Add your name and a date to a photo
Some application forms want the candidate's name, and the date the photo was taken or a date of birth, printed on the photograph itself. Type them here and they are set in black on a white strip at the foot of the picture.
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How to use the name and date tool
Add the photo, type the name and the date exactly as your form asks, and choose whether the white strip goes below the photo or over its bottom edge. The text is printed in black, centred, and the picture downloads ready for the next step.
- Add your photoA passport-style photo with space below the chin works best.
- Type the name and the dateWrite them exactly as the form asks, including the date format.
- Choose the strip and downloadBelow the photo, or over its bottom edge.
About this tool
The usual form of this requirement is a white band across the bottom of the photo with the name on one line and the date on the next. This page produces exactly that: black text, centred, on a white strip, sized to the photo. If you fill in only one of the two fields, the strip is made shallower and carries one line.
You choose whether the strip is added below the photo, which keeps the whole picture and makes it taller, or laid over its bottom edge, which keeps the size and covers the lowest part. Which one a form wants depends on the form, as does the wording, the date format and the final pixel size. Read its notice, and resize afterwards if it sets dimensions.
What you get
- Name and date in black on a white strip
- One line or two, sized to the photo
- Strip below the photo or over its bottom edge
- Long names shrink to fit the width
- Nothing is uploaded
When to use the name and date tool
Recruitment and exam applications
Notices that ask for the candidate's name and the date of the photograph on the picture are met with a strip like this one.
Photos for records and ID files
A school, a club or an employer keeping photographs on file can have each one carry the person's name.
Dated progress pictures
Before-and-after or month-by-month photos stay in order when each has its date printed beneath it.
Labelled prints
A name under each portrait saves writing on the back of every print for a team sheet or a yearbook.
What the strip looks like
| You fill in | Strip height | Below the photo | Over the bottom edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name only | 12% of the photo's height | Picture grows by 12% | Bottom 12% covered |
| Date only | 12% of the photo's height | Picture grows by 12% | Bottom 12% covered |
| Name and date | 20% of the photo's height | Picture grows by 20% | Bottom 20% covered |
| Neither | No strip | Photo shown unchanged | Photo shown unchanged |
How it works
The strip is a white band the full width of the photo. Its height is 12% of the photo's height for one line and 20% for two, and each line of text is set in a bold sans-serif (Arial or its equivalent on your device) at about three quarters of the height available to it, in black, centred. A name too long for the width is reduced in size until it fits with a small margin either side, so nothing is cut off.
With the strip below, the canvas is extended downwards and the photo is copied in unchanged above it. With the strip over the bottom edge, the photo is cut at the top of the strip and the band takes the place of what was there, so the outside dimensions are the same as before. The text is printed exactly as typed: no capitals are added and no date is reformatted, because forms differ on both.
Common problems and how to fix them
- The strip hides part of my face or shoulders
- Choose "Below the photo", which covers nothing. If the form fixes the photo's size so the strip has to be inside it, start from a photo with more space under the chin, or crop less tightly.
- The form rejects the dimensions
- Adding a strip below changes the height. Either use "Over the bottom edge", or resize the result to the required pixels with the Image Resizer.
- The name is printed very small
- It was too long for the width at full size and has been reduced to fit. Use the form of your name the notice asks for; if initials are allowed they will print larger.
- The file is too large for the upload limit
- Finish here first, then reduce the file with a compress-to-size page such as Compress Image to 50KB.
Frequently asked questions
Which date should I enter: the date of the photo or my date of birth?
Whichever the form you are filling in asks for. Many recruitment notices want the date the photograph was taken; some want a date of birth. This page prints what you type, in the format you type it, so copy the form's wording and date format exactly.
Will a photo made here be accepted by my exam or job portal?
This page cannot promise that. It is not an official tool of any organisation. It prints a name and a date on a white strip, which is the usual form of the requirement, but each notice sets its own rules for wording, position, photo size and file size, and they change. Check the current notice for your form.
Should the strip go below the photo or over it?
Below keeps your whole photo and makes the picture taller, so its shape changes. Over the bottom edge keeps the size and shape and hides the lowest part of the photo, usually the chest. If the form sets exact dimensions, "over the bottom edge" keeps them; otherwise "below" loses nothing.
How do I get the exact pixel and KB size a form wants?
Add the name and date here first, then put the result through a sizing tool. The Kerala PSC page prints the strip and sets the size in one step; for other forms use the Image Resizer and then a compress-to-size page.
What date format should I use?
The one in your form's instructions, typed exactly: for example 12-05-2026 or 12/05/2026. This page does not change what you type.
Can the strip be a different colour, or the text larger?
No. The strip is white and the text black, sized to the strip, which is what forms that ask for this specify. For free text in any colour, size and position, use Add Text to Image.