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Blog-Basics: How to Place Text Over an Image/Watermark Your Photos

April 28, 2013 By jbmumofone 7 Comments

I was just asked, by a very lovely lady on twitter, how do I get my blog name over my photos.  This is something I struggled with in the beginning but then along came Picmonkey and made the whole thing beautifully simple.

I was about to reply by e-mail but then figured there are probably others wondering the same thing, so, here is a super-quick Picmonkey tutorial on how to add text to images or watermark your photos.

First go to www.picmonkey.com.

Click on ‘Edit a photo’

Upload photo to Picmonkey

Upload your chosen image and make sure you resize to a suitable size for your blog. I am going to resize mine to 300 x 300 and will post it at the end to give you an idea.

Resize Image in PicMonkey

Now the image I am using is from Instagram so was square already. If you want to alter the shape of your image you will see a CROP button on the top of the left hand menu of the screen.  Do this before resizing.

Now to add your text.

At the left hand border of the screen you will see a row of icons. Fourth down from the top is a P. Click on this.

Add text in picmonkey
You will then be given a vertical menu of different text types to choose from.  Click on the one you want, I have chosen special elite, then click add text (red arrow).  A text box will appear above your photo and add your text here (blue arrow).

Add text to image

In the box that appears on the right you will see options to change the size, alignment and colour of your text.

To move your text box simply hover over it with your cursor until you see a four-arrowed cross appear and then drag to required position.

For water-marking you also have the option to fade your text, shown below.

How to fade text on image

Simply drag the circular button across the scale until you get the intensity you require. Below I have shown the same white text faded by 50%.

Faded watermark

And there you have it, how to add text to an image or watermark your photos.

I really hope that you have found this helpful.

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How to Watermark Your Blog Images

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Comments

  1. The Spin Cycle (@spincycleblog) says

    April 28, 2013 at 16:58

    So glad you tipped this on Sverve! Thanks for the thorough explanation!

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      April 28, 2013 at 16:58

      You are welcome, hope it helps 🙂

      Reply
  2. Nicolette Roux @ The Blog Hangout says

    May 7, 2013 at 12:30

    Thank you for sharing this with the community on G+! I have pinned and shared it around!

    Reply
  3. Elena Ferdinand says

    May 7, 2013 at 14:05

    Great post! Very helpful and picmonkey is a great and easy to use tool! Thanks for sharing :o) Hope you have a fantastic Tuesday!

    Reply
  4. jeanne says

    May 7, 2013 at 22:46

    Thank you so much for sharing!! I have been wondering how to do this! Have a a great day!
    Jeanne

    Reply
  5. Karen bell says

    May 23, 2013 at 06:22

    Thank you, I have been wondering how to do that in an easy way. I will be having a go.

    Reply

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