Watermark
On a platform where images get reposted without credit constantly, a watermark is often the last layer of protection before you publish. Darkroom's is a proper, full-featured one: place either a text mark — your name, an @handle, a copyright line — or an image mark like a brand logo, then tune exactly how it sits on the photo. It's been a dedicated export feature since the watermarking release, and it's available to Darkroom+ members.
You'll find it inside the Export view: open Export Options and enable Watermark. Once it's configured, Darkroom remembers the setup and reuses it across exports, so your output stays consistent without re-creating the mark each time.
Setting it up
A text watermark is the fastest path and ideal for names, handles, and copyright lines — you can set its color to stay readable against your photo and choose a typeface that matches your tone. An image watermark is the better choice for a brand logo or a custom mark with its own visual identity; use a transparent PNG so only the mark itself shows.
Placement and weight are where a watermark either disappears tastefully or shouts. You can drop it into any of nine anchor points or drag it freely, then dial in its size, an offset to fine-tune the distance from the edges, and an opacity that balances visibility against subtlety. Corners are usually the least distracting spot — keep the mark clear of faces and the key subject.
Getting the balance right
The right settings depend on what the watermark is for. If the goal is genuinely deterring theft, don't drop the opacity so low that the mark is trivial to crop or clone out. If the goal is mostly aesthetic — a quiet signature on a portfolio piece — reduce the size before you reach for lower opacity, which keeps it crisp rather than washed out. Either way, test legibility on both bright and dark scenes, since a mark that reads cleanly on one can vanish or glare on another, and platform recompression can eat a faint mark entirely.
For brand and production work, it pays to keep more than one style on hand: a heavier, harder-to-remove mark for public, repost-prone feeds, and a subtler one for client previews. Pairing a visible watermark with copyright metadata gives you attribution that's both human-readable and machine-readable. And when you're delivering at volume, fold the watermark into your batch exports so an entire campaign goes out marked consistently. One last habit worth keeping: after a crop- or transform-heavy edit, recheck placement — shifting the composition can throw the mark's visual balance off.
Related
- Export Settings — pair watermarking with copyright metadata
- Export, Save or Share — where watermarking happens
- Batch Actions — apply a watermark across many exports