There are a myriad of new apps being launched which allow creative freedom to insert graphics and text onto both still photographs and video. Given the trend towards consumption of content via autoplay on Facebook and Twitter timelines, then these apps could make the difference in terms of grabbing the attention of audiences in various formats and platforms.
Want to create stop-motion text graphics or recreate your own (mini) version of the Star Wars opening credits? Then try Fontspiration
Font Candy lets you put a range of text and artwork on your images. Also allows you to blur the background image for dramatic effect.
Want to turn your story into a cartoon image or even a cartoon strip? Look no further than Halftone 2
The tiny amount of effort in using Legend compared to the quality of the finished product is remarkable. Turn your photos into animated gifs with a range of different styles before publishing to social media
Type A is a brilliant concept to counter the 140 character limitations of Twitter, but also to link your comments to your photo in one image. Very easy to use.
Gravie does to video what so many of these other apps do to photographs – i.e. adds text or images (think graphics and/or branding), thus transforming your original content
Phonto is another app for text on photographs, but provides much more control over the finer detail, as well as providing a much wider range of fonts
Over is an exciting new app that allows you to add images, text or artwork on top of your original image. It allows powerful results in short periods of time – great for breaking news or events and branding alike.
Thinglink is a brilliant concept that allows you to create an interactive image which includes additional embedded information – either as static text boxes, or as hyper-links to other content
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