Don't Let Your Work Be Stolen, Here's An Easy Way To Watermark In Canva

Here's how to easily create a watermark using Canva (Photo: personal doc./Screenshot)

JAKARTA - The more sophisticated the technology, the easier it is for someone to retrieve data or other people's work. Watermarks are one way to protect your work from theft.

Placing a watermark on your work is the best way to protect it from being reused by others. It ensures that the work is your own.

There are many tools you can use to add watermarks to your images, such as Canva. The easy-to-use drag-and-drop interface lets you create watermarks and add them anywhere.

Here, VOI has covered how to create a watermark in Canva and add it to your images from Makeuseof.

Before creating a watermark, make sure that you have a premium account to create and add watermarks in Canva.

Next, follow these steps:

Sign in to the official Canva website. Click the Create Design button. Then click Custom Size. Select the height and width you want and click Create new design. Watermark your logo, plain text or whatever you want. Click the Download button (down arrow) and check the Transparent background check box. Press Download.

Following the above steps will allow you to create a watermark with a transparent background. Once you've downloaded the image with the watermark, upload it again to Canva.

How to Add a Watermark to an Image in Canva

To add a watermark to an image in Canva, follow these steps:

Back to Canva. Click Create Design and select Edit photo from Add the image you want to add Then, click Edit photo Under Image, select the previously created transparent watermark image

By following the steps above, a watermark will appear on the image. Adjust the size and position of the watermark as desired. You can also control the transparency of the text or the design of the watermark.