Pixelcut
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Add Text to Your Photos Instantly

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How to Add Text to a Photo

  1. 1

    Upload your photo

    Start by uploading the image you want to add text to. This will be the canvas for your creation.

  2. 2

    Enter your prompt

    Describe what you want to add. Include the exact text and any style preferences, like font, color, or placement. For example: 'Add 'Vacation 2025' in a stylish script font'.

  3. 3

    Generate your text

    Click the generate button and let the AI create your new image. It will analyze your prompt and place the styled text onto your photo.

  4. 4

    Download your image

    Your new image is ready! Download the final high-resolution PNG, watermark-free and perfect for sharing or printing.

Stop fussing with complicated menus and font libraries. With Pixelcut, you are the director, and our AI is your personal design assistant. Simply describe the text you envision, whether it’s for a party invitation, a social media story, or a personalized photo gift. Our conversational AI interprets your prompt, thoughtfully selecting the right style and placement to match your photo's vibe. This approach saves you valuable time and lets you focus on your message, not on tedious manual adjustments.

Your Personal Text Design Assistant

A mockup showing a beautiful mountain landscape photo at sunrise with the white text 'ADVENTURE AWAITS' added over the sky, demonstrating the 'add text to photo' feature.
Whether you need to add a simple date to a memory or create a piece of art with words, our tool is built for versatility. You have complete creative freedom through your descriptions. Ask for 'bold, cinematic text' for a dramatic flair, 'elegant cursive script' for a formal invitation, or 'playful, bubbly letters' for a fun social media post. Pixelcut’s AI can generate a wide spectrum of typographic styles, empowering you to achieve your artistic vision without any prior design experience.

From Simple Captions to Artistic Typography

A mockup of a photograph of a mountain sunset with the text 'Explore The Unseen' added to it, set against a clean white background.
One of the biggest challenges of adding text to a photo is finding the perfect spot where it’s readable but doesn’t obstruct the main subject. Our AI intelligently analyzes your photo's composition, identifying the optimal location for your text. Whether your image has a busy, festive background or is a simple, minimalist shot, the AI works to ensure the text harmonizes with the visual elements. This smart placement provides a balanced and professional-looking result every time, making your text feel like a natural part of the image.

Context-Aware Text Placement

A beautiful landscape photo of a mountain lake at sunset with the words 'Explore More' added in a stylish white font.
It’s Effortless: Upload your image, type your text request, and generate. No complicated menus or tools to learn. AI-Powered Design: Let our AI handle the creative heavy lifting by choosing the best fonts, styles, and placement for your text based on your prompt. It's Fast: Go from a plain photo to a beautifully captioned image in moments, not minutes. High-Quality Output: Download your final image in high resolution, watermark-free, and ready for printing or posting online. Completely Custom: Your words, your style. Tell the AI exactly what you want to see for a personalized result.

Why use Pixelcut's AI to add text to your photo?

A mockup of a tropical beach sunset photo with the text 'Golden Hour in Paradise' and 'Summer '24' written on it, set against a white background.
Social Media Posts: Create eye-catching posts for Instagram or Facebook by adding witty captions or informative headlines directly to your images. Event Invitations: Turn a great photo into a personalized digital invitation by adding event details like the date, time, and location. Personalized Memes: Jump on the latest trends by creating your own unique memes. Just add a funny caption to any image and share it with friends. Inspirational Quotes: Overlay your favorite quotes onto scenic backgrounds to create shareable, motivational content for your followers. Digital Postcards: Add a personal message to your travel photos and send them as digital postcards to family and friends.

Add Text to Photo Use Cases

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Frequently Asked Questions

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  • My favorite app

    Great app, easy to use. Helps our small business save time and money to create different marketing materials professionally. Thank you.
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    I need a good background remover for my work and I've been through them all it feels like. This one is the best by far. It's so easy to use and the results always look amazing. Thank you Pixelcut!
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    It's amazingly easy and gives the perfect results for my bags and accessories. It looks like it was done by a professional photographer.
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