GifText

Add animated text to GIFs for meme creation. Track text labels on moving subjects with keyframe-based animation and smooth interpolation.

The only actively maintained desktop app for animated GIF text editing.

Features

• Keyframe Animation - Position, size, opacity, rotation, and color all animatable per-frame with smooth ease-in-out interpolation
• On-Canvas Editing - Click to select text, drag to reposition, drag corner handle to resize
• Onion Skinning - Ghost previous frame to track moving subjects
• Multiple Text Layers - Color-coded with individual timing controls
• Layer Timeline - Visual bars with keyframe diamonds and playhead
• Fade In/Out - Per-layer entry and exit animations
• Meme Presets - Classic Meme, Modern Clean, Subtitle, Bold Impact, Neon
• Background Box - Semi-transparent subtitle-style background
• Undo/Redo - Full 50-level undo history (Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y)
• Project Save/Load - Resume work later with .giftext project files
• Multi-Format Export - GIF, WebP (with alpha), PNG sequence
• Zoom & Pan - Ctrl+wheel to zoom, middle-click to pan
• Drag & Drop - Drop GIF files directly onto the canvas
• Playback Speed - 0.25x to 4x preview speed
• Recent Files - Quick access to previously opened GIFs
• Multi-Line Text - Full text area with line break support

Quick Start

python GifText.py

Dependencies (auto-installed on first run):

• Python 3.10+
• PyQt6
• Pillow

Workflow Example: Labeling People in a GIF

1. Load your GIF (or drag & drop it)
2. Add text layers - one per person/object
3. Type names in the text panel
4. Drag each name above its subject on frame 1
5. Mousewheel on canvas to step forward ~10 frames
6. Drag names to follow movement (keyframes auto-created)
7. Repeat until the end - interpolation fills the gaps smoothly
8. Export as GIF, WebP, or PNG sequence

Controls

Tech Stack

• Python / PyQt6 for the GUI
• Pillow for GIF I/O and export rendering
• Single file, zero config, auto-installs dependencies

License

MIT