Text on a Photo

There are a few reasons why you would want text on your photos: balloon captions, thought bubbles, or plain text boxes.

To do this, open a Catalog document, choose the "Photograph" panel and select the photo you want to add text to. You can add three kinds of text to the photo:

1. Balloon Captions

To make a balloon caption, click on the caption button and drag the ballon wherever you want. Once the balloon is place where you'd like it, double click on it to enter the text.

When you have the ballon selected a "Caption Properties" window will appear so you can edit the text in the balloon.

2. Thought Bubbles
To make a thought bubble, start by making a balloon caption. Now from the "Caption Properties" window, change the tail style from "Spoken" to "Thought". You may also want to change the Basic Shape to a "Cloud".


3. Plain Text
To add plain text, start by making a balloon caption. Now drag the "tail" into the balloon until it disappears. Now you have a standard Text box.
Now from the "Caption Properties" window you can edit the text and make any changes you want.

Text on a Template

You can place text anywhere on a template. Using the "Inspector" window you can edit any text. Any fonts you install on your Mac will be available for use in the "Inspector" window.

You can add three kinds of text to the template:

1. Regular Text
Open a new Template document (or edit an existing one) and click on the "Text" toolbar button.
Now draw a text box. Move it anywhere you want, even on top of other photos or objects.
Type in the text you want.

To rotate the text box use the "Object Geometry" window.

To edit the text use the "Inspector" window under the "Object" panel.

2. Photo Property
There is a lot of information stored within an image file. Portraits & Prints lets you automatically display any of the information directly on the template.
Follow the same steps above for regular text. From the "Inspector" window change the "Field Variant" to "Photo Property". Now you can extract any information from your photos and have it automatically display on the template. Use the Inspector and Object Geometry windows to edit the text.
To get more than one photo property displayed create additional text boxes.

3. User Editable
User Editable text boxes allows you to change the text on the template without editing the template. Click here to read the tip Creating Editable Text Fields to learn how to use this powerful feature.