How to Add Watermark in Lightroom Classic & CC ( PC, Mobile) 2025

Have you ever thought that credit for an artwork related to photography or videography must always be given where it’s due? Absolutely every person dislikes scammers who steal the content of others and present it on social media as they’ve created it. They do it just for their prominence but through illegal ways. 

How to Add Watermark in Lightroom

Now, the point to be noticed is how to stop these scammers? Don’t worry you can protect your content from abuse by watermarking through Lightroom. So you must learn how to add watermark in Lightroom, and this tutorial will prove to be very helpful for this purpose. Here we’ll discuss how to create a watermark in Lightroom and then how to use it on photographs through very simple steps to ensure that your work is easily branded. Let’s discuss

Why Add Watermark in Lightroom?

Before getting insight on how to add watermark in Lightroom, it’s compulsory to know the reasons why it’s compulsory to add watermarks in photographs. After knowing these benefits you’ll use them with full responsibility and will consider adding watermarks in Lightroom as a part of photo editing.

Brand Safety

Whether you’re a blogger or running an online ecommerce store, the watermark on your website photographs and the images of your products is essential to your brand safety. If you’re not using a watermark, anyone can misuse your digital photographs for their fake prominence. Through a watermark, everyone can recognize that a specific product is of a specific brand, and ultimately, the prestige of your brand will get a boost.

Brand Recognition / Branding

Watermark will not only safeguard your intellectual property but also ensure the prominence of your brand. When your content is shared and circulated with the same watermark people can recognize it and give you credit for your effort. So your digital content gains better reach and effectiveness, increasing interactions with people and building a trusted community.

Forensic Tracking

The usage of stenographic watermarks on digital media makes forensic tracking possible, which helps to know how much content is viewed, accessed, and shared. You can also get knowledge about the individuals who are leaking your content without your permission via a forensic watermark.

How to Add Watermark in Lightroom Classic (Windows & Mac)

Adding a watermark in Lightroom is very easy, and you’ll find it more effortless after following the below straightforward steps:

Step 1: Import Image

First of all you need to upload all the images in Lightroom on which you want to add watermarks. If they are already uploaded, then go to the library module and import any one in the preview section. If you want to edit, crop, or resize an image, then do it before going to add a watermark.

Step 2: Create Watermark

Next, go to the “Edit” module and hover over it until a drop-down menu appears with many options where you need to hit on the option “ Edit Watermarks.” After this watermark editor window will open, where you can create two types of watermarks, including Text Watermark and Graphic Watermark, but at a time, you can add only one type because the settings of the other one will disable after enabling anyone from them. 

How to Create a Text Watermark?

You can use your brand name or website name as a watermark on your photographs by following these steps:

  • Firstly, You’ll find a drop down menu from the upper left corner where you need to select the “Custom” option.
  • Select the Text option for Watermark Style positioned at the top of the Watermark editor window.
  • Next, type the Text in the input area under the preview that you want to enter either your brand name or website address.
  • After that, you can edit this Text using “Text Options.” Here, you can select font type, style and can adjust text alignment after analyzing the preview of the photograph.
  • You can further customize your watermark by selecting a sophisticated color and adding shadow to Text. Adjust the opacity, offset, radius and angle via the scroll bar for shadow.
  • Manually adjust the size of the Text just by clicking on it and by dragging its corner, but make sure that the “Proportional” option is enabled. Otherwise you can select  “Fit” or “Fill” for automatically adjusting the size of the watermark.

How to Create a Graphic Watermark?

If you want to use a logo or image as a watermark, then you need to enable the “Graphic” option for Watermark Style. Next, choose a PNG or JPG file from your PC, but make sure that its background should be transparent for a professional look.  Adjust the size and position of this watermark using different options available in “ Watermark Effects.”

Step 3: Generate Watermark Presets

Once you have completed the customization of your graphic or text watermark, hit “Save” until a pop-up appears where you need to press “Create.” Through this process you’ll be able to create presets of watermarks for other similar photographs.

Step 4: Add Watermark on Multiple Images

After the creation of presets, you can use them for photographs of similar brands. To do it:

  • Choose all the images you wish to export. You can choose all images simultaneously just by selecting 1st image>holding shift and then selecting all images.
  • Right-click on any image and select “Export” until a new window opens.
  • Scroll down a bit and hit “Watermark”.
  • Choose presets that you created through the above step, and finally, export images.

How to Add Watermark in Lightroom Mobile?

If you’re editing your images on Lightroom Android or iPhone and want to create and add a watermark on them, then you must follow the following steps:

  • Open the image in the Lightroom editor and do the necessary editing according to your wish.
  • When all is done, click on the share option located at the top right corner of the Lightroom mobile screen, and a new pop-up box will appear with many options.
  • You’ll go down to the very bottom and click on “ Export as…” and a new window will open with some function where you need to enable the option “Include Watermark” until it turns blue.
  • Next, click on “Customize,” and in the new window, you’ll find two options at the top those are Text and Graphic. Choose anyone according to your will.
  • If you want to use Text as a watermark, then click on it > enter the name of your business name, brand name, or anything else in the box.
  • Similar to Lightroom Classic, the next step is to customize Text. You can do this by changing font size, style, color, position, opacity, horizontal offset, and vertical offset. If you want to use the logo as a watermark, then select the graphic option and upload the logo in PNG format and customise its size and position.
  • After full customization, when you’re satisfied, hit the back icon and click on the tick located at the top right corner. 
  • A pop-up will appear at the bottom of the screen with different sharing options, so save photographs on your mobile or share on any platform.

Conclusion

This tutorial on how to add watermark in Lightroom is based on our practical experience, and we’ve shared some methods that we use for our projects. After following the steps mentioned above for adding watermarks in Lightroom Classic and CC, you’ll not be stuck at any point because we’ve discussed them in very straightforward ways. Moreover, you should also know the importance of these watermarks so that you don’t show any laziness in adding them. That’s why we also have covered this point in this article. If you don’t have experience in graphic designing, then you can use simple Text because brand safety and recognition are crucial for a successful business.

Frequently Asked Questions

No, it’s not compulsory to add a watermark on all images. You should use just images related to your business, brand, digital products, and websites that you want to share on social media.

No, you can use a signature and brand name in the form of simple Text for watermarking.

Yes, you can create watermark presets and apply them on multiple images at a time in Lightroom.

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