Adding captions to photos and videos
From Phanfare Support
Phanfare provides a number of easy ways for you to add captions to your photos and videos. We also let you add captions to photos automatically. Captions can be up to 2,000 characters and can include HTML.
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If you use Microsoft Windows
Add captions with the image editing screen (photos only)
- Open Phanfare and choose an album containing a photo you wish to caption.
- Double click the thumbnail of the photo you wish to caption.
- In the photo editing screen that appears, add a caption in the text field labeled "Caption".
- Press "Save".
- You can use the "Next" and "Back" arrows in the tool bar to caption additional photos.
Add captions using the image properties screen (photos and videos)
- Open the Phanfare application and choose an album containing a photo you wish to caption.
- Right-click the thumbnail of the photo or video you wish to caption and select "Properties".
- In the properties screen that appears, add a caption in the text field labeled "Caption".
- Press "OK".
Add captions with the turbo-caption (photos and videos)
This is the fastest way to write captions when you want to add captions to more than one photo or video.
- Open the Phanfare application and choose an album containing photos you wish to caption.
- Select the "Tools -> Caption Images..." menu, or press the "Caption images" button in the toolbar, or press F2. (If the Caption button isn't visible on the toolbar, stretch the application window to make it wider.)
- In the screen that comes up, enter text next to each photo or video that you want to add a caption to.
- Use the tab key to quickly move between items. (Press Shift and Tab at the same time to move backwards.)
- Press "Save".
Note: You can use turbo-caption on a subset of the photos and videos in an album by highlighting just the items you are interested in before selecting the "Caption Images..." menu.
Tell at a glance whether a photo or video has a caption
You can tell whether you have captioned a particular photo or video by looking for the caption icon at the top left of each thumbnail in your albums. And you can view the caption by hovering your mouse over the thumbnail for one second. An information bubble appears with the filename, caption if present, and date of photo, if known.
If you use a Mac
Add captions with the image editing screen (photos only)
- Open Phanfare Photo and choose an album containing a photo you wish to caption.
- Double click the thumbnail of the photo you wish to caption.
- In the photo editing screen that appears, add a caption in the text field underneath the photo.
- Press "Save".
- You can use the "Next" and "Back" arrows in the toolbar to caption additional photos.
Add captions with the turbocaption screen (photos and videos)
This is the fastest way to write captions when you want to add captions to more than one photo or video.
- Open Phanfare Photo and choose an album containing photos you wish to caption.
- Select the "Album -> Caption Images..." menu, or press the "Caption" button on the toolbar.
- In the screen that comes up, enter text next to each photo or video that you want to add a caption to.
- Use the tab key to quickly move between items.
- Press "Done".
Tell at a glance whether a photo or video has a caption
You can tell whether you have captioned a particular photo or video by looking for the caption icon at the top left of each thumbnail in your albums. And you can view the caption by hovering your mouse over the thumbnail for one second.
