Adding the perfect text to any image
Improve any image and add text on a JPEG, PNG, or any picture file type. The text can be words, emojis, or WordArt images. Customize the size, font, and color of your text in just a few clicks so it fits your image perfectly. Start by uploading a photo or pasting a link to import your photo into Kapwing’s online video editor.
How to Add Text to Images Online
- Upload your imageUpload the photo that you want to add text to or paste a link to your image. You can select from a variety of image formats, including JPG, PNG, GIF, and more.
- Add and style textUse the Text tool to add text to images. Change font size, custom color, and even add effects and animations to your text on your picture.
- Export and shareHit “Export” and Kapwing will instantly process your photo with the added text. Save and share your new JPG with text by downloading or sharing your new image URL link.
Add custom text to photos
Adding custom text to your images is a great way to label your images, watermark photos, or just generally give more context to your content. With Kapwing, creators can add custom text to any image in just three clicks.
In Kapwing, use the text tool to add a text box and write what you want your text box to say. Customize your text's font, color, outline, style, position, size, and even animation style and drop shadow effect. Add as many text boxes as you want to your canvas and edit them all however you want. With custom text boxes for photos, you can add vivid descriptions, eye-popping titles, stylish signatures, and even auto-generated subtitles for background audio. Export your image to download it or share it on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter in just a few seconds.
Use the transformer (the dots on the text box outline) to resize the text or drag and drop it to the position you want on top of the video. You can also use the fifth transformer to slightly rotate the text to the perfect angle. Kapwing supports many other text transformations as well, including text opacity and line height. Explore your own creative vision and play around for the perfect look and feel for your video.
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Add Subtitles
Generate and customizable captions that automatically sync to your video. Use our AI-powered tool to create a transcript of your video, and then customize your auto-synced subtitles to make them perfect for your content creation needs. Resize, swap out fonts, or add in professional animations and transitions - all your edits will instantly be applied to the entire video.
Smart Cut
Smart Cut automates your video editing process by detecting and removing silences from your video in a matter of seconds. You'll be saving hours of editing time and completing your rough cut faster than ever for talking head videos, recorded presentations, tutorials, vlogs, and more. Editing has never been so seamless.
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Resizer
Repurpose videos faster and make them look more professional with our Resize Canvas feature! In just a few clicks, you can take a single video and adjust it to be the right size for every other platform, whether it's for TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin, or somewhere else.
Background Remover
With Kapwing's smart background removal tool, you can isolate people from the background of a video for free, without a green screen. All it takes is a few clicks. Upload your content, select the Remove Background tool, and use the preview to choose the threshold that best works for you.
Clean Audio
Enhance your project’s audio in seconds with Kapwing. In one click, Clean Audio automatically removes background noise, corrects loudness, and helps reduce popping sounds in your audio and videos. To use it, simply upload a video or audio file, then select Clean Audio on the right side.
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Collaborative editing
Work with your team directly in Kapwing. Create and edit content, then send it to share and collaborate with your teammates. Make team workspaces, comment in the editor, and work on videos together in real time or asynchronously.
Trimmer
Edit the length of your video clip by dragging the timeline handles or by using the Split tool. It’s never been easier to cut out silences, rearrange clips, or adjust the length of your audio to fit your video.
Waveforms
Kapwing's customizable waveforms let you bring your audio or podcast content to life. Our Waveform tool creates an automatically-generated, animated graph showing the frequency and amplitude of your audio over time. Choose between a classic waveform style and a stacked “bars” style to bring your own touch to your project.
Unlimited Overlays
Make your content pop with image overlays, emojis, progress bars, and audio waveforms. Then simply resize and position them to customize your project. With unlimited overlays, the possibilities are endless.
Stock Assets
Browse hundreds of royalty-free images, GIFs, videos, sound effects, and music clips directly in our editor. Curate assets that will bring your project to life, then edit them the way you want to all in one place.
Templates
Get inspired by hundreds of trendy video templates made to unleash your creativity. Select the template that best suits your project, and then make it your own with custom videos, images, or text. Making professionally designed videos or memes has never been faster.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I add text to a picture for free?
To add text to a picture for free you’ll need a free software tool with photo editing capabilities. Creators add text to pictures to make funny captions for social media and to add clarifying text for viewers. Many online tools support adding texting to pictures, but Kapwing remains a top choice for creators. From any device with a browser, you can upload various picture files types, then add stylish text to pictures for free. Change the font, size, color, and background color, then try animations and effects to make text pop.
How do I add text to a JPEG image?
To add text to a JPEG image, you’ll need a software tool with intuitive text editing capabilities that also supports JPEG files. This popular picture file type is a standard image format that contains image data. After uploading a JPEG image to a software tool, creators can add text boxes on top of the image to begin creating a caption. Kapwing is a popular solution for completing this task. The intuitive user interface makes it easy to upload JPEG images, then add text with the text tool, featuring a vast font collection and settings to change the size and color.
How do you write text on a picture?
Write text on a picture by using an image editor or a photo editor that has a versatile text tool you can use. When looking for the right photo text editor, you want to make sure they support your image file type like JPEG, PNG, HEIC, or others. Most editors have a text tool you can use to add a text box, write text on a picture, and add effects or animations to text. A great tool to add text to pictures is Kapwing, the online image editor that supports most image file types, gives you full control over your project, and countless features that gives you the entire freedom to customize your text.
What's different about Kapwing?
Easy
Start creating immediately with thousands of templates and copyright free videos, images, music, and GIFs. Repurpose content from the internet by pasting a link.
Free
Kapwing is completely free to start. Just upload a video and start editing. Supercharge your editing workflow with our powerful online tools.
Accessible
Automatically subtitle and translate videos with our AI-powered Subtitler tool. Caption your videos in seconds, so that no viewers get left behind.
Online
Kapwing is cloud based, which means your videos are wherever you are. Use it on any device and access your content anywhere in the world.
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