Visible Watermark
Last updated: 2025-12-05 15:03:12
Visible watermarks are achieved by overlaying visible markings (such as images, text, or icons) onto content such as images, text, or videos. They are primarily used to declare copyright, identify sources, or conduct brand promotion, and can intuitively display the ownership information of the content.
In video applications, visible watermarks can effectively enhance brand recognition and provide some copyright warning functionality. However, visible watermarks have relatively low security and are primarily used for identification and promotion, with limited capabilities in preventing data leaks and tracing origins. As a visible layer, visible watermarks are easily cropped, covered, or removed through image processing by third-party tools. For critical scenarios, it is recommended to use them in conjunction with Invisible Watermark（Digital watermark）.
CSS supports the watermark feature. It adds watermarks to the live streaming screen to protect video content from theft. This document describes how to create, modify, bind, unbind, and delete a watermark template in the console.
You can create a watermark template in the following ways:
Create a watermark template in the CSS console. For more information, please see Creating Visible Watermark Template.
Create a watermark template by calling an API. For more information, please see AddLiveWatermark.
Notes
After creating a template, you can bind it to a push domain name. The binding will take effect in 5–10 minutes.
Binding, unbinding, and modifying a template affect only new live streams after the update but not ongoing ones. To make the new rule take effect for ongoing live streams, you need to interrupt them and push them again.
The visible watermark feature is a paid value-added service. Using the visible watermark service during push generates a transcoding bill. For billing rules, see Billing Documentation
Prerequisites
Creating Visible Watermark Template
1. Log in to the CSS console and select Feature Configuration > Live Watermarking. Access the Live Streaming Copyright Protection page.
2. Select Visible Watermark and click Create Template to access the Visible Watermark template creation page, then proceed with the following configurations:
Configuration Item | Configuration description |
Watermark Name | Enter a watermark name, customizable, Max 30 characters; supports letters, digits, underscores, and dashes |
Image Upload | Click Select Image to upload a watermark image. The size of the watermark image supports stretching to full window dimensions. Note: For a better visual experience, we recommend you use a transparent PNG image not larger than 2 MB. The filename of the image can only contain letters, numbers, and special characters - ! _ . * |
Preview window size | Set the watermark image preview window size: Default width and height values: Width 1920px, Height 1080px. Width and height value range: 360px - 4096px. Clicking Update on the right side will automatically validate and synchronize the update of the watermark image preview window. |
X-axis | Specify the watermark location in the following ways: Drag the watermark image in the configuration pane. Adjust the coordinates of the X axis and Y axis. |
Y-axis | |
3. Click Save.
Binding Domain Name
1. Log in to the CSS console and select Feature Configuration > Live Watermarking > Visible Watermark.
2. Enter the domain name binding page in either of the following ways:
Directly bind a domain name: click Bind Domain Name in the top-left corner.
Bind a domain name after creating the visible watermark template: after the visible watermark template is created, click Bind Domain Name in the pop-up window.
3. In the pop-up window, select a visible watermark template and a push domain name (Multiple push domain names can be bound simultaneously) in the domain name binding window and then click Confirm.
Unbinding
1. Log in to the CSS console and select Feature Configuration > Live Watermarking > Visible Watermark.
2. Select domain names bound to the visible watermark template and click Unbind.
3. Confirm whether to unbind the domain name and click Confirm to unbind it.
Modifying Template
1. Log in to the CSS console and select Feature Configuration > Live Watermarking > Visible Watermark.
2. Select the target visible watermark template and click Edit on the right to modify the template information.
3. Click Save.
Note:
You can click Preview to view how the visible watermark will be displayed on the screen.
Deleting Template
Note:
If the template is already associated, you need to Unbind it first before you can perform the delete operation.
Once the template is deleted, it cannot be recovered. Please proceed with caution.
1. Log in to the CSS console and select Feature Configuration > Live Watermarking > Visible Watermark.
2. Select the visible watermark template you have successfully created, and click Delete in the upper right corner.
3. In the pop-up dialog box, click Confirm to confirm the deletion.
Relevant Operations
For more information on how to bind/unbind a domain name to/from a visible watermark template, please see Visible Watermark Configuration.
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