermarking happen?

The watermarking itself is done in your browser using the Canvas API — the finished image is created on your own device. That’s faster than tools that round-trip your photo through a server just to stamp it.

How any data associated with this tool is handled is described in our privacy policy. If you’re working with something highly sensitive, an offline desktop tool is always the most private option.

A few practical tips

• Keep it legible, not loud. The watermark should be noticeable on a second look, not the first thing you see. Subtlety reads as professional.
• Match the watermark to the photo. Use a light watermark on dark photos and a dark one on light photos — or add an outline so a single colour works on both.
• Save your settings habit. Pick a consistent corner, opacity, and size for your brand so every image you publish looks like part of one set.

Add the mark, place it once, and let the tool above do the rest — for a single photo or a hundred.