Image compressor
Compress images online and reduce file size while controlling quality. Works in your browser.
Add text to GIF
Add text, captions, and subtitles to animated GIFs. Drag text into place, pick fonts and outlines, and show it on chosen frames.
Drop a GIF, images, or a video here, or click to upload
GIF, WebP, APNG, AVIF, PNG, JPG, MP4, WebM, or a ZIP of frames. Nothing is uploaded — it all runs in your browser.
or paste an image with Ctrl+V
These images have different sizes. How should they fit together?
Untitled
Frames
Drag to reorder · click to preview · delays in milliseconds
Add & select
Selected frames
Tick frames in the grid. With none ticked, the delay applies to every frame.
Crossfade between frames
Video to GIF
MP4, MOV, WebM, and other formats your browser can play.
Up to 60 seconds. Lower frame rates and widths make smaller GIFs.
Clip
Output
GIF to sprite sheet
Sprite sheet to GIF
Resize
Options
Canvas size (no scaling)
New space uses the background from Options.
Crop
Drag on the preview to select an area, then drag the box or its corners to adjust.
Selection (px)
Apply
Rotate
Flip
Custom angle
Animation speed
200% = twice as fast, 50% = half speed
Browsers slow down delays under 20 ms, so the fastest a GIF plays reliably is 50 fps. To go faster, drop frames in Optimize.
Loop count
Pause at the end
Play backwards
Reverse the frame order.
Boomerang & shuffle
Boomerang plays forward then back for a seamless loop.
Extend duration
Makes the GIF longer, e.g. for sites that cap loops
Cut duration
Range
Result
Filter
Changes preview on the current frame. Combine as many as you like, then apply.
Color
Tone
Blur, sharpen & artistic
Distort
Frame & extras
Make a color transparent
Fade in / out
Text layers
Drag text on the preview to move it.
Text
Style
Show on frames
Caption box
Adds a solid bar with text above or below the animation, meme-style.
Style
Colors
Overlay image or logo
PNG with transparency works best. Animated GIFs play along.
Position & size
Timing
Combine GIFs
No second file chosen yet.
Layout
Spacing
Censor areas
Drag on the preview to add boxes over faces, names, or plates. Drag a box to move it; double-click to remove it.
No boxes yet.
Style
Frames
GIF output settings
Used by every GIF download, in any tab.
Compress & compare
Hit a target file size
Reduce frames
Split into frames
Click a frame to download it
Convert & export
Videos don't loop on their own
Result
Pick a format and click Convert.
Animation info
How to use Add text to GIF
Add text to an animated GIF — captions, subtitles, or meme text. Drag the text where you want it on the preview.
- Add as many text layers as you like, each on its own range of frames for subtitles
- Impact and other fonts, outline, shadow, background box, rotation, and opacity
- One click sets up classic meme text at the top and bottom
One editor for every GIF tool
This page is part of a full GIF editor. After you apply a change, switch tabs to keep going — crop, then resize, add text, change the speed, and optimize — without downloading and re-uploading in between. Undo and redo work across every tool, and your animation stays loaded if you open another GIF tool page.
Everything runs in your browser. Your files are never uploaded.
Add text to GIF FAQs
Is Add text to GIF free?
Add text to GIF is a free online tool on ReallyUseful.Tools. No account is required.
Does Add text to GIF run in my browser?
Add text to GIF is designed to run in your browser where supported, so files can stay on your device instead of being uploaded to a server.
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