As @tsuji_koichi already published, I think the trick of displaying text overlay on an image is very popular.
I tried a similar trick using Cloudinary (@LeventK seems to like it too ).
Preparation before working with AppSheet
Upload your images to Cloudinary.
I won’t go into details, but Cloudinary allows you to do various image manipulations on demand by setting the URL parameters as follows
Original Image URL
https://res.cloudinary.com/tmiyai/image/upload/v1612613900/ghibli/mononoke046.jpg
Custom Image URL
https://res.cloudinary.com/tmiyai/image/upload/l_v1612613900:black_bar,g_south,w_1.0,h_0.1,fl_relative,o_50,y_30/g_south,l_text:montserrat_80:AppSheet,y_40,co_rgb:CCCCCC/v1612613900/ghibli/mononoke046.jpg
Setting up in AppSheet
If you’re an AppSheet Developer, you’ve probably figured out the trick the moment you saw Cloudinary’s custom URL
You can create a variety of images by simply configuring the VC according to Cloudinary’s syntax
ex)
"https://res.cloudinary.com/tmiyai/image/upload/"&
IFS([isShowBackground], [BackgroundOption]) &
"c_fit,g_"&[Text_position]&
",l_text:"&[Font]&"_"&[FontSize]&
":"&ENCODEURL([Subtitle])&
",y_"&[Text_y]&",co_"&[FontColor]&
"/v1612613900/ghibli/"&[Image]. [File Name].
If you are interested, you can create a subtitle with the sample application to see how it works.
https://www.appsheet.com/samples/Sample-App?appGuidString=88c65761-0a53-4315-83d4-88f21c11a62d
Finally, Thanks to Studio Ghibli for the great Image!
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[Add text as layer to Image - Free API service](https://community.appsheet.com/t/add-text-as-layer-to-image-free-api-service/26894/) Tips & Tricks ?
Another free API and easy to handle to add “text” over image we capture through the app. https://textoverimage.moesif.com/#documentation Possible use case could be add date/time at the corner of image as indication when (possibly where) the image was captured. It is bit nostalgic now but we place the date or datetime to the coner of the image like the film camera did in old days… Add dynamic title and subtitle to own image as background / banner etc. How to use? …