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01 / Storefront lettering
A new name. Same place.
Rename a cafe sign in a generated street scene. Compare the lettering, perspective and surrounding frame.
Photos, not just artwork
Edit Text in a Photo
Update words on a photographed sign, label, or package. Start with the photo you have.
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How do you edit text in a photo?
Upload the photograph, and a scan marks the words it can read in it. Click the ones you want changed, correct anything the scan misread, and type the replacement. The tool redraws that part of the image so the new wording carries the same lettering, colour and lighting as the words it replaces.
Photographs are harder than artwork, and it is worth knowing why before you start. In a poster the type is flat, evenly lit and rendered digitally. On a photo the same words might be lit from one side, slightly out of focus, printed on a curved surface, or shot at an angle. All of that has to be reproduced, not just the letterforms.
So this page does not promise that any photograph will work. It tells you which ones usually do, which ones usually do not, and gives you a way to find out for free before you commit anything. **Every result is presented for your approval — this is assisted editing, not an automatic service.**
Storefront lettering
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This is an archived evaluation result, not a guarantee for every image. Inspect spelling, lettering and surrounding details before confirming your own result.
Changing the wording on a photographed sign or label
Three steps. Nothing to install, no source file needed.
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Upload the photo
Drop in a JPG, PNG or WebP straight from a camera or phone. A scan finds the readable words and boxes each one. Words that are too small, too blurred or too low-contrast may not be found — you can draw a box around them yourself.
- 2
Retype the words
Click a box and type the replacement. Keeping the new wording close in length to the old one gives a noticeably better result on photographs, because the tool does not have to re-space the line as much.
- 3
Look closely, then decide
Check the letter edges, lighting and details around the edited text. Photographed text may need closer review. You can use the remaining retries within the task at no extra credit cost; choosing not to download does not refund generation.
Which photos this works on
Photographs vary far more than artwork does, so the honest answer is: some, and here is how to tell which.
Usually works
- Printed signage shot roughly straight on, in even light
- Product labels, packaging and menu boards with machine-printed type
- Shopfront signs where the lettering is flat against the wall or board
- Photos where the words are large enough to read comfortably at 100%
Usually does not
- Hand-painted or weathered signage, and any handwriting
- Letters wrapped around a curve, a bottle, or a strongly angled surface
- Words in deep shadow, blown-out highlights, or heavy motion blur
- Neon, embossed, engraved and other lettering defined by depth rather than ink
- Text small enough that you have to zoom in to read it — if the scan cannot read it cleanly, neither can the model
Check the letter edges, lighting and details around the edited text. Photographed text may need closer review. You can use the remaining retries within the task at no extra credit cost; choosing not to download does not refund generation.
Questions people actually ask
About editing text in a photograph rather than in artwork.
Try it on the photo you actually have.
One edit, no account. If the result is not good enough, do not confirm it — it costs you nothing.
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