Add a Watermark to Your Photos
Type your signature, drag it exactly where you want it — or tile it across the whole image. Then download a full-quality PNG. Free, instant, private.
Click to choose an image or drag & drop it here
JPG, PNG, WebP · processed locally on your device
Tip: click and drag directly on the image to position your watermark.
How it works
Watermark a photo in under a minute — no design skills needed.
Load your photo
Click the box or drop an image in.
Write your mark
Your name, brand or URL.
Style & position
Drag it into place, or tile it everywhere.
Download
Full-resolution PNG, no quality loss.
Why watermark your images?
A watermark ties your name to your work wherever the image travels. When a photo is shared, re-pinned or embedded without a link back, the watermark is often the only credit that survives. For photographers, bloggers and shops it serves three practical purposes: attribution (people can find the source), brand recall (your name is seen every time the image is), and deterrence (casual copy-paste reuse becomes less attractive when your signature is on the pixels).
An honest note: no watermark is tamper-proof. A determined person with editing software can crop or retouch one out. The goal is to make honest reuse easy to credit and dishonest reuse inconvenient — which a well-placed watermark does remarkably well.
Where should the watermark go?
Placement is a trade-off between protection and aesthetics:
- A corner is discreet and keeps the subject clean, but it is also the easiest area to crop away.
- Over the subject — slightly off-centre, following the rule of thirds — is far harder to remove without destroying the photo. Keep the opacity low so it doesn't dominate.
- Tiled across the entire frame is the stock-photo approach: maximum protection for previews, proofs and client galleries. Use a low opacity (15–35%) and a diagonal angle so the image stays readable underneath.
Areas with texture and detail hide the underlying pixels better than flat skies or plain backgrounds, making reconstruction harder.
Getting the opacity right
The most common mistake is a watermark that shouts. Around 50–70% opacity works for a small corner signature; drop to 15–35% for large or tiled marks. Choose a colour that contrasts with the area behind it — white with a subtle dark outline reads well on almost any photo, which is why white at 60% is our default. Preview at full size before downloading: a mark that looks subtle zoomed out can feel heavy at 100%.
A tip for Pinterest and Instagram creators
Vertical pins and story graphics are re-shared constantly, and the original caption rarely follows. Adding your site URL as a small tiled or bottom-edge watermark means every repost keeps advertising the source. Combine this tool with our Image Resizer to first crop to 1000×1500 (the pin sweet spot), then sign your work here. We export as PNG, so your image loses zero quality in the process — you can always convert the final file to JPG with our PNG to JPG converter if you need a lighter file.