Add a company logo or watermark to an image
A company logo or watermark can help protect your digital property, prevent others from using your images without permission, and promote brand awareness. You can add a company logo or watermark to your images using the Composite (Watermark) transformation.
Example of the impact on images
Here's the image before and after applying a company logo:
Original image:
With a company logo applied:
Before you begin, you should know the URL of the image you are adding the watermark to, for example:
https://www.fashionableguy.com/Asset_Archive/002/mensshirt.jpg.
How to
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Log in to Akamai Control Center, then go to ☰ > CDN > Image and Video Manager.
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Select the correct Contract from the list.
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Create a new policy:
- Click +Create, then click Policy on the menu that appears.
- Select the policy set to which you wish to add the new policy.
- Give your new policy a name, for example, "watermark".
- Click Create.
The Image Policy Editor opens.
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Click + to open the list of Transformations.
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Click Composite (Watermark).
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To add your company logo or watermark:
- In the left menu, under Transformations, click Image.
- Make sure the Image Type is set to Image.
- Enter the URL for the overlay image.
- Click the refresh arrow above the preview pane to see your image overlay.
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To adjust the placement of your text:
- In the left menu, under Transformations, click Composite (Watermark).
- Specify the gravity, which is the anchor point for the overlay image ((North, South, East, West, and so on).
- Change the horizontal and vertical offsets (in pixels) from the anchor point.
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When you are satisfied with the placement of your logo, click Save and Test on Staging.
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Apply the
impolicy
query string parameter to the end of the URL for the image to which the overlay is being added, for example:https://www.fashionableguy.com/Asset_Archive/002/mensshirt.jpg?impolicy=watermark
Updated 9 months ago