Enhance your GIF with Captions’ Text Generator. Simply add your text and select "Apply" to place it on your GIF. Customization options include adjusting its position and size, adding transitions, resizing it, and deciding how long it appears for.
Enhance your GIF with Captions’ Text Generator. Simply add your text and select "Apply" to place it on your GIF. Customization options include adjusting its position and size, adding transitions, resizing it, and deciding how long it appears for.
Well-placed text can make GIFs more eye-catching and shareable, getting a stronger reaction from viewers. With our Text feature, you can add captions to GIFs and upgrade your content to appeal to current and potential followers.
Create dynamic GIFs
With the Captions’ Text feature, you can transform simple GIFs into compelling content. Highlight important moments, reinforce key messages, or even tell a story. GIFs are a visual medium, but sometimes their meaning isn’t immediately clear. Adding text gives viewers helpful context and makes sure they understand what the message means.
You can also enhance your visual storytelling with text. Whether you’re explaining a step-by-step process or just making your visuals pop, written context turns a simple animation into a more compelling story. Plus, the tool lets you adjust the text’s timing to match the action in your GIF so your message appears at just the right moment.
Customize your style
Captions makes it easy to personalize your GIFs to match your style and brand. Choose from different fonts, sizes, and colors so it looks just how you want. You can also position the text anywhere on the animation. It’s best to place it where it’s visible but not intrusive, like in a corner or along the edge of the screen. Tweak the size to make sure it stands out or blends in without taking away from your original content.
If you want your message to appear only briefly or stay on the screen, adjust the timing to control how long it’s visible. This gives you full control to create GIFs that connect with your specific audience.
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Add a little flair
Include fun touches to your GIFs by playing with the customization options in Captions’ Text feature. Apply transitions and effects like zooms, fades, and pops to make your text stand out. Whether you’re going for a subtle or more dramatic effect, adding a little creativity with animated transitions helps your text easily integrate with your GIFs’ movement.
Thoughtfully positioned writing and smooth transitions bring energy to your content and engage your viewers, encouraging them to watch until the end. These capabilities are perfect for making your posts more memorable to your audience and increasing its shareability.
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Select your text
Select the Text option, click "Add" to create a new text element, and type your desired text. Then, click "Apply" to add it to your GIF.
Customize your text
Enhance your text by changing its font and color. You can reposition and resize it, clicking on the outer edge or using two fingers to pinch it smaller or larger.
Apply your edits
Once you're happy with your changes, click "Apply" again to finalize the edits and save your GIF. You can now share it on your social media channels.
Start adding text to GIF
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Make your GIFs stand out
Adding text to your GIFs can effectively reinforce key ideas or clarify your lessons. With the added feature of Captions’ personalized avatar, you can boost your educational content even further. Simply record a short video and let the AI create a custom avatar that matches your tone. This avatar can appear in any GIF you create, adding a personal touch that engages your students and keeps them focused.
Captions’ tools help make your teaching materials more compelling and dynamic, whether you’re explaining concepts in depth or sharing instructions.
Bring visuals to life
Captions’ easy-to-use online GIF cropper is perfect for tailoring your content to platforms like TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. You can quickly crop your motion graphic to fit any size so you highlight important visuals and text. Whether you want to focus on key parts of your lesson or frame your GIF for maximum impact, the cropper helps you get it just right.
Plus, Captions’ Video Resizer tool lets you quickly adjust your GIFs’ aspect ratio without compromising quality, making it easier to produce educational content and share across social platforms.
Boost your reach with text-to-video
If you share your lessons on social media for others to experience, Captions’ text-to-video feature helps you extend your reach even further by adding text to GIFs in multiple languages. Whether you’re emphasizing key points, summarizing information, or translating content, captioning makes your videos more accessible and shareable.
This feature lets you focus on creating quality lessons while reaching more worldwide viewers. Now, it’s easier for people to discover and connect with your material.
Frequently asked questions
How can I add text to a GIF?
Adding text to a GIF in Captions is easy. First, upload your GIF to the platform. Then click the “Text” option to enter your message. You can change size, font and color. Then, position the text and choose when it appears and fades away.
Once you're happy with your design, save your GIF with the added text and share it across multiple platforms.
How do I add text to a GIF in Windows?
To add text to a GIF in Windows, open Captions, upload your file, and select the “Text” button. Then just type in your message. Captions offers an easy-to-use interface for customizing your text, including options to adjust the font, size, and placement. You can also modify the text’s time on the screen and choose from various font styles, such as bold and italic.
After finalizing your text, export or share your animation.
Can you change the speed of an animated GIF?
Yes — you can alter the speed of an animated GIF with Captions. To do this, upload the animated clip to the app, select the speed option, and choose your desired setting, whether you want it faster or slower. The changes will affect how the animation flows and the overall visual experience.
Once you fully edit your GIF, save it to share or use it in your projects.
How can I add captions to my GIF?
To add captions to moving graphics, first add the GIF to your project by selecting "Media" and either searching for or importing a GIF. Then, tap "Add," type in your caption, and apply it to your animation. After editing, save your content and share it across platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram Stories.
To add captions to YouTube videos, you can upload text manually, use auto-sync, type it in manually, or let YouTube auto-translate your words. On Instagram Stories, record or upload your video, tap the sticker icon, and choose the “Captions” sticker to add text.
Can I choose my language in Captions?
Yes — Captions allows you to choose from multiple languages when adding text to your GIFs. This feature is perfect for reaching global audiences and ensuring people in different regions can understand your content.
Simply choose the language you want to use for your text and type in your message. Captions will generate it in your preferred language, making your posts more accessible to broader audiences.
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