Text Behind Image
Create the viral text-behind-subject effect in seconds. AI finds the person or object, and your text slides in behind it, right in your browser.
On-device AI finds the subject in your browser, so the text can go behind it. Nothing is uploaded.
Tip: drag the text directly on the preview.
How to use Text Behind Image
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Upload a photo
Pick a photo with a clear subject: a portrait, a pet, a car, a building or a product. The AI detects it automatically on your device.
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Add and style text
Type your words, choose a font and colour or a quick style, add outline, gradient or glow, and drag the text into place on the preview.
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Download
Export the full-resolution image as PNG, JPG or WEBP, ready for Instagram, YouTube thumbnails, posters and covers.
How the text behind image effect works
The effect places a word between the background and the main subject, so the subject appears to stand in front of the text. Doing this by hand in Photoshop means carefully masking the subject. Here, an AI segmentation model finds the subject for you in a few seconds, and the editor automatically draws every “behind” text layer under it.
Private, on-device AI
The AI model runs entirely in your browser with WebAssembly. Your photo is never uploaded to a server. The model (about 44 MB) downloads the first time you use the tool and is then cached, so it starts much faster next time.
Design options
- Multiple text layers: add a big title behind the subject and a caption in front.
- 11 fonts: Anton, Bebas Neue, Oswald, Archivo Black, Montserrat, Playfair Display, Abril Fatface, Permanent Marker, Pacifico, Lobster and Plus Jakarta Sans.
- Colour: solid colours, gradients with any angle, or outline-only text.
- Effects: outline, drop shadow and neon glow, opacity, letter spacing and line height.
- Position: drag the text on the preview, rotate it, and switch any layer between behind and in front.
- Quick styles: bold title, outline, gradient, elegant serif, neon, marker, lime block and stacked lines.
Tips for the best result
- Choose photos where the subject is clearly separated from the background, with some empty space above or around it.
- Big, heavy fonts such as Anton or Bebas Neue look best, because the subject covers part of the letters.
- Place the text so that the subject overlaps only part of it, so the word stays readable.
- If a little background remains around the edges, adjust Subject edge in the Position tab.
Where to use it
YouTube thumbnails, Instagram and TikTok posts, posters, album and podcast covers, event flyers, travel photos and product shots.