We create our own photos, but sometimes they were used by others without our permission even for commercial use, this really corrode our desire to capture those beautiful things and share with others. But if we had added a watermark to the photos? Things will be different.

Adding watermark to photos is really a good way to protect our belongings, we should learn how to add. In most cases, we have multiple photos to watermark and we may need a solution to do the watermarking in bulk. Today, we will share 7 ways to watermark multiple photos at once, and there are free ways available.

Easiest and Fastest Way to Watermark Multiple Photos at once

We have a large-size folder of photos, it is not likely that we will add the watermark one by one, we need a bulk watermark tool to do the task once for all. BatchPhoto Pro and Pixillion Image Converter are both designed for this.

BatchPhoto Pro

BatchPhoto is a Mac and Windows bulk image tool to convert, edit and share 170+ image formats, including raw images, common images and additional image types. Watermark Add is one of its editing features, you can also utilize this tool to add date stamp, comment, effects, or rotate, crop, optimize, resize, touchup, etc. All these editing or conversion can be done in batch.

BatchPhoto offers 3 solutions to add watermark in bulk, the watermark can be text, logo image or mask. Also, on the watermark interface, there are lots of settings enabled to personalize your watermark.

BatchPhoto Standout Features

  • Convert 170+ images, like raw to jpeg, png to eps, svg to eps
  • Export images as 50+ formats
  • Edit images: add watermark/comment/effect, flip, resize, rotate, crop, optimize, touchup, etc.
  • Preview images
  • Process tasks in batch
  • Share files to FTP or send via Email

Here is How to Watermark Multiple Photos At Once on Mac and Windows

(BatchPhoto for Mac and BatchPhoto for Windows take the same steps to add watermark, here we list the steps on Mac)

  1. Grab a free copy of BatchPhoto Pro, install and open the application on your Mac or Windows.
  2. Drag-and-drop to import all the photos that you want to add a watermark to BatchPhoto.add watermark to photo 1
  3. Head to Edit Photos>Add Filters>Watermark Text.add watermark to photo 2
  4. Then input the watermark text, choose placement and font style, click OK to save the settings.
  5. Head to Setup page, choose output folder and select Keep Original Image Format in the output menu, or you can convert to other formats.add watermark to photo 3
  6. Lastly head to Process, BatchPhoto will start adding watermark to all your photos, check the result when process finishes.

To add watermark logo to multiple photos at one, in Edit Photos, you just need to choose Watermark-Logo as the filter, then add the watermark logo image and tweak the settings as needed.

add watermark to photo 4To add watermark mask to multiple photos at once, in Edit Photos, you just need to choose Watermark-Mask as the filter, then add the mask image and adjust the settings according to your needs.

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Pixillion Image Converter

If BatchPhoto is too much for you, you just need a lightweight image program, try Pixillion.

Pixillion Image Converter is also a Mac and Windows bulk image tool to convert 50+ image formats and offers limited editing features. It offers 2 solutions to add a watermark, the watermark can be text or an image.

Pixillion Image Converter Standout Features

  • Read and convert 50+ images, like raw to jpeg, psd to jpg, webp to jpg, etc.
  • Add watermark to image: text or image
  • Bulk resize, flip, rotate and compress images
  • Preview images
  • Process tasks in batch
  • Export images in 20+ image formats: JPEG, PNG, PDF, WEBP, PSD, SVG, TIFF, etc.

Here is How to Watermark Multiple Photos At Once on Mac and Windows

(Pixillion Image Converter for Mac and Pixillion Image Converter for Windows take the same steps to add watermark, here we list the steps on Mac)

  1. Grab a copy of Pixillion Image Converter , install and open it on your Mac or Windows PC.
  2. Import all photos you want to add a watermark to Pixillion app, to batch add watermark to multiple photos, you should select all imported photos first.add watermark to photo pixillion 1
  3. Click on Effects, choose Watermark Text or Watermark Image, enable it.add watermark to photo pixillion 2
  4. Adjust the preferences to personalize your watermark, you can change font, color, alignment, text size, opacity, etc., then click OK to save the settings.add watermark to photo pixillion 3
  5. Then choose output folder and output format, also you can tweak the compression or encoder settings.add watermark to photo pixillion 4
  6. Click Convert to add a watermark text or image to multiple photos on Windows.

Free App to Add Watermark to Multiple Photos at once

For Mac users, there is a free solution to add watermark to a photo, using Preview.

Preview is the free utility to read and edit image files on mac. Though it offers limited editing features, it allows users to add watermark logo or text to an image, and this make sense why we can utilize Preview to add watermark to a photo.

You can add watermark to multiple photos with Mac Preview too, but you can only add watermark to multiple photos that saved in the same format, because Preview won’t open multiple images of different image formats in the same window for batch work.

Steps to Add Logo to Multiple Photos Free on Mac

  1. Open the watermark logo image in Preview.
  2. Show Markup Toolbar, use the selection tool to copy the watermark logo.add logo to photos mac 1
  3. Then open all the photos that you want to watermark with Preview.
  4. Select each photo and paste the watermark logo to it, all the photos will be put on a watermark logo.add logo to photos mac 2
  5. Head to File>Save.

Steps to Add Watermark Text to Multiple Photos Free on Mac

  1. Open multiple photos in the same format with Preview.bulk watermark preview 1
  2. Click on Show Markup Tool and click on following button to add a text box.bulk watermark preview 2
  3. Input the watermark text, adjust font style and size, drag the text box and place anywhere you prefer.bulk watermark preview 3
  4. Copy the watermark text and paste to other photos one by one.bulk watermark preview 4
  5. Head to File>Save, when close Preview, hit Save to keep the changes to all photos.bulk watermark preview 5

How to Watermark Multiple Photos at once Free Online

At the first beginning, I believe there are many options to add watermark to photos online free, since there is a list of online watermark tools appearing on Google search pages, however, it is NOT.

Most of online free watermark tool are feature limited, you cannot add watermark to multiple photos one time, or you can download only 1 watermark-added photo for free, unless you upgrade to Premium version to download them all, or there is extra watermark added from this online tool to your photos if you want to download.

For example, Watermarkly allows adding watermark to multiple photos online free, but it will put Protected with Watermarkly logo on the photos, unless you upgrade.

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Or like Watermark.ws, it supports stylish watermarks, but only 1 photo with watermark can be saved to your device for free.watermarkws

Yet, we are still lucky to have Watermark.ink and Watermarquee, they support adding watermark to multiple photos online free.

Watermark.ink

The Good

  • 100% Free
  • Add photo to multiple photos at one time
  • Allow adding watermark text or logo or use template
  • Set watermark preferences: font, font size, opacity, text color, shadow, curved text, tiling, etc.
  • Basic editing: rotate, resize, crop, adjust color, etc
  • Apply filter
  • Download image with watermark as JPEG or PNG
  • Download all images with watermark in one Zip file

The Bad

  • Respond slowly when input or adjust watermark texts
  • Image quality is lost
  • Require to sign up with Google or Facebook account
  • Position of the watermark vary in different photos due to photo size difference

Here is How to Add Watermark to Photos in Bulk Free Online

  1. Navigate to watermark.ink in your web browser.
  2. Upload all photos to the tool.watermarkink00
  3. Click on Text>Add Text, input the watermark text and adjust the settings.watermarkink01
  4. Once ready, click Download Photos, choose output format and quality, then save the photos with watermark added to your computer.watermarkink02

Watermarquee

The Good

  • 100% Free
  • No signup required
  • Add photo to multiple photos at one time
  • Add watermark text, logo or use template
  • Set watermark preferences: font, font size, opacity, text color and background
  • Download all images with watermark in one Zip file

The Bad

  • Support JPG and PNG input only
  • Webpage loads extremely slow
  • Image quality is lost
  • Save images with watermark as JPEG only
  • Distractive ads on the website

Here is How to Add Watermark to Photos in Bulk Free Online

  1. Navigate to website: watermarquee.com/watermark-photos.
  2. Import photos to this online free watermark tool.watermarkquee01
  3. Add watermark text or logo, adjust the settings.watermarquee02
  4. Click Download>Save all to export all the images with watermark added to your computer.watermarquess03

Add Watermark to Multiple Photos in Photoshop

If you have Adobe Photoshop, you might be wondering how to bulk watermark photos with this app. Photoshop has a Automate feature to auto watermark photos in bulk, but you have to create such an action before the bulk processing.

  1. Run Adobe Photoshop and open any photo that you need to watermark in it.
  2. Open the watermark layer, then paste it to the photo you have opened in the first step.
  3. Create an action to automate the watermarking process.
  4. Head to File>Automate>Batch, and choose the action to add watermark to multiple photos in PS.

For the details, you’d better check this YouTube video, it lists all the steps and easy to understand.

How to Put Watermark on All Photos At The Same Time in Lightroom?

If your device has installed Adobe Lightroom, here is another simple method to put watermark to multiple photos at the same time. Its Export feature lets users to save multiple images with watermark included.

  1. Launch Lightroom app.
  2. Drag and drop the images to this app, click Add photo.add watermark lr 1
  3. Select all photos, head to File>Export.add watermark lr 2
  4. Tick the box before Include Watermark and click on the settings icon to add watermark text or image in bulk.add watermark lr 3
  5. Then click Export photos.add watermark lr 4

So, will you…?

On my own part, I would choose an offline watermark tool, it will greatly save my time to add watermarks and keep original image quality, especially when adding a watermark to multiple photos in the same time. What about you?