Everyone is having fun creating visual content: picture quotes and postcards are everywhere. Tools abound, all promising to make it easy. But making do it yourself visual content look professional is not so easy… Here’s how to combine pictures and text for professional looking visual content.

2. Everyone is having fun with visual content: picture quotes and
postcards are everywhere!

3. But making do it yourself stuff look professional is not so
easy…

4. You have 3 seconds to grab attention - or lose it!

5. Here’s how to create magic!

6. Place text in a non-busy part of the image. And make sure the
image illustrates the message. It’s not there to just look pretty.

7. Another image that amplifies the message. Notice the black
box that makes reading the text easier.

8. Text boxes can help separate the words from the image. Again
notice how the image and text support each other.

9. The poster look sometimes works well when adding text to a
busy image.

10. The less text the better! White space frames your message
and allows it to breathe.

11. Can your text become part of the image, instead of
merely being plastered on top of it?

12. A dark, plain sky is sometimes a good place for text.

13. Keep things simple, unexpected and arresting!

14. Use images that appeal to emotions!