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Add Text to Image

A picture often needs a few words to finish the job: a price on a product shot, a step number in a tutorial, a punchline across the top of a meme. This add text to image tool draws bold, adjustable text directly onto your photo in the browser. Type your line, pick a color, set the size anywhere from 12 to 200 pixels, and drop it into one of nine positions from top left to bottom right. Because you can put text on photo online without opening Photoshop, quick jobs stay quick. Need to caption image online batches? Bulk mode stamps the same line across hundreds of files and returns a ZIP.

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Bulk supported. Drop multiple files and they'll be processed in a queue with a single ZIP download. Same settings apply to every file.

How to use

01

Upload one photo or a whole batch

Drop a single image to get a live preview that updates as you type, or add a stack of files and the tool switches to bulk mode automatically.

02

Type and style your caption

Enter your line in the text field, choose a color with the picker or a hex code, then drag the Size and Opacity sliders until the words sit comfortably on the photo.

03

Position it and apply

Pick one of nine spots in the Position dropdown, from top center for meme captions to bottom right for credits, then press Apply watermark and download the result.

Why Add Text to Image

Common questions

What makes text readable when I add text to image files?
Contrast and size do most of the work. Put light text over the darker areas of the photo (or the reverse), keep the size at roughly 4 to 6 percent of the image height, and hold opacity near 100 for captions. If the background is busy everywhere, pick the least detailed region via the Position dropdown.
Can this text on image maker do meme-style captions?
Yes. Set the Position to top center, push the Size slider up, and use white text at full opacity. The tool renders a bold sans-serif, which is exactly the heavy, legible style meme captions rely on.
How do I caption image online files in bulk?
Add multiple files and the tool processes each one with your current text, color, size, opacity, and position settings. Every output gets a suffix on its filename and the whole set downloads as one ZIP, so labeling fifty event photos takes one click.
Does adding text change my photo's resolution or format?
No. The text is drawn onto a canvas at the image's original pixel dimensions, and the file is exported in the same format it came in. A 4000x3000 JPG goes out as a 4000x3000 JPG with your caption rendered into it.
Why is the button labeled Apply watermark on a text tool?
This tool shares its rendering engine with the Image Watermark tool, because a caption and a text watermark are the same operation with different settings. High opacity and a large size gives you a caption; low opacity in a corner gives you a watermark.
Is there a font menu for the text overlay?
Not at the moment; the overlay renders in a bold sans-serif. That covers captions, labels, and meme text well since heavy sans-serifs stay legible at small sizes. Your levers are color, size from 12 to 200 pixels, opacity, and position.
Can I place the text anywhere on the picture?
You get nine anchor positions covering every corner, edge midpoint, and dead center, plus a Tile diagonally checkbox that repeats the text across the whole frame. There's no free dragging, which keeps batch output perfectly consistent from file to file.

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