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How To Create a Custom Watermark in PicMonkey

An easy-to-follow tutorial on how to create custom watermarks using PicMonkey.

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For the longest time I have been searching for ways to create a watermark {a transparent overlay} for my images here on Mom On Timeout. Every tutorial I could find referenced Photo Shop which I don’t have. I felt for sure there had to be a way to do it on PicMonkey and sure enough, there is! The trick to a watermark is that it has to have a transparent background and the way to do this in PicMonkey is with a collage. PicMonkey is my go-to source for all my photo-editing needs and I am so excited to be able to make custom watermarks now as well – so awesome! Okay, let’s do it!

Step 1. Go to PicMonkey.com and select “Create a collage“.

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Step 2. The Collage editing screen opens up. Select the background tab on the far left all the way at the bottom. Click on “transparent background“. You’ll notice that the entire collage is now transparent because we haven’t added any images to the collage.

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Step 3. Click the small “x” on any two cells to remove them. You are now left with one single transparent cell.

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Step 4. Click on “Save” and save the transparent background as a .png file. You can resize it now but we will be cropping it in the next step anyways. You can see the file size is tiny 🙂

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Step 5. Okay now we’re going to close out this collage and open up the image we just saved. Click on “Edit a photo” and open the transparent background image that you just saved {hopefully you remember where!}. You won’t see anything because it’s transparent but trust me – it’s there 🙂

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Step 6. Now it’s time to actually design your watermark. Use the tools found on the far left to design your watermark. Use the text tools {that is the “P”}, overlays and anything else that grabs your attention to create a watermark that people will recognize as your own. You can see that I made mine very similar to my  header. I also chose to make my watermark white – you can pick a different color of course! Next, we’re going to crop the image. You want to place the crop tool as snugly around your watermark as possible and then crop. Don’t worry too much about the size of your watermark because you will be able to re-size it when placing it on an image.

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Step 7. Now we have the watermark nice and tightly cropped and we’re ready to save. Make sure to save it as .png file again and name it something awesome, like, I don’t know… “Watermark”!

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Step 8. That’s it! You’re done! Now to add it to a photo. Open up PicMonkey and select “Edit a photo”. Click on the Overlays tab and select “Your Own”. Open the watermark and voila! It’s now on your photo! You can easily re-size the watermark and you can use the overlay tool to fade your watermark if you’d like.

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Can you believe how easy that is? Now anytime I want to edit or create a brand-spankin’ new watermark I don’t have to hire someone  🙂  Thanks for being so awesome PicMonkey!

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Comments

  1. Jayme says

    Fantastic step-by-step directions!! I’ve always wondered how to do this and decided today was going to be the day. It took me maybe a half hour, that included searching and downloading a font that wasn’t in PicMonkey. I shared these directions to my team so they can learn as well! Thank you!!

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  5. Amanda says

    Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial! I’m new to this whole blogging world and am blown away by how helpful all the other bloggers are :).

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  10. Kelly says

    Hi, Trish,

    A Facebook friend shared this tutorial with me when I asked if anyone knew how to create a watermark in PicMonkey. Boy, am I glad she did! Your tutorial was clear and easy. Thank you so much for publishing it! I now have a watermark for my pictures – my first post will be up tomorrow!

    XO

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  11. Charity says

    I manage my daughter’s modeling and now shoot many of her photos….I started using picmonkey and needed to watermark the photos but didn’t know how. Thank you so much for this!!! I have two photos going into Just Kids Magazine and needed them watermarked immediately! This was a perfect tutorial!

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  15. Cindy says

    Thank you so much. Now I don’t feel so apprehensive about putting my artwork in my Etsy shop. I really appreciate it, you made that very easy.

    cindy

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  17. Shelly@Life on Sale says

    Trish- Thank you so much for posting this! Your tutorial was so easy to follow. I just created a watermark for my blog and updated all of the photos in my last post. I love the way it turned out, thanks again!

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  18. Stephanie says

    Thank you for sharing this step-by-step!! And for pinning it too!! It was so easy to follow and I can’t wait to start watermarking my photos for my blog 🙂

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  19. karen says

    Thank you for a fabulous tutorial! I have almost made exactly what I want–but missed a step someplace–the background is white! How do i get it to be clear/transparent except for the words? THANK YOU so much!!

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  29. Helen @ Blue Eyed Beauty Blog says

    Reading this was a duh moment for me since I’ve done this for collages but never thought to save the transparent background for other things! Totally opened up a whole new world for my blog design ideas!!

    Helen
    Blue Eyed Beauty Blog
    Exercise Encouragement Group Blog

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  35. Kristy says

    Just did this in no time flat!!! Thank you! Brilliant….easy….and going to be such a time saver, not to mention how nice it looks. THANK YOU again for sharing and making it so simple to follow!

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  36. sandy says

    I’ve been using picMonkey for quite some time
    and did not think to do this… Thanks so
    much for the heads up and this will be my
    evening project…
    Happy Spring
    sandy

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  41. MaytagNMom says

    Great tutorial- and who doesn’t LOVE Picmonkey- even with a silly name, it’s the best freebie tool in town!

    Thank you for sharing with the rest of us! Always great to see creative minds at work. 🙂

    Visiting from Catch As Catch Can @ My Repurposed Life linky party
    Smiles,
    Suz @MaytagNMom
    NW Illinois
    Link To My Party Project This Week

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  44. Erika@BeBookBound says

    This has been wonderful! I’ve spent the last several minutes creating a watermark and your instructions were as easy as could be. Thank you so much! I can’t wait to use my watermark!

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  51. Valarie says

    Thank you so much! This is exactly what I have been trying to figure out on my own and I have been stumped!

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  52. Amy* says

    I wish I could hug you right through the computer screen! Your tutorial will no doubt save me countless hours of tedium wasted by MANUALLY adding watermarks to each individual picture in my photo heavy tutorials :). Happy Dance ensues as I skip away to create a new watermark.

    Thank you thank you!

    Amy*

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  65. Christine says

    Thank you so much! I have been wondering the same thing, since I don’t have Photoshop either. Now following you via Facebook. (Psst, I found you via OPC’s, The Better Half’s Link Party.)

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  66. Carole says

    Hi, Trish…thanks so much for the great lesson. I’ve been using PicMonkey for quite a while, but always used the text tools to brand each and every picture! Your way is a real time saver! It was great to meet you at Bloggy Boot Camp in Las Vegas and hope to run into you again at another blogging conference in the future. Take care and keep up the great work!

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  68. Pam says

    Trish…this is a great tutorial. I just began using Picmonkey. I have been using photobucket….but I like some of the features that you can do with Picmonkey. I just found your site via House of Hepworths link party. I’m a new follower, and can’t wait to look around. Please consider coming over and linking this up at my link party too. I know many of my readers that would benefit from this. Hope to see you there at The Patriotic Pam.
    Pam

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  73. Hilda @ From Overwhelmed To Organized says

    Wow! That’s going to save me SO. MUCH. TIME!! Thank you so much for sharing this Trish. I knew there had to be a way to do it in PicMonkey but never thought of doing it this way. Do you do the same thing for the title on your pictures (i.e. Potato Herb Wheat Rolls)? Thanks again!

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  79. Delanie says

    Thanks so much! I love Picmonkey too! This will be super helpful as I usually open my images and just add text every single time. Huge Timesaver Thanks!

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  81. Rachel says

    Thanks for sharing this! I’m going to create one right now. This will be so much easier than typing in my blog name on each picture.

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