Add a watermark to video

How it works

1. 1

   Add your video

   Drop in the video, and your logo if you are using one. Neither is uploaded.

2. 2

   Set your watermark

   Type text or upload a logo, then choose position, size, and opacity.

3. 3

   Apply and download

   See a live preview, apply the watermark, and download. No forced branding from us.

A watermark only works if it is in the pixels

Every platform re-encodes what you upload. Your file is decoded, resized, compressed to their settings, and stored as something new, and anything that was not part of the picture itself does not survive that. Metadata is stripped, overlay tracks are discarded, and any claim of ownership that lived outside the frame is gone before the video is ever served to a viewer.

So a watermark has to be burned in: rendered into the frames as actual pixels, so that it is as much a part of the video as the footage under it. That is what this tool does, which is why the mark still reads after a platform has recompressed the clip and someone has screen recorded it and posted it somewhere else.

Where you put it matters as much as whether it is there. Corners are the convention because they stay clear of faces and action, but every vertical app draws its own interface over the frame, so a mark tucked into the bottom right of a TikTok can end up underneath the share button. Opacity is the other half of the judgment: high enough to survive a screenshot, low enough that nobody stops watching because of it.

A watermarking tool that does not add its own watermark

There is a particular absurdity in free watermarking tools, which is that most of them stamp their own logo onto your video alongside yours, and then sell you the removal of it. Nothing is added here that you did not put there. Your text or your logo, at the size, position, and opacity you chose, and nothing else.

Your video and your logo are both processed on your own device. Neither is uploaded, which is the sensible arrangement for a brand asset and for footage you have not published yet, and there is no size limit on either.

If the clip is heading for a vertical feed, check the result against the TikTok safe zone tool afterwards to confirm the mark is not sitting under the interface. For a moving progress bar rather than a static mark, the progress bar tool is the one you want.

Why nothing uploads

Other tools send your video to their servers, which costs them money per file, so they add watermarks, cap file sizes, and make you sign up. This tool does the work right here in your browser using your own device. Your file is never uploaded, so there is no wait, no watermark, no size limit, and no account.

Questions

Can I use my own logo?

Yes. Switch to image mode and upload a logo (a PNG with transparency looks best). You can also add plain text.

Does my video get uploaded?

No. The watermark is applied in your browser; your file and your logo never leave your device.

Can I control where the watermark sits?

Yes. Pick any corner or the center, and adjust its size and opacity with a live preview.

Is it free and unbranded?

Yes. We never add our own watermark. The only mark on the video is the one you choose.

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