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Adding Text to Photos

Add a personal caption or label to any photo in your slideshow

What is the Add Text feature?

The Add Text feature lets you attach a custom caption to any individual photo in your slideshow. Once saved, the caption appears as an overlay on that photo every time it comes up - on every device that shows the same slideshow.

It is particularly useful for older photos that lack EXIF metadata, where the automatic date and location overlay has nothing to show. You can add context that would otherwise be lost: who is in the photo, where it was taken, or why it matters.

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How to add text to a photo
  1. Wait for the photo you want to caption to appear on screen.
  2. Tap or click anywhere on the screen to open the settings panel.
  3. Select the Photo tab at the top of the panel.
  4. Tap ✏ Add / Edit Text - a text prompt will appear.
  5. Type your caption and confirm.
  6. Close the settings panel. The caption will now appear overlaid on the photo.

Note: the "Add / Edit Text" button only appears when the slideshow is paused on a specific photo - it will not be visible if you open the panel between transitions. Just wait a moment for a photo to settle on screen before tapping.

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Where the caption is stored

Captions are saved on the pic.ie server and are tied to the specific photo, not to any one device. This means:

  • The caption will appear on all your devices that display the same photo.
  • The caption persists across sessions - you only need to add it once.
  • Captions are associated with your pic.ie account, so they are only visible to your devices.
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Editing or removing a caption

To change an existing caption, follow exactly the same steps as adding one. When the prompt appears, the current caption text will already be pre-filled - simply edit it and save.

To remove a caption entirely, open the prompt, clear the text field so it is blank, and confirm. The overlay will no longer appear on that photo.

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Ideas for captions
  • People: "Gran and Grandad - Christmas 1987"
  • Places: "Machu Picchu, Peru - July 2019"
  • Events: "Siobhán's graduation day"
  • Old photos: Label scanned family photos that have no date or location in their metadata
  • Milestones: "First day of school", "Our new home"
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