Adding text to images is a way to convey the essence of a picture to others or express personal messages through images. Many individuals also want to insert their names into photos to assert copyright. Nowadays, numerous applications make it easy to add text to images. In this article, Mytour will guide you through some quick and effective methods. Join us on this creative journey.
1. Inserting Text into Images Using Paint Tool
Paint is a simple drawing and photo editing application integrated into Windows. With Paint, you can effortlessly add text to images in just a few simple steps.
To add text with Paint, right-click on the image and choose Open with -> Paint

After opening the image in Paint, click on the letter A icon, then click on the image. A rectangular frame will appear for you to enter text:

After entering text, you can customize font, size, boldness, color, etc., using the tools on the toolbar. Note that you need to highlight the text before making any changes:

After adding text, press File -> Save to save the image

2. Adding Text to Images with Pixlr Editor Online Tool
Step 1: Visit the following link to use the Pixlr Editor tool: https://pixlr.com/editor/
After accessing the link, on the website interface, you'll have several options to open the image for text insertion:
Open image from computer: Open an image from your computer.
Open image from URL: Open an image using a URL link.
Open image from library: Open an image from the pixlr library, Facebook, or another library.
For example, here we will open an image from the computer.

Step 2: After opening the image, select the letter A icon on the toolbar, then click on the image. A dialog box appears; enter text, choose font, font size, font style, and text color. After customization, click OK.

Step 3: After completing the text insertion, select File -> Save to save the image to your computer.

Step 4: The Save dialog appears; name the image, choose the image format, quality, and click OK.

Step 5: Choose the folder to save the image and click Save.

3. Adding Text to Images with PhotoScape Software
PhotoScape is a lightweight yet feature-rich photo editing software, and of course, adding text to images is an essential function in any photo editing software. If your computer doesn't have PhotoScape, you can download it from the following link:
http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/download.php
Download and install it as usual; the installation steps are very simple.
To add text to images with PhotoScape software, follow these steps:
Step 1: Open the software and select the Editor section.

Step 2: Proceed to open the image for text insertion by selecting the folder containing the image in the folder tree, then choose the image in the window below.

Step 3: To add text, select the Object section below, then choose the T icon; a new window will appear.

Step 4: When the new window appears, enter text in the blank box. In the Text section, you can choose the font, size, and color for the text. In the Outline section, check Apply to create a border for the text. In the Shadow section, we will create a shadow effect for the text.
After customizing, click OK to confirm.

Step 5: After inserting the text, press Save to save the image:

A new window will appear; you can choose the image quality, then press Save again to save.

Here are the three simplest ways to add text to images that Mytour wants to share with you. Hope you find them useful, wish you success!
