Google Photos Can’t Add Text to Photos … or Can It?

I LOVE it! Up until now, if I wanted text on a picture that is in my Google Photos, I either needed to go thru Google Drive (see this member video 434.Google Photos and Watermarks) or download the pictures to my computer and use Picasa, then re-upload the picture.

Now, I can just use Google Photos – meaning I have access to any of my 50,000 pictures over my lifetime – then use the 3-dot menu to “Edit in Snapseed.” As you can see in the examples above, there are a lot of options on the text tool. When I’m done, it takes me back to Google Photos. If I’m using an Android device, I need to be sure the Snapseed device folder is being uploaded – on an iPhone/iPad that is not necessary.

We demonstrated this in our “What Does This Button Do?” show last week. Here is a direct link to the part where we show Snapseed.

Watch this video portion of our What Does this Button Do Show:

1. Adding Text to a Photo with Google Photos & Snapseed

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Chris Guld is President and Teacher-in-Chief at GeeksOnTour.com. She has been in computer training and support since 1983 and owned a Computer Training Center called Computer Savvy from 1983-1996. She was one of the first WordPerfect Certified trainers in 1986; President of the International Computer Training Association in 1993; Author of the Beginner’s Guide to Picasa and the PicasaGeeks.com website. She is now a Top Contributor for the Google Photos Forum and owner of the LearnGooglePhotos.com blog. She loves to teach! If you want to learn, you’ve come to the right place.