Complete the picture.
Add text to your photos.

What if your picture could tell a story? Add a creative lift to your photos with text. Share a message, personalize a photo, or add a storyline to a meaningful image. With CorelDRAW’s photo editing tools, users can add text to images quickly and easily.

Complete the picture. Add text to your photos

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How to add text to photos in CorelDRAW

Open or upload your photo in CorelDRAW

1. Open or upload your photo in CorelDRAW

Open CorelDRAW and upload your photo. If you’re not a user of CorelDRAW, you can try a free trial of CorelDRAW for 15 days.

Select the Text tool

2. Select the Text tool

Start by adding the type and length of text you want to add to your photos. You can apply more advanced characteristics to your text, such as sizing, font angle, location, etc.

Pick a spot

3. Pick a spot

Choose the spot in your photo where you would like to begin adding the text.

Type your text

4. Type your text

Once you’ve decided what you want to say, you can choose how you want to say it. You can change the font type, size, color, and text placement.

Apply and save

5. Apply and save

If you’re satisfied with the appearance and location of your text, apply it to the photo and save it. You’re now ready to share your updated photo with text.

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Expand your font capabilities

Expand your font capabilities

As you become more comfortable with the font tools in CorelDRAW, you can customize your text with signature touches. Variable fonts allow you to modify the angle, weight, and width of the font so you can achieve multiple looks from a single font.

Manage fonts

Manage fonts

As you’re busy adding text to your photos, you don’t want to waste time searching for your favorite fonts or worrying if they’ll install properly. In CorelDRAW, you can seamlessly organize and manage your fonts. What’s more, you can use your favorite fonts without needing to install them

Experiment with typography tools

Experiment with typography tools

CorelDRAW includes a complete collection of typography tools that allows you to try new things with text. These tools can add next-level effects like block shadows, contours, and more when incorporating text into photos.

FAQs

The simple answer is to use the Text tool included in CorelDRAW.

Once you’ve mastered the basics, you can explore more advanced tools like font effects, font management, and font manipulation.

How do I paste text into CorelDRAW?

Use the Text tool to place the cursor inside the text frame where you want to import the text. Next, import the file. During the importing and pasting step, you can choose to keep or discard the current fonts and formatting.

How do I edit a photo in CorelDRAW?

Follow these simple steps:

CorelDRAW includes a professional photo editor, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, which includes a collection of tools for basic and advanced image editing.

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Tell the complete story by adding text to your images