the original stays as it is

Label AI images – with logo and metadata, on the copy only

Editing AI images one by one and keeping two copies of each? No need. In Album 42 you mark a picture as an AI image. The logo and the AI note are only added when you pass it on: when copying or dragging it into a folder or a program. Your originals stay unchanged.

How to label your pictures

Why on the copy only?

If you bake the logo into your pictures, you end up with altered originals or every picture twice. Album 42 does it the other way round: the catalogue only notes that it is an AI image. The copy with the logo is created when you pass it on. One click on “AI logo” at the bottom of the window switches this off when you want to pass on a picture without a logo. Moving files within Album 42 never changes anything in the file.

Your logo, your position

The AI image designer shows you straight away how it looks. Pick a corner or drag the logo with the mouse to any position. Set the size and opacity as well. You can choose the Album 42 mark in black, white, gold and silver, also as a frame with a transparent centre, the symbols of the European Commission, or your own logo, which you upload once. The size adapts to the picture, so the logo looks the same on small and large pictures.

All variants at a glance

Choose what suits your pictures. Opacity, size and position can be set freely for every variant.

Album 42 mark

Frame only, the centre stays transparent

Symbols of the European Commission

Your own logo

Your logo

The AI note in the metadata

When dragging and saving, Album 42 writes the IPTC note “created with AI” or “modified with AI” into the copy. Whatever is already in the file is kept. If you like, add a note and a name for the image credit. The detail panel shows you whether a file itself contains an AI note. A copy on the clipboard carries the logo but cannot take metadata along. And many platforms strip metadata on upload; then the visible logo remains.

Do I have to label every AI image?

No, not every one. The EU rules (Art. 50 of the AI Act, since 2 August 2026) require a visible notice mainly for professional use of pictures that look deceptively real, for example an invented person in advertising or a product that looks better than it is. Purely private use is exempt, and clearly recognisable comics or fantasy motifs are not covered. The notice must be clearly recognisable at the latest when first seen; something easy to miss, such as a line in the terms of use, is not enough according to the guidelines of the European Commission. It always depends on the individual case, and the courts have not yet decided most of it. Album 42 helps you label, but it does not replace legal advice.

Frequently asked questions