Adding text to a photo stored in iPhoto

iPhoto allows you to name the photo, but I want the text to print ON the photograph. Is that possible? I have a Canon Pixma printer. The software does provide a layout choice that allows you to insert text that appears when printed. However, the template is only for a plain 4x6.... the text disappears if you choose a 'printed mat' around the photo. SO, to override this, I want to insert the text on the original photo within iPhoto. Is this possible??
-Rivergull

Rivergull wrote:
iPhoto allows you to name the photo, but I want the text to print ON the photograph.
That requires a separate photo editor, such as Photoshop Elements or the free program GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/). I'm guessing that GIMP will do that, but I have no experience with it.

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Check the font size in the options bar. If it's really small you won't see it.
Look in your layer's palette and insure your text is in a layer located above the photo in the stack.
You might also check your image's resolution in the Image Size dialog. I've seen a couple of posts where someone changes the resolution to 1 with resample turned off...then can't see the text because it's too small even when they have large numbers inserted in the font size box.

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I have added text to my photos on my iMac. Is it possible to transfer this text to my iPad so that I can view the photos with text on my TV using Apple TV.

How did you add the text to the photo in the first place?
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I'm adding text to a photo and can't get an S to lay down?

I'm guessing on what you are trying to do, to some extent, but see if this helps. Your photograph will have a horizon, and perspective. For instance, if there are any buildings in the image, lines drawn through the top and bottom edges of the building, and extended to the horizon, will always intersect at the same point. If you lay down some guides as shown in this illustration, and overlay some perspective lines with a 1 pixel line, then use the resulting box to Free transform the letter S to.
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So with guides and guide lines in place, and the text rasterized, use Free Transform, and hold down the Ctrl (Cmd) key will dragging the corner handles to the intersect points.
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I have 21,000 photos stored in iphoto. I have a WD 1.5TB backup external hard drive. What is the best way to erase about half of my photos on my internal hard drive?

Here's one way to do what you want:
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2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
Now you have two full versions of the Library.
3. On the Internal library, trash the Events you don't want there
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As a general rule: when deleting photos do them in batches of about 100 at a time. iPhoto can baulk at trashing large numbers at one go.
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How do you add text to a smart album photo? Also, when syncing to my iphone, I want the text to appear. I am building a tropical plant field guide.

iPhoto has no capability of adding text onto an image. For that you'll need a 3rd party image editor setup as the external editor in iPhoto.
Some Image Editors that support layers:
Photoshop Elements 11 for Mac - $79
Rainbow Painter - $30
Imagerie - $38
Acorn - $50
Pixelmator - $60
Seashore - Free
Portraits and Prints - Free
GIMP for Mac - Free
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Message was edited by: sdenby

sdenby:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. You can't with iPhoto. You'll need a 3rd party editor like Photoshop Elements for Mac which can add text in a variety of ways and do advanced editing. PSE is the consumer version of the pro Photoshop and has about 80% of it's capabilities at 1/7 the price. There are other editors available that can do the job. Go to VersionTracker.com and search for image editor. You'll get a number of possibilities.
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I am trying to add text onto my photo but can not find the function. Is this allowable?

And Martin S has come up with a way to do this using iPhoto as a work around - see http://simnet.is/klipklap/iphoto/adding-text/
Hi Larry, I was following your step by step guide for adding text to iphoto.
Sorry - as I said Martin S developed and posted this workflow - I only reported it - I personally have never used it - I do know that some others have used it successfully
Also any of the photo editors on the web page I referenced in my original post will add text
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The Preview method puts the text in a box with a yellow background. If that's not what you want, I suggest you look at a number of 3rd party image editor. The best, IMO, is Photoshop Elements for Mac. It not only can do text on photos, it can curve the text and do other advanced editing. Amazon.com often has deals on it for around $80.
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Do you Twango?
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I am new to a mac computer and iphoto softward.
Previously I used windowns with ACDC editing software that included the facility to add a text description to a photo.
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Some Image Editors That Support layers:
Photoshop Elements 11 for Mac - $79
Rainbow Painter - $30
Imagerie - $38
Acorn - $50
Pixelmator - $60
Seashore - Free
GIMP for Mac - Free
Xee 2.1 - free
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Oh dear! indeed.
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4. Repeat step one.
Regards
TD

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Where are photos, imported through iPhoto, stored on the hard drive? I've searched every folder I can think of.

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
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Want to access your files?
There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:
*For Users of 10.5 and later*
You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Command-Click for selecting multiple pics.
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*For users of 10.4 and later* ...
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To upload to a site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. However, if you're using Gmail you can use iPhoto2GMail
If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
*If you want to access the files with iPhoto not running*:
For users of 10.6 and later:
You can download a free Services component from MacOSXAutomation which will give you access to the iPhoto Library from your Services Menu. Using the Services Preference Pane you can even create a keyboard shortcut for it.
For Users of 10.4 and later:
Create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use this free utility Karelia iMedia Browser
Other options include:
1. *Drag and Drop*: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
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*To use with another photo editor*
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Regards
TD

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I will piggy back on this discussion. I have discovered that, although the image resolution is inconsequential when sizing images by pixel dimensions, it still matters if you decide to add copyright information with the type tool.
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The text has appeared over the wrong clip at times, too.
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