Where to put it
A corner mark is the quietest and suits photos for your website or social media, but it is also the easiest to crop away. For client proofs, place it near the middle or over the subject, where cropping it out would ruin the picture.
Free watermark tool
Add a watermark to photos, free and private.
Put your name or logo on one photo or a whole shoot, at full resolution. It all happens in your browser: your photos are never uploaded, and there is no account and no limit.
Your photos stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
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How to watermark photos
A mark that protects the photo without spoiling it.
Three steps, then four things worth knowing before you send watermarked proofs to a client or post your work online.
- 01
Add your photos
Drop them on the tool or choose them from your computer or phone. One photo or a whole shoot.
- 02
Set the watermark
Type your name or choose your logo, then set the size, opacity and position on the live preview.
- 03
Download
Apply it to every photo and download them one by one, or all together as a ZIP file.
How strong to make it
For proofs, 40 to 60% opacity is a good start: clearly there, while your client can still judge expression, focus and color. For finished work you post online, 20 to 30% in a corner is usually enough. Check the preview on a bright and a dark part of the photo; the soft shadow keeps white text readable on a light sky.
Text or logo
Text is quickest: your name or studio and the year, for example © Mila Novak 2026. A logo looks more finished, but use a PNG with a transparent background, or it will sit in a white box. A simple one-color logo reads best at small sizes.
Tiled for proofs before payment
A tiled watermark repeats across the whole photo at an angle. It is the hardest to remove or crop out, which makes it the safest choice for proofs you send before a client has paid. Keep it light, around 25 to 40%, so the photo can still be judged.
Is this watermark tool really free?
Yes. There is no account, no limit on how many photos you watermark, and no mark of ours on your photos. It is made by Capturely, a client gallery service for photographers, and costs nothing to use.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. The watermark is drawn by your own browser, on your device. Your photos are never sent to a server, and they are gone when you close the page. Only your last settings (text, size, position) are remembered on this device.
Does watermarking reduce the quality of my photos?
Each photo keeps its original pixel size. JPEG files are saved again at high quality (92), which looks the same as the original to the eye, and PNG stays lossless. Camera details such as EXIF data are not copied into the new file.
Can I watermark many photos at once?
Yes. Add as many photos as you like, set the watermark once, and it is applied to each in turn. Download them one by one or all together as a ZIP file. Large camera files take a few seconds each.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes, in Safari on iPhone and Chrome on Android. On iPhone, Download saves to the Files app; to keep a photo in Photos, tap Save or share, then Save Image. Safari on iPhone limits how large an image it can draw (about 16 megapixels), so a larger photo may be saved a little smaller there; the tool tells you when that happens.
Can a watermark be removed later?
Not from the watermarked copy: the mark is now part of the image. That is why the tool never changes your original file. Keep your originals for the final delivery.
More free tools
Other jobs, done the same way.
Resize photos
Make one photo or a whole shoot the right size for Instagram, Facebook or client previews, by preset or to your own size.
Open the toolCompress photos
Make photos lighter at a quality you choose, or under a size such as 1 MB, and see what each one saved.
Open the toolContact sheet maker
Lay a shoot out as rows of small frames on an A4 or screen page, with file names, saved as one or more JPEG sheets.
Open the tool
For client proofs
Sending proofs to a client?
Capturely galleries can watermark previews automatically while downloads are off. Set your watermark once, switch it on for a gallery, and your client sees marked previews while your originals stay clean. When you deliver, switch downloads on and they get the photos without the mark.
Watermarks are on every plan, Free included.