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Level up your GIF by adding impactful text elements. Make your GIFs speak volumes!

Add text to GIF

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Create a GIF and Add Text in Seconds!

Adding text to your GIFs brings a new level of engagement and storytelling. Whether you want to convey a message, highlight a key point, or add a touch of humor, text overlays can make your GIFs more impactful and memorable.

With PlayPlay's video creation tool, create stunning GIFs in seconds and customize them with text that perfectly complements the visual content. Choose from a variety of fonts, styles, sizes, and colors to match your branding and create a desired aesthetic. Position and animate the text with ease, ensuring that it grabs attention and enhances the overall viewing experience. From social media posts to presentations, elevate your GIF game with PlayPlay's easy-to-use text overlay feature.

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How to Add Text To a GIF

1 Upload your GIF to PlayPlay
Import the GIF, videos or images of your choice by choosing them from your files or drag and drop them into the platform. You can also select from a range of GIFs in our royalty-free library.
2 Add text to your GIF
Add the text that fits your visual elements, choose the font, size and colors in just a few clicks.
3Customize your GIF
Add emojis and more dynamic elements to make your GIF stand out. Resize, crop and adjust the length in seconds.
4Download and share your GIF
‍Download your video as a GIF and share it with your community on your social media, website, platforms and more.

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Relate with Your Audience Through Animated GIFs

Add text overlays to support your moving visuals and effectively convey your message and evoke emotions. Change the text color, size, position, font, and more. Take complete control over the visual impact of your message. Make your text stand out, emphasize key points, and ensure optimal readability. Let your words shine with PlayPlay's various text customization options for GIFs.

Select the Right Font to Convey Emotion

Selecting the perfect text font is essential in telling a captivating story and effectively conveying your message. With PlayPlay's collection of text fonts, choose a font that aligns with the tone and theme of your GIF as well as your brand. From bold and attention-grabbing fonts to elegant and subtle choices, PlayPlay offers a range of options to add personality and depth to your GIFs.

Make your GIFs more impactful and memorable

Customize Your GIFs to Get Your Message Across

Take your GIFs to the next level and make them truly stand out with PlayPlay's GIF customization features. From resizing and cropping to adding dynamic elements, the possibilities are endless. Adjust the size of your GIFs to fit different platforms, crop and focus on the most important elements to ensure maximum impact, add dynamic elements like text, stickers, and animations to inject personality and engage your audience.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Have questions? We’re here to help.

How can I add text to an existing GIF?

You can easily add text to an existing GIF by using a video editor such as PlayPlay. With our platform, as well as adding text to your GIF, you can also get full control over all aspects of the text, from the font used to the placement and positioning of the text on the screen. PlayPlay also provides a timeline that allows you to easily add text in any frame for animated GIFs.

How can I edit a GIF online for free?

You can edit GIFs free for 7 days with PlayPlay. During the trial you’ll have access to all our features and templates for making GIF videos from existing footage or completely from scratch. Once you’re done editing your GIF, you can export and share it with your community on your preferred platforms and channels.

How can I add floating text to a GIF?

It’s simple to add floating text to existing GIFs with an online tool like PlayPlay. You can simply add text elements, by choosing color, font, size and position on our platform. Use the timeline feature to choose when the text should appear to convey your message in the most impactful way.

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