Re: how to overlay simple text on JPG image?

>Hi,
>
>I have a large number of JPG files. I would like to superimpose a
>different text banner on each file.  In other words, I'm looking for a
>command like:
>
>% for file in filelist
>      add_text_banner text_banner_text file file_output.jpg
>
>The banner text can be as plain as possible, as long as the font size is
>big enough.
>
>thanks in advance!



For text within the image, you will need to create some text on a 
transparent background (automatically sized to pointsize desired or 
width) using label: or caption:, then composite the text image over 
the background image.

see
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/text/
and
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/compose/

Or if you know exactly where you want the text added, you can use 
-annotate or -draw

see
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/text/
and
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/annotating/

if you just want to add a label outside the bounds of the image, you 
can use montage -label

see
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/montage/#label

These can be done in a loop.