Watermarks

What gets watermarked#

Tick Watermark on the share form (Studio and above; files, not folders). For each recipient Boita burns two lines of text — {recipient} · {your organisation} — into:

• Previews on the delivery page, overlaid on the fly.
• Downloaded video: mp4, mov, m4v, mkv, webm, avi, mxf, mts, m2ts, ts, mpg, mpeg, wmv — re-encoded to an H.264 MP4 with AAC audio.
• Downloaded images: jpg, jpeg, png, webp, tif, tiff, bmp, gif, heic, avif — same type as the source.

Everything else (project files, archives, documents) downloads unchanged. Sources above 12 GB are marked unsupported and download unchanged too. The text is placed large across the lower third and small in the top-left corner.

Whose name#

The label is the recipient's verified email; otherwise the name on the invitation (an email, or WhatsApp +91…210); otherwise link holder. Previews use preview until the address is verified. Your organisation's name is the brand display name from Branding & domains, or the workspace name.

How the download works#

Copies are rendered once per recipient and file. The first download of a link starts the renders and the page says Preparing your watermarked copy — N of M ready. This page will start the download by itself., asking again every 20 seconds until every copy exists. A copy that cannot be rendered falls back to the original so a delivery is never stuck.

Copies live in a hidden folder inside your workspace, count towards storage while they exist, and are deleted when the link is revoked (immediately) or expires (by the retention worker).