Unwatermark is a fancy AI tool that feels like wielding a digital wand that zaps watermarks into oblivion. Uploading a watermarked TikTok video and a couple of JPGs from a stock photo site, I was curious to see if this tool could live up to its hype. The process is dead simple: drag, drop, and let the AI work its magic. Within seconds, the watermark on my video — a pesky TikTok logo — was gone, leaving the clip looking crisp and ready for repurposing. The images? Clean as a whistle, though one had a slightly blurry patch where the watermark used to be.
The automatic detection is the star of the show. Unwatermark scans your file and pinpoints watermarks with eerie accuracy, whether it’s a bold logo or a faint text overlay. I tried it on a PNG with a multicolored watermark, and the AI handled it like a pro, blending the surrounding pixels to mask the edit. The manual brush tool came in handy for a stubborn logo on a textured background, letting me paint over the area for a more precise fix. The batch processing for images is a godsend, I processed five photos at once, and it saved me serious time.
What I liked was the speed. Processing took seconds for images and just a minute for a short video. The quality held up well, with no noticeable loss in resolution. But, and there’s always a but, the video credit system feels steep. Each second of video eats one credit, so my 30-second clip gobbled up 30 credits fast. The free plan gives you 100 image removals daily, which is generous, but video users might hit the paywall sooner. Compared to WatermarkRemover.io, which I found clunky for videos, or Vmake AI, which limits free video downloads to five seconds, Unwatermark feels more polished and versatile.
The surprise was the mobile app. I tested it on my phone, and it’s just as smooth as the web version, perfect for quick edits on the fly. The catch? Complex watermarks on busy backgrounds can leave subtle artifacts, so you might need to tweak them manually. My advice: test it with a simple image first to get a feel for the AI’s capabilities, then use the batch feature for bulk work. If you’re doing videos, plan your credits wisely to avoid running dry mid-project.