How to Create Annotated Images for Social Media and Blog Posts – Painlessly

Every message needs an image, preferably annotated, but here’s the rub: the image must be owned or licensed, and if you’re busy, you don’t want to waste time finding and annotating it!

Fortunately for us, you can find a licensed image and annotate it in no time at all, using:

• Pixelied – offers a full suite of image editing tools, and a very generous free tier and competively priced premium tier!
• Snappa – powerful and easy to use (the image in this post was created on Snappa). The Snappa editor is free for the first several images, and then a monthly fee is required ($15 per month or $10 if paid annually).
• Canva – Canva offers a free editor, but many of the images must be purchased for $1 (very reasonable)
• Pablo (by Buffer) – a free editor for use with images and text overlays (simpler than the above)
• Placeit – for device, apparel, and digital mockups

These platforms (except Placeit) boast large image libraries and templates, along with both free and premium-tier features.

I will elaborate when I find some time, but in the meantime, please check these out!