Add a watermark to a video
Put your name or a label over every frame, in the corner you choose.
Drop a clip to start
Runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
A clip going out for review wants DRAFT on it. A clip going out publicly wants whoever made it named on it. Both need the mark to be part of the picture rather than an overlay in a player, because the moment the file is downloaded an overlay is gone.
The position is picked against a real frame from the video rather than from a diagram, which matters because the right corner depends on what is in the shot. The text is stroked in dark before it is filled in white, so it stays legible over a bright sky and a black shadow alike — a plain white caption disappears over the first and a plain dark one over the second.
This is the one thing on these pages a conversion option cannot express, so every frame is decoded, drawn onto a canvas with the text over it, and encoded again. That makes it slower than the other video tools, and it is why it has its own page rather than being a switch on the converter.
Step by step
- 1Drop in the video.
- 2Type the text and place it against the frame shown.
- 3Press Add watermark, then download.
Questions
Can the watermark be removed afterwards?
It is drawn into the frames, so it cannot be switched off — but it is not security. Someone determined can crop or paint it out. Treat it as a label, not a lock.
Can I use a logo instead of text?
Not yet — text only. An image watermark is a separate job and is not built here.
Why does this take longer than compressing?
Because every frame is decoded, redrawn on a canvas and encoded again. Compressing skips the redraw.