How to Watermark Photos on SmugMug?

SmugMug is a photo-sharing site that helps you keep all your photos safe. Do you have a business or portfolio account on SmugMug? You can create your own custom watermark to protect your photos. Want to know how to watermark photos on SmugMug? Let’s find it out.

How to Watermark Photos on SmugMug?

First of all, you have to create  your preferable watermark on SmugMug and apply it on your photos. You can create either a text-based or custom-image watermark.

How to Create a Watermark on SmugMug?

• To create a text-based watermark, Go to the ‘Account Settings’.
• Click on ‘Business’ located at the bottom left of the page.
• Three tabs appear, click ‘Branding’.
• Now, in the ‘Watermarks’ section, hit ‘Manage’ to open watermark option menu.
• Select ‘Create’ and change the type to ‘Text’ in the dropdown menu.
• Type your desired text that will appear as watermark on your photos.
• Then, you can make changes in your watermark with the following settings:
  • Font
  • Font Size
  • Text Color
  • Background Color
  • The smallest size image where you want your watermark applied to.
  • Where you want the watermark to appear on your photos.
  • How transparent or faded you want your watermark to be.
• For a custom-image watermark, firstly create your watermark on an external design program and save it  as a JPEG, GIF, or PNG.
• Now, on the SmugMug site, go to ‘Account Settings’.
• Click ‘Business’, hit ‘Branding’, and ‘Manage’ in the watermarks section.
• In the watermark option menu, select ‘Create’.
• Click the image icon to ‘Upload new Photo’ to upload the image you have created or ‘Choose from SmugMug’ to select an image you have already uploaded on the site.
• Once you have successfully selected the image for a watermark tweak the following settings:
  • The smallest size image where you want your watermark applied to.
  • Where you want the watermark to appear on your photos.
  • How transparent or faded you want your watermark to be.
• Give name to your watermark that will help you apply easily later on your photos.
• Click ‘Create’ and your watermark is ready.

How to Apply Watermark on Photos on SmugMug?

• Go to ‘Gallery Settings’ and hit ‘Photo Protection’ tab.
• Turn the ‘Apply Watermark’ option ‘ON’.
• You can now select your existing watermark or create a new one.
• This will automatically apply watermark whenever you upload new photos.

If you want to apply watermark on already existing photo in the gallery,

• Select the image, and hit the wrench button below the image.
• Click ‘Open in Editor’ and then ‘Watermark’.
• Choose the watermark you want to apply from the dropdown menu and hit ‘Save’.