# What's the best PGM for Watermark photos? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 9, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-pgm-for-watermark-photos/520628 "2009-12-09T20:27:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dandmb50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@Dandmb50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandmb50)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-pgm-for-watermark-photos/520628/1 "2009-12-09T20:27:34Z")
I want to watermark my [PHOTOS](http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/dandmb50/DSC_0397.jpg) and wondered what the best program is for that? I like the one TMZ uses on it’s pictures. Any ideas would be appreciated. I use Pcassa for my photos now and photobucket is there a way to do it in those programs or is there a simple “free” program to do it. A watermark is a shaded stamp in the middle of the photo. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-pgm-for-watermark-photos/520628/2 "2009-12-09T22:24:29Z")
Well…MS Word will do it quite easily. Not free, but you may already have it. 2007: Insert | Picture, then goto the Page Layout tab, Page Background group, and click the Watermark dropdown. PowerPoint will do it too, but it’s not as easy as it is in Word. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-pgm-for-watermark-photos/520628/3 "2009-12-09T22:35:27Z")
Try Image Magick, which is free. It is a command-line tool for doing bulk manipulation of photos. Web site: [http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php](http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php) Disclaimer: I have no connection to Image Magick. I just know about it from some research I was doing a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-pgm-for-watermark-photos/520628/4 "2009-12-09T22:48:37Z")
Try [XNVIEW](http://www.xnview.com/en/index.html). It’s one of the easiest to use, yet very powerful image manipulating programs out there. And it’s free Once you get it installed, look across the top for the “Image” menu, then it drops down and choose “watermark” ---
**Author:** ![Dandmb50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@Dandmb50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandmb50)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-pgm-for-watermark-photos/520628/5 "2009-12-10T00:05:45Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Try [XNVIEW](http://www.xnview.com/en/index.html). It’s one of the easiest to use, yet very powerful image manipulating programs out there. > > And it’s free > > Once you get it installed, look across the top for the “Image” menu, then it drops down and choose “watermark” Many thanks I tried it but went down to watermark but didn’t know what to do from there. It sure is a powerful little program. Any idea what I do after I open the watermark box? Thanks… ---
**Author:** ![Dandmb50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@Dandmb50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandmb50)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-pgm-for-watermark-photos/520628/6 "2009-12-20T07:16:53Z")
I just found out by accident that it is available on [PICASSA](https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?hl=en_US&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Flh%2Flogin%3Fcontinue%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fpicasaweb.google.com%252Fhome&service=lh2<mpl=gp&passive=true) it’s a free photo storage site and I use it all the time. When you open a picture to edit it you click the box on the upper left that says TEXT and it allows you to put a Watermark on the picture. Very cool here’s a sample of a [PICTURE WITH A WATERMARK](http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/dandmb50/DSC_0398-2.jpg) and I guess I answered my own question. How cool is that? ---
**Author:** ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-pgm-for-watermark-photos/520628/7 "2009-12-21T20:33:31Z")
I was just about to say that you could do it with Picasa. I started using Picasa recently and I think it is very cool. The app does so much and for free. Face recognition, collages, tags, and more. Love it.