Ultimate Guide for Adding Watermarks to Photos on an iPhone

Adding a watermark will help protect your photos, reflect your style, and also give the professional touch your pictures need. Adding watermarks is also great as it gives notice that you own the pictures or even as an advertisement of your brand or social media handle. In this guide, we shall step by step go through adding a watermark on the photos you click your iPhone.

What is a Watermark?

To begin, let's define a watermark. An image or text overlayed on top of a photo, generally to indicate who owns it, is called a watermark. Your name, logo, or other visual design might be used to identify the image as belonging to you. A watermark therefore serves to prevent someone else from claiming the images taken as his or her own because the owner will always identify himself or herself on them.

Watermarks are also used as branding. A lot of photographers, designers, or artists apply their signature or brand logo in their photos for easy recognition.

How to Add Watermarks on an iPhone?

There isn't an application on iPhone to watermark photos. However, there are a couple of ways you can watermark your photos using the Photos app and third-party applications. Let's look at both approaches.

1. Adding Text Watermarks Using the Photos App

The Photos app on iPhone may allow you to add text to your photos as a watermark. How to do it:

1. Open up the Photos application on your iPhone and select a picture you wish to watermark.
2. Tap Edit at the top right side.
3. Tap Markup (looks like a pencil).
4. Tap the + icon, tap Text.
5. Now type the text you would want as your watermark. You may insert your name, website, or copyright information.
6. Resizing, changing colors, and setting the text wherever you'd want it on the picture.
7. Tap Done once you're pleased with where they sit in regards to the original image, thereby saving the now watermarked version of the image.

2. Adding Signature Watermarks Using the Photos App

You could opt for an authentic look with this personal watermark through your signature or monogram using the photos. Here’s how you do it:

1. Open the Photos app.
2. Select the photograph you want to watermark.
3. Tap Edit, then Markup icon (the pencil)
4. Tap the + icon, select Signature
5. Using your finger or stylus draw your signature. You can also create it on another device, save it as an image, and upload
6. Set the size and position for your signature watermark
7. Tap Done to save the photo.

How to Use the PhotoCut App to Add Watermarks?

You can use the built-in options on the iPhone for simple things, but when it comes to watermarking pictures, you need something more. To include text, a signature, or even a brand watermark in your pictures, you'll need the PhotoCut software. You can also make icons using PhotoCut’s Icon Maker. Here's how to use PhotoCut and add watermarks:

1. Adding Text Watermarks with PhotoCut

You may download the PhotoCut app from the App Store if you haven't already.

1. Select the desired watermark image from the library in the PhotoCut application.
2. After you have tapped on the Text icon, type the text you would want as your watermark, name, website, or any statement that you would like to include.
3. The color, transparency, and size of the font are customizable with the text.
4. You may place the watermark anywhere you desire in the picture.
5. Once satisfied with the outcome, you may download your watermarked photo into your gallery through the Download option.

2. Adding Signature Watermarks with PhotoCut

For a personalized touch, you can also add your signature to your photo. To do this:

1. Open the PhotoCut app and select the photo you want to edit.
2. Use PhotoCut’s AI tool to create a transparent signature image.
3. Add the signature as a watermark by positioning it on your photo.
4. Adjust the size and transparency to make the signature subtle but clear.
5. Save your image by tapping Download.

3. Adding Logo Watermarks with PhotoCut

One of the impressive features of PhotoCut is that you can overlay a logo watermark on photographs. Here is how to achieve this:

1. Open the app PhotoCut; select the photograph you want watermarked. You can remove people from photos before uploading.
2. Without a logo or image, just use PhotoCut's AI-powered tool to have one created, then import said logo into PhotoCut and locate it on a picture.
3. Adjust the size, opacity, and placement of your logo as required.
4. Now that you like your design hit the Download button to save a picture with the watermark of your logo.

Conclusion

Watermarking your photos is one way of putting a personal touch and protecting your effort. Besides protecting your intellectual property, it also makes your photos seem more professional. Third-party apps like PhotoCut or the built-in Photos app may be used to accomplish this with ease.

In this tutorial, we go over every method for watermarking your iPhone images using the Photos app and PhotoCut. Give these a go and see what suits you. For photographers, artists, as well as any business, getting your photos watermarked is just part of building up your ownership of your artwork and your company brand.

You can also create YouTube thumbnails using PhotoCut.

FAQs

Q1. Why should my photos have a watermark?

Ans. Applying a watermark helps protect images from theft and piracy, as well as asserting ownership while making advertisements for a website, company, or social media exposure. They make your work easy to recognize.

Q2. Can I directly add watermarks to photos using the Photos app installed on my iPhone?

Ans. The Photos app supports text signatures and text watermarks. At best, though, Photos is much less functional compared to third-party apps. The Photos doesn't support batch watermarking nor the logotypes for images.

Q3. What types of watermarks can I add to my photos?

Ans. You may add the following types of watermarks

• Text-based Watermarks: Your name, website URL, copyright details, and all other material are examples of text-based watermarks.
• Logo Watermarks: You may include a watermark in your logo.
• Signature Watermarks: You have the option to include your signature as a watermark.

Q4. Are watermarks always visible?

Ans. Watermarks can be customized in opacity. You may make them half-transparent so that they are not too distracting. Or you could make them opaque so that you can see a more dramatic effect.

Q5. Can I add multiple watermarks to a photo?

Ans. Yes, many apps (including PhotoCut) allow you to add multiple watermarks to a single photo. This is useful for layered protection or adding both a logo and text watermark.

Q6. What are the best apps for adding watermarks on iPhones?

Ans. Some popular watermark apps for iPhone include:

• Watermark Photo
• eZy Watermark
• iWatermark
• Phonto
• Canva

Q7. Are these watermark apps free?

Ans. Most of the watermark applications have a free version; however, there will be advertisements or fewer features. Their paid versions give more options, all ads are gone, and their watermark can be removed.

Q8. Can I save my watermarks for later use?

Ans. Yes, most watermark apps save your designs so you do not have to keep re-making them. This can be helpful with branding that remains the same each time.

Q9. How do I add a logo watermark?

Ans. With most apps, you can import an image, usually a PNG file, to get it transparent from your photo library and position it over your picture as a logo on the image.

Q10. Where is the best place to put a watermark on my photo?

Ans. Common watermark placements include:

• Corner: Subtle and less distracting.
• Center: Highly visible but can be intrusive.
• Across the Image: Low opacity makes the watermark difficult to remove.