diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/Image.php b/src/Intervention/Image/Image.php
index 2770da96..281d4b5a 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/Image.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/Image.php
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ class Image
         // define anchor
         switch ($anchor) {
             case 'top-left':
+            case 'left-top':
                 $src_x = 0;
                 $src_y = 0;
                 break;
@@ -487,11 +488,14 @@ class Image
             case 'top':
             case 'top-center':
             case 'top-middle':
+            case 'center-top':
+            case 'middle-top':
                 $src_x = ($width < $this->width) ? intval(($this->width - $width) / 2) : 0;
                 $src_y = 0;
                 break;
 
             case 'top-right':
+            case 'right-top':
                 $src_x = ($width < $this->width) ? intval($this->width - $width) : 0;
                 $src_y = 0;
                 break;
@@ -499,6 +503,8 @@ class Image
             case 'left':
             case 'left-center':
             case 'left-middle':
+            case 'center-left':
+            case 'middle-left':
                 $src_x = 0;
                 $src_y = ($height < $this->height) ? intval(($this->height - $height) / 2) : 0;
                 break;
@@ -506,11 +512,14 @@ class Image
             case 'right':
             case 'right-center':
             case 'right-middle':
+            case 'center-right':
+            case 'middle-right':
                 $src_x = ($width < $this->width) ? intval($this->width - $width) : 0;
                 $src_y = ($height < $this->height) ? intval(($this->height - $height) / 2) : 0;
                 break;
 
             case 'bottom-left':
+            case 'left-bottom':
                 $src_x = 0;
                 $src_y = ($height < $this->height) ? intval($this->height - $height) : 0;
                 break;
@@ -518,11 +527,14 @@ class Image
             case 'bottom':
             case 'bottom-center':
             case 'bottom-middle':
+            case 'center-bottom':
+            case 'middle-bottom':
                 $src_x = ($width < $this->width) ? intval(($this->width - $width) / 2) : 0;
                 $src_y = ($height < $this->height) ? intval($this->height - $height) : 0;
                 break;
 
             case 'bottom-right':
+            case 'right-bottom':
                 $src_x = ($width < $this->width) ? intval($this->width - $width) : 0;
                 $src_y = ($height < $this->height) ? intval($this->height - $height) : 0;
                 break;
@@ -679,14 +691,89 @@ class Image
     /**
      * Insert another image on top of the current image
      *
-     * @param  mixed  $file
+     * @param  mixed   $file
      * @param  integer $pos_x
      * @param  integer $pos_y
+     * @param  string  $anchor
      * @return Image
      */
-    public function insert($file, $pos_x = 0, $pos_y = 0)
+    public function insert($file, $pos_x = 0, $pos_y = 0, $anchor = null)
     {
         $obj = is_a($file, 'Intervention\Image\Image') ? $file : (new Image($file));
+
+        // define anchor
+        switch ($anchor) {
+
+            case 'top':
+            case 'top-center':
+            case 'top-middle':
+            case 'center-top':
+            case 'middle-top':
+                $pos_x = intval((($this->width - $obj->width) / 2) + $pos_x);
+                $pos_y = $pos_y;
+                break;
+
+            case 'top-right':
+            case 'right-top':
+                $pos_x = intval($this->width - $obj->width - $pos_x);
+                $pos_y = $pos_y;
+                break;
+
+            case 'left':
+            case 'left-center':
+            case 'left-middle':
+            case 'center-left':
+            case 'middle-left':
+                $pos_x = $pos_x;
+                $pos_y = intval((($this->height - $obj->height) / 2) + $pos_y);
+                break;
+
+            case 'right':
+            case 'right-center':
+            case 'right-middle':
+            case 'center-right':
+            case 'middle-right':
+                $pos_x = intval($this->width - $obj->width - $pos_x);
+                $pos_y = intval((($this->height - $obj->height) / 2) + $pos_y);
+                break;
+
+            case 'bottom-left':
+            case 'left-bottom':
+                $pos_x = $pos_x;
+                $pos_y = intval($this->height - $obj->height - $pos_y);
+                break;
+
+            case 'bottom':
+            case 'bottom-center':
+            case 'bottom-middle':
+            case 'center-bottom':
+            case 'middle-bottom':
+                $pos_x = intval((($this->width - $obj->width) / 2) + $pos_x);
+                $pos_y = intval($this->height - $obj->height - $pos_y);
+                break;
+
+            case 'bottom-right':
+            case 'right-bottom':
+                $pos_x = intval($this->width - $obj->width - $pos_x);
+                $pos_y = intval($this->height - $obj->height - $pos_y);
+                break;
+
+            case 'center':
+            case 'middle':
+            case 'center-center':
+            case 'middle-middle':
+                $pos_x = intval((($this->width - $obj->width) / 2) + $pos_x);
+                $pos_y = intval((($this->height - $obj->height) / 2) + $pos_y);
+                break;
+
+            default:
+            case 'top-left':
+            case 'left-top':
+                $pos_x = intval($pos_x);
+                $pos_y = intval($pos_y);
+                break;
+        }
+
         imagecopy($this->resource, $obj->resource, $pos_x, $pos_y, 0, 0, $obj->width, $obj->height);
 
         return $this;
diff --git a/tests/ImageTest.php b/tests/ImageTest.php
index 5b691169..6405756c 100644
--- a/tests/ImageTest.php
+++ b/tests/ImageTest.php
@@ -430,9 +430,206 @@ class ImageTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_Testcase
 
     public function testInsertImage()
     {
-        $img = $this->getTestImage();
-        $img->insert('public/test.jpg', 10, 10);
+        $img = Image::canvas(32, 32, '#ff0000'); // create canvas
+        $watermark = Image::canvas(16, 16, '#0000ff'); // create watermark
+
+        // top-left anchor
+        $img->insert($watermark, 0, 0, 'top-left');
         $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(0, 0, 'hex'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#ff0000', $img->pickColor(16, 16, 'hex'));
+        $img->reset();
+
+        // top-left anchor coordinates
+        $img->insert($watermark, 10, 10, 'top-left');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals('#ff0000', $img->pickColor(9, 9, 'hex'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(10, 10, 'hex'));
+        $img->reset();
+
+        // top anchor
+        $img->insert($watermark, 0, 0, 'top');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals('#ff0000', $img->pickColor(0, 0, 'hex'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(23, 15, 'hex'));
+        $img->reset();
+
+        // top anchor coordinates
+        $img->insert($watermark, 10, 10, 'top');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(18, 10, 'hex'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#ff0000', $img->pickColor(31, 26, 'hex'));
+        $img->reset();
+
+        // top-right anchor
+        $img->insert($watermark, 0, 0, 'top-right');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals('#ff0000', $img->pickColor(15, 0, 'hex'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(31, 0, 'hex'));
+        $img->reset();
+
+        // top-right anchor coordinates
+        $img->insert($watermark, 10, 10, 'top-right');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals('#ff0000', $img->pickColor(6, 9, 'hex'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(21, 25, 'hex'));
+        $img->reset();
+
+        // left anchor
+        $img->insert($watermark, 0, 0, 'left');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(15, 23, 'hex'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#ff0000', $img->pickColor(0, 7, 'hex'));
+        $img->reset();
+
+        // left anchor coordinates
+        $img->insert($watermark, 10, 10, 'left');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(25, 31, 'hex'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#ff0000', $img->pickColor(10, 17, 'hex'));
+        $img->reset();
+
+        // right anchor
+        $img->insert($watermark, 0, 0, 'right');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(31, 23, 'hex'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#ff0000', $img->pickColor(15, 15, 'hex'));
+        $img->reset();
+
+        // right anchor coordinates
+        $img->insert($watermark, 10, 10, 'right');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(21, 31, 'hex'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#ff0000', $img->pickColor(5, 18, 'hex'));
+        $img->reset();
+
+        // bottom-left anchor
+        $img->insert($watermark, 0, 0, 'bottom-left');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(15, 31, 'hex'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#ff0000', $img->pickColor(0, 15, 'hex'));
+        $img->reset();
+
+        // bottom-left anchor coordinates
+        $img->insert($watermark, 10, 10, 'bottom-left');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(10, 21, 'hex'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#ff0000', $img->pickColor(9, 20, 'hex'));
+        $img->reset();
+
+        // bottom anchor
+        $img->insert($watermark, 0, 0, 'bottom');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(8, 16, 'hex'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#ff0000', $img->pickColor(8, 15, 'hex'));
+        $img->reset();
+
+        // bottom anchor coordinates
+        $img->insert($watermark, 10, 10, 'bottom');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(18, 21, 'hex'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#ff0000', $img->pickColor(17, 21, 'hex'));
+        $img->reset();
+
+        // bottom-right anchor
+        $img->insert($watermark, 0, 0, 'bottom-right');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(16, 16, 'hex'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#ff0000', $img->pickColor(15, 16, 'hex'));
+        $img->reset();
+
+        // bottom-right anchor coordinates
+        $img->insert($watermark, 10, 10, 'bottom-right');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(21, 21, 'hex'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#ff0000', $img->pickColor(22, 22, 'hex'));
+        $img->reset();
+
+        // center anchor
+        $img->insert($watermark, 0, 0, 'center');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(23, 23, 'hex'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#ff0000', $img->pickColor(8, 7, 'hex'));
+        $img->reset();
+
+        // center anchor coordinates
+        $img->insert($watermark, 10, 10, 'center');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(31, 31, 'hex'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#ff0000', $img->pickColor(18, 17, 'hex'));
+        $img->reset();
     }
 
     public function testOpacity()