How to add text to a picture

Steps

1. Open the Add text tool and drop in your picture.
2. Type your text, up to five lines.
3. Choose one of nine positions, the size and the colour. Add a dark or light panel if the background is busy.
4. Press Add text and download the result.

Making text easy to read

Text on a photo is hard to read when the background has light and dark areas. The optional panel puts a solid band behind the words, which fixes that without changing the picture.

The size is a share of the picture width, so a caption looks the same on a small picture and a large one.

Limits to know

You can add up to five lines of up to 60 characters. For longer text, make the picture bigger or use several pictures.

The preview shows the first picture, and the same text goes on every picture you add.

Tips

Keep it short. Big, short text is readable on a phone, and the size scales with the picture, so a short title usually looks better than a long caption.

Pick the colour that contrasts most with the area behind the text, or turn on the panel. Check the preview at a small size, because that is how most people will see it.