Watermark recipe

Add Image Watermark with FFmpeg

Overlay a logo or PNG watermark on a video with FFmpeg.

Command

ffmpeg -i "input.mp4" -i "logo.png" -filter_complex "overlay=W-w-20:H-h-20" -c:v libx264 -crf 23 -preset medium -c:a copy "watermarked.mp4"

Use this when

You want to add a logo, icon, or PNG watermark to a video.
You need to place the watermark in a corner with a margin.
You can re-encode the video after overlaying the image.

Customize it

Generate FFmpeg overlay commands to add a logo or PNG watermark to a video.

Open Add Image Watermark

Parameter breakdown

-i "logo.png"

Adds the watermark image as the second input.

overlay=W-w-20:H-h-20

Places the watermark 20px from the bottom-right corner.

-c:v libx264

Re-encodes video because overlay changes frame pixels.

-c:a copy

Keeps the original audio stream unchanged.

Variants

Top-left logo

ffmpeg -i "input.mp4" -i "logo.png" -filter_complex "overlay=20:20" -c:v libx264 -crf 23 -preset medium -c:a copy "watermarked.mp4"

Scale logo to 120px wide

ffmpeg -i "input.mp4" -i "logo.png" -filter_complex "[1:v]scale=120:-1[logo];[0:v][logo]overlay=W-w-20:H-h-20" -c:v libx264 -crf 23 -preset medium -c:a copy "watermarked.mp4"