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Add Text to a Photo

Overlay text on a photo with custom position, size, color and font — free.

Position

Drop images here or click to choose

drop one or many photos — watermarked on your device (up to 10 free)

Sometimes a photo needs a few words on it: the date of an event, a price on a product shot for a marketplace, a team name on a group photo, a SOLD banner across a listing, or the plain word SAMPLE on a proof you are sending before payment. This page puts that text onto your picture and gives it back as a new file, leaving the original untouched.

You set what the text says, how big it is, its colour and font, how transparent it is, and where it goes: one of the corners, the centre, or tiled across the whole image for a watermark that cannot be cropped out. Size is relative to the photo, so a label set at a given size looks the same on a 1000 pixel image and a 6000 pixel one. Up to 50 photos can be stamped in one batch and downloaded together as a ZIP, and the drawing happens on your device, so unreleased client work is never uploaded.

It stamps your text at one of the preset positions, not in a free layout with drag-and-drop; for a second line somewhere else, run the saved result through again. For the classic top-and-bottom caption, the Meme Generator is quicker. And a small corner label is easy to crop away; if the point is protection, tile it at low opacity.

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Frequently asked questions

Can I make the text readable over a busy photo?
Yes — adjust the color and add contrast so it stands out. Placing text over a calmer part of the image also helps legibility.
Is this different from the meme generator?
This gives you free-form text placement and styling; the meme generator is preset for the classic top/bottom caption look.
Can I place the text anywhere on the photo?
You choose from preset spots: the corners, the centre, or a tiled pattern across the whole image. There is no free dragging, so for an exact pixel position you would need an image editor.
Will the text look the same size on photos of different sizes?
Yes. The size is set relative to each image rather than in fixed pixels, so a label at the same setting covers the same share of a small photo and a large one.

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