Hands-on Tutorial

Beginner

3 min

Add text and shapes to an image for social media

Learn to combine photos, shapes, and text to create graphics that will stand out on social. We’ll polish the design with a mask to make a photo pop.

Start with core concepts

This video introduces using customized text and graphic shapes in your designs. 

What you'll learn

Combine images, text, and shapes

Get started with the creative ways you can use images, text, and shapes in Photoshop.

Add text to an image

Add text, and work with the Type layer to customize its size, font, and color.

Add a custom shape

Add a custom shape to a design using the Custom Shape tool.


Presenter and Designer

Gabriela Iancu

Adobe Stock Contributors

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Maksim Shebeko

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Christian Musat

Amaal Said

September 7, 2022

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