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Add a Watermark to Images

Tiled diagonal text across the whole photo — drawn on your device, in any language your system can type.

Type your watermark text, drop images, download stamped copies — the text tiles diagonally across the entire image so it cannot be cropped out, and it renders with a light-on-dark outline that stays visible on any photo. Because it draws with your browser's own fonts, Korean, Japanese and every other script work — not just Latin. Nothing uploads.

Last verified 2026-08-15 — this tool passed 85 automated end-to-end checks

quality 92%
watermark text
Drop images here, or click to browse
converts to JPG · JPG · PNG · WebP in — tiled watermark out
01 — CANNOT BE CROPPED OUT
A single corner mark disappears with one crop. The tiled diagonal pattern covers the full frame — removing it means repainting the whole image.
02 — ANY LANGUAGE
Canvas text uses your system fonts, so 한글, 日本語, emoji and mixed scripts all render — a real limitation of PDF standard fonts that does not apply here.
03 — PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE
The photos people watermark are IDs, contracts and proofs — exactly the files that should never touch a server. These never do.

How to use

  1. Drop your file(s) into the box above — or click it to browse.
  2. Conversion starts immediately; the tabs switch to a different output format. Adjust the quality slider to re-encode instantly.
  3. Click Download on each finished file — or Download all (.zip) for a batch. Nothing was uploaded at any point.

Why documents get watermarked at all

The common case is sending a copy of an ID card, certificate or contract to a counterparty who only needs to verify it: watermarking "2026-08-16 재직확인용" (or "FOR VERIFICATION ONLY") across the image makes the copy useless for anything else. That habit — recommended by banks and government agencies — only protects you if the watermarking itself doesn't involve uploading the pristine original to a third-party server first. Running the stamp locally closes that loop.

The text is drawn into the pixels — it is not a layer, not metadata, and does not survive as removable data. For photos where you want a subtle brand instead of a protective grid, put a short name and pick JPG at high quality; for evidence-style stamps, longer text tiles denser.

How the watermark is drawn
PropertyBehavior
PatternDiagonal 45° tiles, brick-offset rows, full coverage
ContrastWhite fill + dark outline — visible on any background
ScaleSized from image diagonal and text length
ScriptsAny system font glyph — 한글, kanji, Cyrillic, emoji
OutputJPG (with quality slider) or PNG

When NOT to use this

  • You may need the clean image later — the watermark is permanent by design; keep your original.
  • Legal certified copies — some agencies require their own stamp format; check first.
  • Invisible watermarking — steganographic marks are a different tool; this one is deliberately visible.

Frequently asked questions

Can the watermark be removed?

Not cleanly — it is drawn into the image pixels across the whole frame. Determined retouching can paint over anything, which is why dense tiling plus purpose-specific text ("FOR X ONLY, date") is the practical protection.

Does Korean text work?

Yes — the text renders with your device's own fonts, so any script your system can display works. This is exactly what our PDF watermark tool cannot do yet (standard PDF fonts are Latin-only).

Is my photo uploaded?

No — decoding, drawing and re-encoding all happen in your browser. The network tab shows zero upload requests.