Compress Images and Add a Watermark in One Step
Check Add watermark on imgadd’s compress page—resize and compress first, then apply your saved watermark style. Configure and preview on the watermark page; everything runs locally.
Product photos, UI screenshots, and client previews often need two things at once: smaller file size for sharing and a text watermark for copyright or “internal use only.”
Instead of running compress and watermark as separate steps, you can enable Add watermark on the imgadd compress page and batch both in one workflow.
Why compress first, then watermark?
imgadd applies compression and resize first, then draws the watermark on the final output image.
That order matters:
- Predictable text size — Font size settings (e.g. 24px) match what you see on the output image, not a huge original that gets scaled down later.
- Better quality — The photo is encoded once at the end, avoiding double JPEG loss from watermark-then-compress.
- Consistent batches — All images share the same output dimensions before the same watermark style is applied.
How to use it
1. Enable Add watermark on the compress page
Open the compress tool and check Add watermark below the output format options.
2. Configure style on the watermark page (new tab)
Click Configure watermark → to open the watermark tool in a new tab:
- Upload a sample image (not necessarily your full batch)
- Adjust text, position, opacity, tiling, and more
- Preview the result live
Settings save automatically in your browser—no account required.
3. Return to compress and run your batch
Switch back to the compress tab, upload your files, set quality, output size, and format, then click Compress.
imgadd reads your saved watermark settings and runs compress → watermark → download for each file.
Output filenames
Download names include clear suffixes:
| Scenario | Example |
|---|---|
| Compress only | photo-compressed.jpg |
| Scaled to 50% | photo-50pct.jpg |
| Compress + watermark | photo-compressed-watermarked.jpg |
| 50% + watermark | photo-50pct-watermarked.jpg |
ZIP downloads use the same naming.
Which settings apply where?
| Setting | Controlled on |
|---|---|
| Quality, output size, output format | Compress page |
| Watermark text, position, opacity, font size, color, rotation, tile | Watermark page (auto-saved) |
This avoids conflicts like JPEG on one page and WebP on the other.
Good use cases
- E-commerce / social — Shrink hero images and add a shop or brand watermark
- Product / sales — Compress UI screenshots and mark them “Internal” or “Draft”
- Photographers / designers — Send compressed proofs with tiled watermarks
Need watermark only? Use the watermark tool. Compress only? Uncheck the box.
Privacy
As with all imgadd tools, images never upload to a server. Compression runs in a Web Worker; watermarks are drawn on Canvas locally. Preferences are stored in your browser’s localStorage.
Try it now
- Open Compress and check Add watermark
- Configure your watermark
- Return to compress, drop in your images, and run the batch