Add Watermark to Photos — Text or Logo, Batch, Free

Add a text or logo watermark to one photo or a whole batch: position it, drag it, or tile it, then download each image or a zip.

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This free image watermark tool adds a text or logo watermark to your photos in the browser. Type your name or upload a logo, set the size, opacity and rotation, then place it in a corner, drag it anywhere on the preview, or tile it diagonally across the whole image. Add up to 30 photos at once and download them one by one or together as a zip. The images are processed on your device and never uploaded, which matters when they are unreleased product shots or client work.

Size and spacing are set as a percentage of each image's width, so the same settings give the same look on a 1,200-pixel web image and a 6,000-pixel original, and the preview is the export drawn smaller. A watermark is a deterrent and a credit line, not real protection: a small corner mark can be cropped out in seconds and even a tiled pattern can be removed by a determined editor. The guide below covers which placement suits which purpose.

How to use

Choose images (or drop them on the box). A sample photo is shown until you add your own.
Pick Text and type the watermark, or Logo image and upload a PNG with a transparent background.
Set size, opacity and rotation. 40 to 70 percent opacity is visible without ruining the photo.
Choose a position on the 3×3 grid, drag the watermark on the preview, or switch to Tiled pattern and set the spacing.
Set the JPEG/WebP quality, then download the image, or all of them as a zip.

Frequently asked questions

How do I add a watermark to a photo for free?

Upload the photo on this page, type your watermark text (for example © Your Name 2026) or upload your logo, choose where it goes and how transparent it is, and click Download. There is no account, no watermark of ours added to your image and no upload: everything runs in your browser using the canvas API.

Can I watermark many photos at once?

Yes. Select up to 30 images in one go. The same watermark settings are applied to every one, scaled to each image's width, so landscape and portrait photos of different sizes get a mark of the same relative size. Download all of them as a single zip file, or download them individually. Click a thumbnail to preview any image in the batch before downloading.

Where is the best place to put a watermark?

It depends on what you are protecting against. A small mark in a corner credits you without spoiling the image but is trivial to crop out; it suits portfolios and social media. A mark over the main subject, or a faint tiled pattern across the whole image, is much harder to remove and suits proofs sent to clients and stock-style previews. Placing it where the image has detail rather than flat sky makes it harder to clone out.

Does adding a watermark reduce image quality?

JPEG and WebP images are re-encoded, so there is a small loss; at the default 92 percent quality it is not visible. PNG output is lossless. The image keeps its original dimensions. The export is a new file, so camera metadata (EXIF) from the original is not carried over, while the orientation is already applied to the pixels, so photos stay the right way up.

What file should I use for a logo watermark?

A PNG with a transparent background, ideally white or a single light colour, at least as wide as the largest size it will appear. A JPG logo has a solid rectangle behind it. SVG logos are rasterised at 2,000 pixels, so they stay sharp. For a logo that must work on both light and dark photos, a white logo at 50 to 70 percent opacity, or one with a subtle dark outline, is the most reliable choice.

Choosing a watermark style

• Corner credit (small, 40 to 60 percent opacity, bottom right): for Instagram, portfolios and blog images, where the aim is attribution, not prevention.

• Centre mark (large, 20 to 35 percent opacity): for client proofs before payment. Visible enough to make the image unusable as a final, faint enough to judge the photo.

• Tiled pattern (rotated −30°, 15 to 25 percent opacity): for stock previews, documents and ID copies. Removing it means retouching the whole image rather than one area.

Tip for ID documents: when you send a copy of a passport or driving licence to a landlord or a service, tile a line such as 'For ABC Lettings only, 16 Oct 2026' across it. If the copy leaks, it cannot easily be reused elsewhere.

Watermarks, metadata and copyright

You own the copyright in photos you take whether or not they carry a watermark; the mark only makes the ownership visible. In the United States, removing copyright management information, which can include a watermark, to hide an infringement is a separate violation under section 1202 of the DMCA, and many other countries have similar rules.

Metadata is the invisible counterpart. Camera EXIF can hold your name and copyright line, but it can also hold the GPS location where the photo was taken and your camera's serial number. Before publishing, check and strip it with the EXIF viewer; files exported from this watermark tool already carry no EXIF.

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