1Upload the GIF animations you want to mark, already at their final size — watermarking comes after resizing, not before it.
2Upload a transparent PNG logo or type your text, then choose the font, the colour and the opacity.
3Set the position, or switch to a tiled repeat when a single corner mark would be too easy to crop away.
4Download the watermarked GIF file; nothing else is added to it.
Watermark GIF FAQ
How does Watermark GIF place the mark?
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Concretely, the mark is composited onto every frame at the same position, and the shared palette is re-derived afterwards so the watermark colour does not drift between frames. You control the position, the size and the opacity, and the same settings are applied consistently across everything you upload.
Can I use my own logo, or only text?
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Either. Upload a transparent PNG logo, or type text and choose the font, colour and opacity. A tiled repeat is available when one corner mark is too easy to crop away.
Does the file format affect how the watermark comes out?
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It does. GIF is capped at a 256-colour palette with single-bit (on/off) transparency and no partial alpha, which is why photographs band and dither in it. That governs how cleanly a semi-transparent mark can be blended into the underlying content.
Anything specific to GIF worth knowing?
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Yes — the palette is shared across the whole animation, so any change to one frame is negotiated against the colours every other frame needs. It affects when in your workflow the mark should be applied.
Does a watermark actually protect my work?
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It deters casual reuse and it credits you; it is not security. A corner mark can be cropped and a faint one can be painted out. If protection matters, a large semi-transparent mark across the subject is far harder to remove than a discreet one in a corner.
Should I watermark before or after resizing?
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After. Watermark the final deliverable at its final size, so the mark stays legible and proportionate. Watermarking a master you will process again means the mark gets resampled and compressed along with everything else.
What can I upload to Watermark GIF?
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Animated and static GIFs, plus animated WebP. Still images work too and are treated as a single-frame animation, which is occasionally what you want when building one.
Is there a file size limit on Watermark GIF?
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Yes: free accounts process images up to 25 MB each, which is a real constraint for animation — a few seconds of full-frame GIF reaches that quickly. If an animation is over the limit, cutting the frame rate is almost always a better first move than cutting the dimensions — the eye forgives 12 fps far more readily than it forgives a smaller picture.
Will Watermark GIF lower the quality of my GIF animations?
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The binding constraint on a GIF is not the operation, it is the 256-colour palette. Anything that changes pixel values forces a re-quantisation against a palette shared by every frame, which is where banding and dithering come from. Frame timing and loop count are preserved.
Can I run Watermark GIF on several GIF animations at once?
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Yes, and it is worth doing — per-file overhead on an animation is dominated by decoding every frame, so a batch amortises far better than the equivalent set of single runs.
Is animation preserved, or do I get a still?
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Animation is preserved. Every frame is decoded, processed and re-assembled with the original delays and loop count intact. You only get a still if you explicitly ask for a single frame.
Does Watermark GIF cost anything?
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No. Watermark GIF is free, needs no account, and adds no watermark to the output. Uploaded animations are deleted from the workers a short time after the job completes.
