Visual Watermark Add Text

Free browser tool to add and style text on a photo, without a watermark or a sign-up.

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Overview

Visual Watermark Add Text puts text on top of a photo. You place as many text blocks as you like and style them with 926 fonts, colours, outlines and shadows. Size, opacity, rotation, alignment and line spacing are all adjustable, across several lines. It is built for a caption, quote, title or credit on one photo.

It runs as a web page, and the vendor states photos are processed on your own device and never uploaded. The tool is free and needs no account. It shows no ads, and the download carries no watermark. It handles one photo at a time. For a set of photos, the same vendor runs a separate free batch tool in the browser.

Key features

Add an unlimited number of text blocks
926 fonts to choose from
Colour, size, opacity & rotation controls
36 text effects, including shadows & outlines
Multiline text with alignment & line spacing
Loads from your device, Google Drive, Google Photos, Dropbox or a link
No watermark on the downloaded image
Free to use without sign-up, an account or ads
Processes in your browser, no upload (vendor states)

When to use

Use Visual Watermark Add Text when you need to put text on a photo quickly and for free:

  • You want a caption, quote or title on a single photo and do not want to open a design app for it.
  • You care how the text looks. Fonts, colour, outline, shadow, size and angle are all yours to set, rather than one fixed style.
  • You want the file clean. The download has no watermark and there is no account to create first.
  • You would rather the photo never left your computer. The vendor states the work happens in your browser, on your device.
  • You need several lines, or several separate blocks of text, arranged on one image.

When NOT to use

Skip Visual Watermark Add Text if any of these describe you:

  • You need the same text or logo on many photos, or a repeating tiled watermark across the frame. This tool does one image and does not tile. Visual Watermark runs a separate free batch tool in the browser that does both.
  • You need real layout: shapes, graphics, stock images and templates around the text. A design editor like Canva covers that.
  • You need to change the photo itself, not only add words on top. Cropping, retouching and colour belong in a photo editor first.
  • You want an installed app. This one is a web page. Visual Watermark's app runs on Windows, Mac, Android, iOS and Chromebooks. It is free to use, but it adds its own logo to the output until you buy it.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. The online Add Text to Photos tool is free, needs no account, and the image you download has no watermark on it. That is different from Visual Watermark's installed app, which is free to use but puts its own logo on the output until you buy it.

No. This tool works on one photo at a time. Visual Watermark also runs a free batch tool in the browser, which takes several photos at once. That one adds text or a logo, and can tile it across the frame.

The vendor states that photos are processed in your browser, on your own device, and are never uploaded to or stored on its servers. That keeps your images private to your computer or phone.

This free tool is the web version. Visual Watermark also has an installed app for Windows, Mac, Android, iOS and Chromebooks. That app is free to use, but it adds its own logo next to your text until you buy it. Paid access is sold as one year that does not auto-renew, or as a permanent one-time purchase, and covers 10 devices. The vendor offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Yes. You can pick from 926 fonts and change the size, colour, opacity, rotation and alignment. You can also add outlines, shadows and other effects, and stack several text blocks on one image.

No. It is for adding text on top of an existing image, not for cropping, retouching or colour adjustments. For those, use a full photo editor first and then add text here.

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