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How do I remove watermarks from photos free in Windows 11?
Hi all,
My computer was crashed and all the original images for my own websites are gone. Fortunately, I have most of them uploaded to the website, a blog powered by WordPress. The problem is that all the images are watermarked with my website name and it is done automatically by a WordPress plugin when the photo is uploaded.
I'm curious about what method you would recommend to remove watermarks from photo on Windows 11 PC . Are there software programs that are particularly effective, or any online services you've had good experiences with?
Thank you
I had the same issue after losing my originals — all my site images had that stubborn watermark baked in. I ended up using "VisioMint" on laptop, and honestly, its AI "Remove Watermark" tool cleaned them up in seconds without blurring or messing up the background, I like it!
Check this tutorial: https://www.ulitewin.com/bulk-remove-watermarks
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Another powerful command-line tool you can use to remove watermarks from photos on a PC is GraphicsMagiick. It's a robust and efficient image processing system, often considered a fork of Magiick, optimized for performance and stability.
1. Visit the official download page. Choose the appropriate installer for your operating system and follow the installation instructions.
2. During installation, ensure that the option to add it to your system’s PATH is selected for easy command-line access.
3. Determine the location and size of the watermark on your image. You can use any image viewer or editor to note down the coordinates (x, y) and dimensions (width, height) of the watermark area.
4. If the watermark is located at a specific corner or edge of the image, you can crop that portion out.
gm convert in.jpg -gravity southeast -chop 100x50+0+0 out.jpgExplanation:
- -gravity southeast: Sets the reference point to the bottom-right corner.
- -chop 100x50+0+0: Removes a region 100 pixels wide and 50 pixels tall from the specified gravity position.
- in.jpg: Your original image.
- out.jpg: The resulting image without the watermark.
- Adjust the 100x50 dimensions based on your watermark size.
This is a very simple way to let you remove watermarks from photo on Windows, Linux and macOS.
This can be done with a free command line tool LmageMagick, a powerful open-source tool for image manipulation. Here is how to use it to remove watermark from photos on Windows 11:
Use any image editing tool to identify the coordinates of the watermark, or if the watermark is in a fixed location (like the bottom-right corner), you can define that area explicitly in the command.
Use the built-in convert or magiick command to remove the watermark from photos. You can achieve this by cropping out the watermark or blending it with surrounding pixels. If the watermark is in a fixed position and you know its coordinates, use the following command:
magiick input.jpg -crop 0x0+0+0 output.jpgThis command will crop the image by removing a specified section from the edges, with +0+0 specifying the starting point of the crop area.
It also supports inpainting (filling in areas based on surrounding pixels). For this, you'll need to create a mask for the watermark area. Create a black-and-white mask where the watermark area is white, and the rest of the image is black.
magiick input.jpg -region 100x100+200+200 -clamp -fill none -fuzz 30% -draw "color 0,0 floodfill" output.jpgThis example fills the watermark area with a color or a pattern based on the surrounding image, effectively removing the watermark.
