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12 November 2013

AskMeCha: How to add text below a photo? "I should know this but I don't" filter. I want to add a box containing text *below* a photo. All the caption tools I'm finding online are for putting captions *on* the photo itself. How would I go about creating the effect I want?

post by: Orange Swan at: 11:30 | 3 comments

Whenever I've needed to do this (not often) I've done it in Word - inserted the image into a blank document, added the text below, then cropped round the whole thing and saved it as a separate .jpg.

posted by Senyar 12 November | 12:28

Heh, I just did exactly that of my own accord! It felt very cobbled together but it looks presentable enough.

posted by Orange Swan 12 November | 12:35

I loved L.M. Montgomery growing up. Anyway if you use an image editor (like Paint.net), usually there's an option to increase the canvas and an option to add text. So Word or Powerpoint is definitely the easier way to go.

posted by bluesapphires 12 November | 19:11

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