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# Static watermark
This function will watermark selected images with the same watermark - an image set in the Cloudimage admin console. This is useful for placing your company logo, name, or other copyright information. If you would like to watermark different images with different watermarks, please refer to the [Dynamic watermark](/transformations/image-watermarking/dynamic-watermark.md) section.
## Step 1. Upload your watermark
Log in to your Cloudimage admin console, navigate to *Image Settings / Watermark,* and upload your default watermark using the uploader.
## Step 2. Start watermarking!
### Available parameters
| Parameter | Syntax | Description | | | | | |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----- | ------ | ------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| use watermark | **wat=1** | **(required)** Activates the watermark function | | | | | |
| watermark gravity |
| Defines the position to "anchor" the watermark to |
| watermark scaling (relative to original watermark size) |
wat\_scale=X X=0..100
| Watermark image scaling defined in in percent of the watermark dimensions | | | | | |
| watermark scaling (relative to output image size) |
wat\_scale=Xp X=0..100p
| Watermark image scaling defined in in percent of the output image dimensions | | | | | |
| watermark padding |
wat\_pad=X\[p]\[,Y\[p]] X/Y=0..100\[p]
| Adds padding from the anchoring point in pixels (**X**) or in percent (**Xp**) | | | | | |
| watermark positon | **wat\_pos=X\[,Y]** |
sets the position in percent from the resized image; works only with wat\_gravity=absolute and wat\_gravity=relative
| | | | | |
| watermark opacity |
wat\_opacity=X X=0..1
| Defines watermark opacity | | | | | |
#### Use watermark
To activate the watermark function, you need to include the **wat=1** parameter.
#### Watermark gravity
The **wat\_gravity** parameter allows you to define the position of the watermark. You can choose between "fixed" anchor points (**east**, **northeast**, **north**, **northwest**, **west**, **southwest**, **south**, **southeast**, and **center**) or define the exact position (**relative**, **absolute**).
When using "compass" point gravity, the **wat\_pad** parameter defines the offset from the chosen position. The padding can be defined in pixels (**wat\_pad=X\[,Y]**) or in percent of output size (**wat\_pad=Xp\[,Yp]**). The padding is applied after scaling the final image and then it is compressed (see Compression) and delivered via CDN.
To set the exact position of the watermark, you can choose **absolute** or **relative** gravity and use the **wat\_pos** parameter to define the position of the top left or center point of the watermark, respectively. The position is always defined in percent of the resized image dimensions.
#### Watermark size
The watermark can be scaled relative to the original watermark image (**wat\_scale=X**) or relative to the output image (**wat\_scale=Xp**).
{% hint style="info" %}
To keep the watermark-to-image proportions for all image resizes, you should use the **wat\_scale=Xp**.
{% endhint %}
Please note that the watermark cannot be larger than the image - if larger, it is always scaled down first to match the image dimensions. Then, the **wat\_scale** parameter values are applied.
### Examples
| Preview | Syntax |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|  | [/samples.scaleflex.com/earth1.jpg?**w=400**&**h=240**&**wat=1**&**wat\_scale=30**&**wat\_gravity=northwest**&**wat\_pad=10,8**](https://doc.cloudimg.io/https://samples.scaleflex.com/earth1.jpg?w=400\&h=240\&wat=1\&wat_scale=30\&wat_gravity=northwest\&wat_pad=10,8) |
|  | [/samples.scaleflex.com/boat.jpg?**w=400**&**wat=1**&**wat\_scale=80**&**wat\_gravity=center**&**wat\_opacity=0.2**](https://doc.cloudimg.io/https://samples.scaleflex.com/boat.jpg?w=400\&wat=1\&wat_scale=80\&wat_gravity=center\&wat_opacity=0.2) |
|  | [/samples.scaleflex.com/ny\_doc.jpg?**w=400**&**wat=1**&**wat\_scale=45**&**wat\_gravity=north**&**wat\_pad=0p,5p**](https://doc.cloudimg.io/https://samples.scaleflex.com/ny_doc.jpg?w=400\&wat=1\&wat_scale=45\&wat_gravity=north\&wat_pad=0p,5p) |
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