How Can I Improve the Security?

How secure a watermark is depends on the watermark position and coverage. These factors can make your watermark very strong or useless. We will explore these factors further.

Watermark Position

The image that you want to protect can be split into three areas, as shown on the following picture. Placing the watermark in these areas will give you a different degree of protection.

	Worst protection		Better protection		Best protection

If you place the watermark in the picture corner, you make this watermark as weak as possible. You can make it weaker only if you make it smaller. However, the watermark placed in this area affects the overall picture expression as little as possible.

The yellow area provides better protection because it doesn't allow a simple crop to remove the watermark. It can still be removed using pixel-by-pixel retouching, but that is a hard task by itself. So it is a good area to place your watermark.

The center of the picture is the best place to embed your watermark. Since this is the most detailed part of the picture, it makes the protection even stronger. Plus, your watermark is very noticeable.

Unfortunately, sometimes the watermark is too noticeable. It simply doesn't allow viewers to "feel" the picture well. Yes, it provides a good protection, but it disrupts the image too much. Sometimes this can cause a viewer to choose to go to another site rather than to keep viewing your photos.

The solution is very easy. You should make your watermark translucent.

Opaque watermark	30% translucent watermark

The watermark shown on the right affects the image less than the left one. However, it is placed in the center of the picture and provides quite good protection.

You can create translucent watermarks easily using the Watermark Editor function. In the Watermark Editor screen drag the Transparency track bar to change the watermark transparency level.

Transparency editor

Picture Coverage

The watermark you have created should be large enough to protect your picture. "Large enough" means that watermark should be noticeable on the picture. A good-sized watermark should cover at least approximately 30% of the picture.

You can see if your picture is well protected using the Security Meter, our unique tool that tests to see if your watermark is secure.

Security Meter

This tool controls both watermark position and picture coverage. Keep the security meter at least in the white zone to ensure proper protection for your pictures.