Putting text on pictures on a mac?

September 18, 2006 10:45 PM

How do I add text to a photo on a mac?

iPhoto is all I need for my photographs. But I'd like to add text to certain photos (actually on the photos) for a website. What's the easiest program I can use to do this? The gimp, photoshop elements, etc are way more than I need.

If the program is free that's even better. Thanks.

posted by Dennis Murphy to Computers & Internet (11 answers total)

Is there a Mac equivalent of Paint?
posted by black bile at 11:05 PM on September 18, 2006

Won't Automator do this?
posted by bshort at 11:12 PM on September 18, 2006

GraphicConverter is free. Download it from MacUpdate.com or VersionTracker.com
posted by camworld at 11:22 PM on September 18, 2006

Try Graphic Converter [nagware].
posted by tellurian at 11:24 PM on September 18, 2006

Jinx preview.
posted by tellurian at 11:24 PM on September 18, 2006

ImageMagick, which you can get via fink, can do this as well.

free, and is a command line tool. great for scripts.
posted by joeblough at 11:45 PM on September 18, 2006

ImageWell or Seashore would probably do the trick. Both are free.
posted by -t at 12:01 AM on September 19, 2006

Pic Mark?
posted by burhan at 7:44 AM on September 19, 2006

Response by poster: Thanks everyone. I had no idea there were so many options.
posted by Dennis Murphy at 9:27 AM on September 19, 2006

There's a Mac version of GIMP too that'll probably do the trick.
posted by kindall at 10:14 AM on September 19, 2006

ImageWell seconded!
posted by KimG at 3:10 PM on September 22, 2006