Image Watermark

Corner (bottom-right is the convention) for attribution that doesn't fight the image: portfolio pieces, social posts, client previews. Tiled for deterrence: marketplace listing photos, stock previews, and anything strangers routinely save and repost, because a diagonal repeat can't be cropped away. Tiled at 25–35% opacity marks the image firmly while leaving it evaluable.

For corner marks: 4–6% of image width and 45–60% opacity reads clearly without shouting; the automatic shadow handles busy backgrounds. Go bigger and more opaque only when theft is the concern rather than credit. White text wins on most photos — toggle to dark for genuinely bright, pale images.

The pixels under and around the text change; everything else is preserved at original resolution. Download as PNG for zero recompression, or JPG at the high quality used here — visually indistinguishable for photos and much smaller. The image never gets resized, so a 4000px photo stays 4000px.

A skilled person with retouching tools can remove any watermark — corner marks trivially (crop), tiled ones with effort (clone/AI fill). That's true of every watermark ever applied, including Getty's. What watermarks reliably do: attribute your work, deter casual reposting, and make stolen use provable. For images you truly can't risk, don't publish full resolution.