How to add a logo or image to a Screen Studio video
You finished a Screen Studio recording for a client or your own brand and went looking for the equivalent of “drop my logo in the corner of every frame.” Maybe a company wordmark, a studio mark, a small attribution image, or any custom PNG you want to overlay on top of the recording. You scanned the editor for an image or logo option, and there was nothing there.
You are not missing anything. Screen Studio does not currently ship a native image or logo overlay feature (sometimes called a watermark by branding teams). This guide covers what you can do today, why it has not shipped yet, and how to add a logo or image overlay in Tight Studio if you need it now.
What Screen Studio supports today
Screen Studio has a deep editor for cursor, zoom, background, and captions, but it does not include any of the following:
- A PNG / SVG / image overlay that you can drop onto the timeline as a corner mark
- A persistent brand logo template that applies across all your videos
- A watermark layer that appears on every frame of a recording
The closest thing to a logo in Screen Studio is the Screen Studio attribution that appears on shareable links (which the team has been reducing over time). There is no user-facing image, logo, or watermark control.
The official feature request: “Watermark / add logo PNG to all video or export” has 78 upvotes and is marked In Review on Screen Studio’s public hub. The request specifically asks for a way to drop a logo PNG and have it persist across the whole recording or apply across all exports.
Workarounds in Screen Studio
Three workarounds people use today, none of them clean.
Workaround 1: Bake the logo into the source before recording
If your recording is of a tool like Figma, your browser, or your IDE, add the logo as a visible element inside the source app before you hit record. Pin a Figma frame in the corner, set a browser bookmark bar to display your logo, or use a desktop wallpaper that includes your brand mark.
- Works for: simple cases where the recording is of one app you control
- Does not work for: recordings that move between apps, full-screen recordings of system UI, or anything where the logo position needs to stay constant while the underlying view changes
Workaround 2: Use a desktop overlay app while recording
Tools like DeskCover, TopNotch, or a simple Keynote in “Play Slideshow on Top” mode can pin an image to a corner of your screen, which Screen Studio captures along with everything else.
- Works for: persistent on-screen logos that need to follow the entire recording
- Does not work for: any post-recording adjustment (the logo position and size are locked once captured), and the logo cannot be removed later if you need a clean version
Workaround 3: Add the logo in a separate editor after export
Export the Screen Studio recording as MP4, drop it into DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut, Premiere, or even a Canva video template. Add the logo as an overlay there.
- Works for: anyone who already uses a separate editor for finishing
- Does not work for: people who chose Screen Studio specifically to avoid a separate editor, or anyone batch-exporting multiple recordings (you have to repeat the post-edit for every export)
All three workarounds either lock the logo in place at capture time or require a second tool. That is why the request has been sitting at 78 upvotes since 2024 - users want a native overlay, not a workaround chain.
How to add a logo or image in Tight Studio
Tight Studio ships an image overlay system that lets you drop a PNG or JPG anywhere on the frame, size it, and set when it appears. Use it for a corner logo, a partner attribution image, a section badge, or as a persistent brand watermark by placing your logo, sizing it to a corner, and setting its time range to span the full recording.
Adding a logo overlay
- Open your recording in the Tight Studio editor.
- In the right-hand inspector, click the Media tab (or Annotations if you prefer to keep it grouped with other on-screen marks).
- Click Add Image and select your logo file (PNG with transparency works best for a corner mark).
- The image appears on the preview. Drag the corner handles to resize. Drag the body to reposition.
- Set the start time to 0 and the end time to the full duration of the clip so the watermark stays visible the entire time.
- If you have multiple clips in the project, repeat per clip, or copy the image segment across clips.
Styling
Each image overlay has its own controls:
- Position: drag to anywhere on the frame; corner placement is common for watermarks
- Size: scale by dragging handles
- Opacity: lower the opacity for a subtle watermark, or keep at 100% for a bold brand mark
- Timing: full-clip duration for a watermark; or a shorter range for an animated logo intro
Caveat: project-scoped, not a global brand kit
Tight Studio’s image overlay applies to the project you add it to, not automatically across every recording you make. If you want the same logo on every video, you currently add it once per project. A global brand-kit feature that auto-applies a logo across all new recordings is a roadmap item for us, not shipped yet.
Comparing logo overlay methods
| Method | Adjustable after capture | Works full-screen | Multi-app | Tool count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screen Studio + bake into source | No | Limited | No | 1 |
| Screen Studio + desktop overlay app | No | Yes | Yes | 2 |
| Screen Studio + DaVinci/Premiere post | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2 |
| Tight Studio image overlay | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 |
Frequently asked questions
Why does Screen Studio not have a logo or image overlay feature?
Screen Studio has been focused on perfecting cursor, zoom, and recording quality. The image / logo / watermark overlay request is on their public roadmap at “In Review” status with 78 upvotes, but it has not shipped as of May 2026. There is no public ETA.
Can I add a logo to a Screen Studio recording without a second tool?
Not natively. Your options are (1) capture the logo as part of the source (visible inside the app you are recording), (2) use a desktop overlay app to pin the logo to your screen before recording, or (3) accept that you will need a second editor to add the logo in post. None of these is a true Screen Studio logo overlay feature.
Will I lose the rest of my Screen Studio recording if I switch to Tight Studio?
No. Each Screen Studio project exports as a standard MP4. Drop the MP4 into Tight Studio as an imported clip, add your logo as an image overlay, and re-export.
What image formats does the Tight Studio logo overlay accept?
PNG and JPG. PNG with transparency is the most common choice for a corner watermark since it lets the underlying video show through around the logo.
Can I make the logo transparent or semi-opaque?
Yes. Each image overlay has an opacity setting. Lower it for a subtle watermark-style mark, raise it for a bold visible logo. The opacity is independent of the source image’s own transparency.
Does Tight Studio also support the cursor animation and auto-zoom Screen Studio is known for?
Yes. Tight Studio is the all-in-one screen recorder for tutorials, demos, course videos, and social cuts, with auto-zoom, cursor smoothing, click highlighting, click sound effects, captions, AI voiceover, multi-clip projects, and the image overlay system described above. The trade-off you would be making by switching is not on these core features.