Watermark Image

Choose the layout according to what you actually want. A single corner mark is the polite option for attribution — it signs the work without spoiling it, and anyone determined can crop it off in seconds. Tiling at low opacity across the whole frame is the option that actually deters reuse, because removing it means reconstructing the image underneath every mark. Opacity around 30–40% is the usual sweet spot: high enough to survive a screenshot, low enough that the photo still reads. If your image has light areas, enable the shadow, since white text on a pale sky disappears entirely.

Font size is the shorter side multiplied by your size percentage. A single mark is positioned from the measured text width and a padding of 3% of the shorter side. Tiling rotates the canvas and repeats the text across the rotated bounding box, so no corner is left bare.

Text watermarks only — there is no logo or image watermark option. A watermark is a deterrent and an attribution marker, not protection: it can be cropped, cloned out or removed with inpainting tools, and modern software does this well. Baking one in also permanently alters the image, so always keep an unwatermarked original.

On a 3000 × 2000 photo, a 6% text size gives a 120-pixel font. At 35% opacity in the bottom-right corner, the mark is clearly readable without dominating the image.

1. Choose your image and type the watermark text.
2. Pick a position, or tick tiling to cover the whole image.
3. Adjust size and opacity — around 30–40% usually works well.
4. Download the watermarked copy.

• Watermarking your only copy instead of working from a duplicate.
• Using a small corner mark when the goal is deterring reuse.
• Setting opacity so high the watermark ruins the image.
• Using white text on a light photo without a shadow.

This tool stamps a text watermark onto a photo, either as a single mark in the position you choose or tiled across the whole image. Text size is set as a percentage of the shorter side, so the same setting looks right on a thumbnail and on a full-resolution photograph.

Photographers, illustrators and anyone sharing work they want marked as theirs.

• Size scales with the image, so one setting suits every resolution.
• Tiling covers the whole image and is far harder to crop out.
• Adjustable opacity and rotation, plus an optional shadow for light photos.
• Your photos are never uploaded.

• Marking portfolio images with your name before sharing.
• Adding a copyright line to a photograph.
• Sending proofs to a client with a visible watermark.
• Discouraging reuse of images on a listing or social post.