If your videos are being shared online, on social media, or distributed to a large audience, one of the biggest concerns would be if someone took your video and claimed it as their own. The best solution would be to add a watermark to the video.
Video watermarks are still images or text that overlap the footage and can appear across the entire video dimension or sit quietly in the corner of a video. Commonly transparent, watermarks act as a digital signature for your videos.
Watermarks help protect you from copyright infringement, prevent someone from reusing your content without your permission, and a bonus advantage of generating additional publicity by promoting your brand. This article will show you how to add watermark to videos using the VideoPad Video Editing Software, an easy-to-use editing tool for both beginners and professionals in just a couple of steps.
Download and install VideoPad Video Editor. Follow the installation instructions and then launch the program on your computer to begin editing.
2. Add Video to Interface
Click the Add File(s) icon in the main toolbar to import your video files. Alternatively, you can drag and drop your video files directly into the VideoPad interface. Then, drag the video into the timeline track below it.
3. Add Watermark to Overlay
Click the Add File(s) icon in the main toolbar again to import the image or logo that you want to use as the watermark, into the VideoPad media bin. Similarly, drag and drop your images, photos and logos directly into VideoPad. Once added, drag the basic watermark image onto an overlay track below it.
4. Adjust Length of Video Watermark
Click and drag either end of the image clip to change the length of the video watermark in relation to your video length.
5. Edit and Customize Watermark
Select the image overlay and in the Sequence Preview panel, drag the watermark image to position it on the video. To resize the watermark, select the image and adjust the scale value. To make the watermark transparent, navigate to the Video Effects button, and select the Transparency effect. Adjust the opacity percentage accordingly to make the image partially transparent.
Use the other effects and tools available to further edit your watermark. For more advanced image watermark editing and to create a custom image watermark, check out our PhotoPad Image Editing Software.
6. Save and Export Video
Once you have finished editing the rest of the video, click Export Video from the toolbar and select one of the many export options including direct upload to YouTube, Vimeo, Google Drive, etc, or save your new video with a watermark using one of the many output formats.
You have successfully learned how to add watermarks to videos with VideoPad Video Editor, the best video editing app for PC and Mac. Download VideoPad and try it out today for free to start watermarking your videos!
Simply download and install VideoPad Video Editor to begin adding watermarks to videos and then add effects, transitions, and finally share with family and friends.
