Upload an authorized image
Choose the image you own or may mark and enter the watermark wording.
Tiled or single watermark
Add a Text Watermark to an Image
Place a name, attribution or review mark over an image, lower its opacity and optionally repeat it across the canvas.
Images stay in your browser. Translation sends only the active English text.
Three steps
How to add a text watermark to an image
Set coverage and opacity
Position one mark or enable Tile, then adjust opacity, size and rotation.
Inspect and export
Confirm that the mark protects without obscuring the subject, then download PNG after sign-in.
Workflow guide
Choose the right add a text watermark to an image workflow
Understand what the tool changes before you export the finished composition.
A browser text-watermark tool
It renders a new movable text layer once or in a repeated 5-by-5 tiled pattern.
For owners and review workflows
Photographers, sellers and teams can add attribution or a draft/review label to authorized imagery.
Control visibility and coverage
Adjust wording, position, opacity, rotation, color and repetition for the selected layer.
Different from watermark removal
This workflow adds a mark to your image; removal is appropriate only when you have rights to remove one.
Review authorized text removal →Use only necessary coverage
Upload above, start with one subtle mark and enable tiling only when broader coverage is justified.
Practical design checks
Keep attribution legible
Very low opacity may disappear after resizing, while very high opacity can hide important details.
Use Tile deliberately
Tiling repeats the active wording across the image and is harder to crop away than one corner mark.
Retain your clean original
The downloaded PNG contains the rendered watermark; keep the unmarked source separately.
Related text tools
Add Text to Image
Create a normal single caption or label.
Rotate Text on Image
Learn how direction affects placement.
Remove Text
Use only for text you are authorized to remove.
FAQ
Questions about add a text watermark to an image
Start with your image
Upload it, create and position the new text layer, then review the preview before export.
Open the text editor