My Mom doesn't have or want a computer. I have been uploading photos to WalMart.com and then having them mailed to her. I'm trying to find out if there is a way to add a caption to the individual photo prior to uploading it to the WalMart website. Already asked WalMart about doing it once it has been uploaded - not possible unless I am creating a book or calendar of the photos.It is difficult to tell Mom about a photo because I can't figure out which photo Mom is looking at. Thanks for your help.

K Charles wrote:Make a book. ???

There are a ton of programs for your computer, as well as apps for your smartphone that can do it. Among them iPhoto, Lightroom, Photoshop, Aperture, Pixelmator, GIMP, just to name a few. If you have a Mac, go to the App Store, and get one of the free or 99 cent apps that can edit photos.

Even Windows paint will do that. Just edit the photo before sending it to WM.

I do it all the time in the "Paint" program.I then upload them to Costco and get them printed with the text on them.Works great.

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Davydd
Explorer
Jul 01, 2013
2012Coleman wrote:
Lorne&Lorraine wrote:
I use this. Simple and easy. I use more powerful software to edit my photos but I find this easier and faster for adding imbedded captions.

Picture Title
Info found on this site: PictureTitle is totally free, a small logo is added to modified pictures, for adding a different logo or adding none, you will need to purchase a license (price is symbolic).

The symbolic price is 17 bucks....

I noticed too that it is for Windows only. On a Mac the Preview app that comes free with the Mac has text caption tools for photos.
2012Coleman
Explorer II
Jul 01, 2013
Lorne&Lorraine wrote:
I use this. Simple and easy. I use more powerful software to edit my photos but I find this easier and faster for adding imbedded captions.

Picture Title
Info found on this site: PictureTitle is totally free, a small logo is added to modified pictures, for adding a different logo or adding none, you will need to purchase a license (price is symbolic).

The symbolic price is 17 bucks....
Lorne_Lorraine
Explorer
Jun 30, 2013
In addition to type, size, color and position (bottom or top of photo, on or off photo) of text with Picture Title I like the ability to batch caption without having to load each picture file individually into a photo editor and retyping the text etc. It remembers the different captions added to different photos during each session so you can quickly select one of them again for the next photo without retyping or you can select and modify. Saves a lot of time and retyping if captioning many photos.
Davydd
Explorer
Jun 30, 2013
K Charles wrote:
Make a book.

Here are sources for making books and having them sent.

Shutterfly.com

If you use a Mac with iPhoto...

iPhoto Books

To me captioning a photo messes the photo up and if you want to narrate more than a title then it really messes a photo up. Books can be composed with text descriptions and a company does the printing and can do the sending for you if you are on the road. Books can be understood by anyone and treasured.
rhingst
Explorer
Jun 30, 2013
Picasa will do it and many, many other things and it's free.
1492
Moderator
Jun 29, 2013
Lorne&Lorraine wrote:
I use this. Simple and easy. I use more powerful software to edit my photos but I find this easier and faster for adding imbedded captions.

Picture Title

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Note that the free version adds a watermark to your photos. It appears to trade editing control over presets for simplicity. Just make sure to select OriginalSize under the Picture Size dropdown menu to avoid additional re-compression, though the app appears to add a little more compression even if set to original size. If you want the best quality, then save the edited photo as .PNG file, a lossless format, but will significantly increase the file size.

As noted, virtually any photo editing app, many available for free, can be used to add text to an image.
Lorne_Lorraine
Explorer
Jun 29, 2013
I use this. Simple and easy. I use more powerful software to edit my photos but I find this easier and faster for adding imbedded captions.

Picture Title
2012Coleman
Explorer II
Jun 28, 2013
OK - try Walgreen then.
2chiefsRus
Explorer
Jun 28, 2013
2012Coleman wrote:
2chiefsRus wrote:
camperpaul wrote:
2chiefsRus wrote:
1492 wrote:
Does she have a DVD player? You can make a photo slideshow with captions and music in WIN 7, and mail her the DVD.
Good suggestion but she won't use the DVD player that I got her. She really likes to have the photos to take with her to show her friends.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I'll be trying them out soon.

You could get her one of these:

It holds 100 photos and charges with a USB charger/port.

I bought one at Office Depot about a year ago and I have only had to recharge it twice.

Thanks for the suggestion but 1.5 inch screen is really too small plus I would have no way to get the photos uploaded to it while I'm traveling.

You can get a full size LED frame that allows you to email photos directly to it. I bought my parents one and email them photos from my phone all the time. Plenty of apps to add captions. Google "digital photo frames email capability"

Good to know that I have been thinking along the same lines as others. I tried an electronic photo frame first but even though she said she liked it, she never looks at it anymore. Just no substitute for a packet of photos that she can put in her purse and take to lunch with the girls and pass around.
2oldman
Explorer II
Jun 28, 2013
2chiefsRus wrote:
she won't use the DVD player that I got her.
I know the feeling. My late father would not use technology of any kind.