As we all know, one picture is worth a thousand words but putting a little bit of text to your pictures is a great selling tool, whether you're a Realtor using them for the Multiple or a Stager using them to market your business. Per request I'm including instructions for adding text with or without a border to photos. It's a very simple way to get your point across quickly and can pay off big time whether you're trying to sell a house ... or sell yourself!
Open image in Photoshop. With black as the selected foreground color drag a rectangle across the lower part of the image that is no more than one sixth the total height of the photo so that you don't lose too much of the actual image.
Create a new layer for text and with white as the selected text color enter text in the border area. Select a font size that is large enough to fill most of the border area without seeping into the image.
To create a photo caption without a border, simply open the image, create a new layer and use the text tool to type across the top or bottom of the image. Depending on the shade of the background color chose whether black or white text looks best.
Be sure to save images as both .psd files and .jpg files. The .psd files can be edited later but the MLS will only upload photos that are in a .jpg format.
Another way to achieve the same photo caption result without using Photoshop software is to open the image in another photo editing program and create a textbox along the bottom edge of the photo. Either fill the textbox with black, or give it a transparent fill. Be sure to center the text in the textbox and format the box so that it doesn't have borders around it.
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