Historically, putting a visual watermark on an image has been something of a trade off. In exchange for harming some of the aesthetics of an image, the photographer can rest reasonably assured that it will be more difficult to misuse the image and that, if it is copied, it will carry with it their information.
This has been especially true of watermarks that were prominent and located at or near the center of the work, where they can’t easily be cropped off. Though such watermarks can be removed, the process historically has been difficult and has left behind less-than-optimal results.
But technology, as it is wont to do, has marched on and a spate of new tools claim to make it trivial to remove watermarks from images. Though many of these tools were not designed with watermarks in mind, they instead focus on removing other unwanted elements in a photo such as extra people or cars, they’re usefulness for removing watermarks has certainly not gone unnoticed.
So how does a photographer or artist prevent their watermarks from being easily removed? It turns out that much of the traditional advice is still valid though there are a few new things to look out for…
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