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Wacom offers Yuify, a service that embeds an invisible digital watermark into artwork files so artists can prove they created a piece and control who uses it. The open beta launched in November 2024 and works as a plugin inside popular image-editing apps including Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint.
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Wacom Yuify uses proprietary micromarking technology to inject invisible pixels into JPEG or PNG images during export. The export event is recorded on a decentralized blockchain, creating a permanent, tamper-proof proof-of-authorship record. A companion tool called Yuifinder lets anyone drag and drop an image to check whether it has been registered and who created it. Artists can also use a License Builder tool to set reuse terms, stored permanently on the blockchain. The service was publicly launched in open beta on November 15, 2024 at the Connected Ink 2024 event in Tokyo.
Products affected
Wacom YuifyYuifinder
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Trace Foundation. (2026). Wacom: Wacom offers Yuify, a service that embeds an invisible digital watermark into artwork files so artists can prove they created a piece and control who uses it. The open beta launched in November 2024 and works as a plugin inside popular image-editing apps including Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint (data as of 2026-04-22) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/271fbd64-036e-43a8-b4ab-3294b8b0222e. Accessed September 11, 2026.
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- https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/271fbd64-036e-43a8-b4ab-3294b8b0222e
- Data as of
- April 22, 2026
- Last verified
- April 22, 2026
Other practices by Wacom
Data AnalysisWacom tested a proof-of-concept system with the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) that uses AI to analyze handwritten notes created on Wacom tablets, identify the meaning of text and drawings, and automatically surface relevant information from a knowledge base. This was publicly demonstrated in late 2018 and remains part of Wacom's stated vision for its digital ink platform.ProductivityWacom offers the Wacom Ink SDK for Verification, a software toolkit that organizations integrate into their document systems to automatically verify whether a handwritten electronic signature matches a registered reference, producing an instant accept/reject score in real time.Data AnalysisWacom developed 'AI Ink for Education,' a research-stage system that uses AI to analyze eye movements and pen stroke data captured while students are writing, in order to identify each student's learning patterns and tailor the educational environment to them. This was developed in cooperation with design engineering firm sdtech, Inc., with joint development announced in May 2021.
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