Design
Pick a background image, type your message over it, and download the result — for flyers, announcements, or anything general-purpose.
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Your message
Pick a background image first.
A notice people actually read
Most flyers and announcements fail for the same reason: too many words, in a spot on the image where nobody can read them. This tool is deliberately simple. One photo, one message, placed where you want it. That constraint is most of what makes a notice work.
Picking a size
The photo is cropped from the center to fill whichever size you choose, so a wide landscape photo loses its sides on a portrait layout. Check the preview after switching sizes, and pick a photo whose subject sits near the middle.
Making the message readable
Find the quiet part of the photo. Sky, a plain wall, an out-of-focus background. Text over a busy area is the most common reason a design looks amateur, and it's fixed by dragging the message a few inches.
Choose the color by contrast, not taste. White on a dark area, black on a light one. The yellow, red and blue work best for a single word or a short date on a plain background. A soft shadow is added to the text when you download, which helps it stand off the photo.
Keep it to one line. The message is set as a single line, so a short phrase works best: Office closed Friday, Grand opening, June 12. Put the details, like the address and times, in the email or post that goes with it.
Size for the farthest reader. For a printed flyer on a notice board, go large. A message you can read from across a room is doing its job.
Printing the flyer
Download the Flyer (US Letter) size, open the PNG and print it at actual size or fit to page. Most home and office printers can't print to the very edge, so leave a little room around your message rather than pushing it into a corner.
About the photos
Backgrounds come from Pexels, a library of free stock photos, and searching them needs a free ABCcount account. Pexels photos can be used for free, including for a business, and the license doesn't require a credit, though the photographer is named under your preview if you'd like to give one. The license does ask that identifiable people in a photo aren't shown in a bad light or as endorsing something they didn't.
Posting it on Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn? The social media version has the exact size for each platform, including stories.
Social media sizes →Questions
What file do I get?
A PNG at exactly the size you chose. PNG keeps text edges crisp, which matters more than file size for a notice.
None of the photos fit. What now?
Try a broader or more literal search: desk rather than productivity. Or describe the scene you want to the image generator.
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