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Piracy is one of the most significant issues faced by many content creators. If you are a content creator, vlogger, or YouTuber, you will second the fact that at least once in your life, you have countered with this issue that someone stole your content and published it as its own.
A video watermark is an integrated overlay that contains a logo, text, or a copyright disclaimer on a video. It recognizes video content and prevents unauthorized individuals from viewing or using it.
Although the copyright notice cannot wholly prevent unauthorized use of the video, it does present a problem to those who claim ownership of the material. Watermarking helps prevent video piracy, but it also helps to improve brand recognition.
Viewers will see your brand and identify it with your video content by adding watermarks to every YouTube video. The ultimate goal is for your brand to become top-of-mind recognition among your viewers, and watermarking videos is only one part of that experience.
Social media continues to grow, driving many businesses to leverage the presence of current and potential customers therein. Organic reach and viewer interaction have found a home in video streaming and created videos.
Making a video is simple in today's digital world. However, once you've finished making the video, you can watermark it to advertise your brand and stay competitive in the market.
A logo for video content will seem professional and assist people in finding, contacting, and doing business with you. Hence, video watermarking can also be a part of a branding tactic.
Part1 How To Create A Video Watermark
Creating a Video watermark for youtube is not rocket science; it’s fun and straightforward if you have the right editing software with dedicated features like;
Canva
Canva is a free graphic design tool that lets you create professionally designed social media templates, invites, business cards, posters, lesson plans, company logos, watermarks, Zoom backdrops, etc.
You can even use a drag-and-drop interface to upload your photographs and add them to Canva's layouts. It's like having a free, rudimentary version of Photoshop that doesn't require advanced photo editing skills.
Even for those new to the platform, starting and progressing through a topic is very simple, with over 250,000 templates available. There are also stock photographs, clips, and graphics accessible, with hundreds of thousands of options. Those figures increase if you pay, but more on that later.
Creating a Video watermark for youtube is fun and easy; you can create the logo first and convert it to the watermarks using Canva's editing and export tools. Afterward, you can incorporate your watermark on a youtube video using the same tool (Canva) or any other video editing software.
Follow the simple steps below to create a video watermark for Youtube using canvas;
● Browse the online application of Canva.
● When the application opens, type “Logo” in the search bar and click on the first result that appears.
● You might be asking why we're looking for a logo to use in Canva to generate a watermark. We'll start by creating a brand logo, which we'll then turn into a watermark with editing and export choices.
● You can choose from the hundreds of preset logo templates on the logo designer page.
● You can also design a logo from scratch, but professionals design templates offered by Canva, so if you are a beginner, you can take a start by using the pre-designed logo template.
● Select a template you like and then modify it using the built-in editor tools.
● On the editing canvas, there are multiple tools from the “Template” option. You can choose a template for your logo to add images, shapes, text, and other features to give your logo a professional look.
● You can change the font, rotate its direction, and embed it.
● Once you design your brand logo, it’s time to set its transparency.
● At the Transparency menu in the upper right corner, decrease the transparency to 50% for an ideal effect.
● It will give a wrong impression if you use your brand's custom logo as Watermark. The Watermark should be subtle and should blend in your video.
● After setting the transparency and other editing stuff, it's time to import your masterpiece. Hit the download button at the top and enable the transparent background toggle to import your Watermark in transparent background.
Fotor
Fotor is a designing application that non-professionals and designers use to edit photos and make cards, invitations, and fliers. Fotor comes with a variety of templates that may be altered and tweaked to fit the needs of a specific project.
In addition to conventional photo editing features like color correction, cropping, and resizing, Fotor provides many full and partial filters that allow users to highlight specific areas of a photograph.
Blurring the background, smoothing the skin, and applying makeup are all supported. Users can save their preferred filters for future use by customizing the toolbar.
You can also copyright your youtube video and other content by creating a video watermark with Fotor. You can use Text, images, and elements as watermarks on your youtube videos using Fotor.
Creating a Video watermark for youtube with Fotor is quick; you can create the logo first and convert it to the watermarks using editing and export tools. Afterward, you can incorporate your watermark on your youtube video.
Follow the simple steps below to create a video watermark for Youtube using;
● Browse the online application of Fotor.
● On the application's main interface, under the recommendations, click on the “Logo.”
● You might be wondering why we're looking for a logo to generate a watermark. We'll start by creating a brand logo, which we'll then turn into a watermark with editing and export choices.
● From here, you can choose from the hundreds of preset logo templates.
● You can also create a logo from scratch, but we recommend you use a template for the logo creation if you are a beginner. Highly professional graphic designers create the pre-designed templates here.
● Select a template you like and then modify it using the built-in editor tools.
● On the editing canvas, there are multiple tools from the “Template” option. You can choose a template for your logo to add images, shapes, text, and other features to give your logo a professional look.
● You can change the font, rotate its direction, and embed it wherever you want or even you can remove it.
● Once you design your brand logo, it’s time to export it in transparent background.
● Click on the export button at the top right corner, change your file name, and select the file format as “High-resolution PNG.”
● If you want to download your logo with Transparent background, you need to upgrade the motor to the Pro version, which will cost you $3.33 per month. The upgrade charges are pretty reasonable and pocket friendly.
Part2 How to add a Photo Watermark in a Video with DemoCreator?
DemoCreator is a robust program that allows you to record your screen and includes a video editor. The video editor contains several features that will assist you in improving the quality of your content.
To enhance your videos, captions, banners, Overlays, Arrows, and other Annotation options are available in DemoCreator. You can clip, copy, speed up/slow down video, modify the border, combine, and change the volume, among other things.
Let’s see how to add a photo watermark in the video with DemoCreator;
Import your logo to DemoCreator
Import the photo or your brand logo into the demo creator, and double-click the Media Library board to import your logo.
Open your video in DemoCreator
To open a YouTube video where you want to add the logo, right-click a media file and select Add to Timeline at Playhead.
Add Watermark
Simply drag the watermark effect you want to the timeline below the timeline where your video clip is being edited. Adjust the duration so that it appears in your videos.
Export
Now is the moment to export your personalized branding watermark after you've finished tweaking it. On the DemoCreator interface, find the Export button and click it.
Customize your video project's export settings, including the format and destination.
Finally, press the OK button to begin exporting your video project to the location you specify on your computer.
Part3 Text Watermark as an alternative to Photo watermark
Instead of a photo, you can also use “Text/Caption” as a brand watermark in your youtube video. You can easily incorporate a Text Watermark in your Youtube video with DemoCreator let’s see how;
Import Files
After opening Wondershare DemoCreator, click the Add Files icon to open your PC's file explorer. Choose the video files to which you wish to put a watermark.
To add the file to the software's media section, click the add button.
Choose the Watermark Effect
From the annotations tab, add a caption and adjust the preferred caption template for your youtube video. Drag the watermark effect you want to the timeline below the timeline where your video clip is being edited. Adjust the duration so that it appears in your videos.
Edit Caption as Watermark
To meet your specific needs, you can tweak the watermark effect you chose from the built-in library. Edit the effect you've added to your video timeline by clicking on it and editing it to your specifications.
To save the adjustments to your personalized watermark effect made to your movies, unclick the effect.
Export
Now is the moment to export your video. On your software's interface, find the Export button and click it.
Customize your video project's export settings, including the format and destination.
Finally, press the OK button to begin exporting your video project to the location you specify on your computer.
Conclusion
Watermarking is an excellent technique to include some subtle branding in your Videos. To help market your firm, you might incorporate logos or tag lines. Even a simple URL for your website might help you stick in viewers' minds.
The second – and most essential – benefit of video watermarking is that it prevents your videos from being stolen; you don't want someone else to claim your video after you've spent hours preparing, scripting, setting up, recording, and editing it; this can and does happen online, where some individuals believe all content is "free for all." A watermark running across it protects the content and identifies it as yours.
The ultimate goal is for your brand to become top-of-mind recognition among your viewers, and watermarking videos is only one part of that experience. Make sure your video content.
YouTube Channel Art and every YouTube Thumbnail you publish are consistent with your brand. Each contains a photo/text brand watermark logo to represent your ownership; in this way, you can also prevent your content from being stolen.
We have explored one of the top-notch photo editing software above. You can easily make a brand watermark, and later you can import it on Wondershare DemoCreator to embed it in your YouTube Video.
Related FAQs
1. What is closed captioning?
As explained earlier, closed captions in a video can be enabled or disabled as required, and can even be formatted for improved visibility or to match the theme of the video. Closed captions for a video are saved in an independent file, typically with the *.srt extension.
2. How to deal with the auto-caption process failure?
While making auto-captioning, you can try to stop the transaction process if the program fails to recognize it. Then launch and sign in to the software again and check your transaction time.
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