What Add Text to Image does
Add Text to Image lets you place custom text anywhere on the photo with your choice of font, size, colour, outline and shadow.
- Add Text to Image
How do I add text to an image?
Add Text to Image lets you add text to an image by uploading an image; the tool lets you place custom text anywhere on the photo with your choice of font, size, colour, outline and shadow. Preview the result and download it. Everything runs in your browser, so your photo is never uploaded.
- The tool lets you place custom text anywhere on the photo with your choice of font, size, colour, outline and shadow
- Instant live preview
- Download as JPG, PNG or WebP
- 100% client-side
What is
Add Text to Image
A tool that lets you place custom text anywhere on the photo with your choice of font, size, colour, outline and shadow in the browser.
Image Tools
Related terms
textcaption
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, completely.
Add Text to Image is free with no signup, watermark or limits.
No unnecessary loss.
The effect is applied at full resolution and exported without extra recompression unless you choose a lossy format.
No.
The effect is applied locally with the Canvas API in your browser.
Detailed Explanation
How it works
Text is drawn onto the image on a canvas with the chosen typography and position.
- Canvas pixel processing
Use cases
Create quotes, captions, memes, announcements and labelled diagrams.
- Photo editing
Limitations
The effect is applied uniformly in the browser; results depend on the source image and cannot recover detail that is not present.
- Source-dependent
Privacy
The image is processed entirely in your browser with the Canvas API; nothing is uploaded to a server.
- 100% local
- No upload