A small logo in the corner of a video says who made it. It helps people remember your brand, and it makes it clear where a clip came from if it gets shared. Adding one should be quick, and it should not mean handing your footage to a stranger.
This tool lets you watermark a video right in your browser. You pick the video and your logo, choose the corner, set the size and see-through level (opacity), and press one button. Nothing is uploaded.
The guide below covers the logo files that work, how to choose settings that look professional, and what to do before and after you add a logo to a video.
How to add a watermark to a video
These five steps add a logo to a video, or to several videos at once, without leaving the page.
- Drop your video onto the page. Add more files if the same logo should go on several videos.
- In the Logo slot, add your picture. A thumbnail appears with its name and size in pixels.
- Choose a place on the Position grid. Bottom right is the usual spot.
- Set the Size and the Opacity, and watch the preview as you move the sliders.
- Press Add watermark. Save the result, or download several results as a zip.
The Add watermark button stays greyed out until you have added a logo. If the file is not a picture the tool can read, the slot tells you.
Which logo files work for a video watermark
The Logo slot accepts PNG, JPG and WebP pictures. A PNG with a see-through background (transparency) works best, because the logo keeps its own shape instead of sitting in a solid box.
| File type | Accepted | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| PNG | Yes | Best choice. Keeps a transparent background. |
| WebP | Yes | Works, and can also hold transparency. |
| JPG | Yes | Works, but has no transparency, so the logo appears in a rectangle. |
| SVG | No | Export it as a PNG first. |
Why SVG is not accepted
SVG is a drawing format, and the part of the browser that renders the video cannot read it. Open your SVG in any design tool and export it as a PNG at a generous size. A logo that is a few hundred pixels wide is plenty for most clips.
Prepare the logo before you upload it to the tool
Trim empty space around the logo, so the size slider controls the logo itself and not a margin. If your logo is dark, consider a light version for dark footage. The tool does not recolour your picture. It places it as it is.
Choose the corner, size and opacity of your logo overlay
Three controls decide how a watermark feels. A good one is easy to find but never takes over the picture.
- Position is a grid of nine places. The corners are the classic choice. The tool keeps the logo a small distance in from the edge, so it never touches the border.
- Size runs from 5% to 40% of the video width. The height follows your logo's own shape, so it is never stretched. Small sizes around the low teens look discreet. Go bigger for a clear brand mark.
- Opacity runs from 10% to 100%, in steps of 5. Lower values let the picture show through. A middle-to-high value keeps the logo readable without shouting.
Because size is a share of the video width, the logo looks the same on a small clip and a large one. If your videos have different shapes, a vertical clip will show a smaller logo than a wide one at the same setting, so check the preview.
Which corner to pick
Bottom right is expected, but many apps place buttons or captions there. For vertical clips, the top corners are often safer. If you also burn in subtitles or text at the bottom, put the logo at the top so the two do not collide.
Keeping it a watermark, not a billboard
Think about where the video will be watched. On a phone, a logo that is 10% of the width can be hard to see, while on a large screen the same size looks fine. Test the result at the size your audience will see. A watermark that is too bold distracts viewers. One that is too faint can be missed or cropped out. Aim for something you notice when you look for it, and stay with the same settings across a series so your videos feel like a set.
Watermark several videos at once, privately
You can add more than one video before you start, and the button then counts them: Add watermark to 3 videos, for example. That makes the tool a simple video watermark maker for a whole series. The same logo and settings go on each one. The margin follows each video's own picture size. The results can be saved one by one or downloaded as a single zip. Each file is named after the original, with _watermarked added.
Everything runs in your browser. Your videos and your logo are never uploaded, and the server does no video work. The tool is free, with no account and no watermark of ours on the result. Video tools are not counted in the free daily limit, which applies to document conversions only.
Most videos have no size limit. A few files, such as certain AVI or WMV videos, are handled at a slower pace and can be up to 2 GB. The tool works in current Chrome, Edge and Firefox, and the result is an MP4 file.
Prepare a video before and after you add a logo
Order matters a little. Cut the clip to length first with trim video and change its shape with crop video or resize video, so the logo ends up in the right corner of the final frame. Add a watermark to the video last, and then compress it if the file is too big to share.
A watermark can also protect your work in a light way, since anyone who reuses the clip carries your mark with it. It is a deterrent, not a lock: a determined person can still crop it out, so place it where cropping would cost them part of the picture. The watermark is drawn into the picture for good. Keep your original video in case you want a version without it.
A text watermark instead of a logo
This tool places a picture, so it cannot type a name or a copyright line for you. For words, use add text to video and pick the same corner. For a heading across the top of the opening shot, the video title maker starts with that layout set. If the line must match your own lettering, save it as a PNG with a transparent background and add it here as the logo.
Put your logo on the video now
To watermark a video, add the clip, add your PNG, JPG or WebP logo, choose a corner, set the size and opacity, and press Add watermark. Your files stay on your device from start to finish.
Use the tool above with your own clip. When you are done, you can compress the video for sharing, or see the rest of the video tools.
