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How to make a personal photo quote card on Mac

Make a photo quote card from a built-in layout, replace the sample words with your message, and keep the result editable on your Mac.

4 stepsUpdated Nov 12, 2026Get Photo Text Editor - Add Effect
What you'll achieve
You will have a personal message arranged over the Golden Confetti photograph.
What you need
  • Photo Text Editor – Add Effect installed on your Mac.
  • A short message or quote you want to personalize.
Personal photo quote card with the committed Community Team message over warm bokeh lights in Photo Text Editor on Mac.

Create a personal quote card with a real photo and your own words. Photo Text Editor – Add Effect includes editable starters, so you can choose a layout and replace its text without rebuilding the design. This example uses the Golden Confetti starter and a short message attributed to the Community Team.

  1. 1.Open the photo starter gallery

    Open the four-square layout button in the toolbar. In Start with a layout, find the Golden Confetti starter with warm lights and a dark background.

    Photo Text Editor layout chooser showing the Golden Confetti starter among editable photo layouts.
    Photo Text Editor layout chooser showing the Golden Confetti starter among editable photo layouts.
  2. 2.Choose Golden Confetti

    Select Golden Confetti. The starter opens on the Editor canvas with a photograph and editable sample lettering.

    Golden Confetti photograph open on the editing canvas with its original editable sample quote.
    Golden Confetti photograph open on the editing canvas with its original editable sample quote.
  3. 3.Replace the starter message

    Select the text on the canvas and use Edit Text. In Text Editing, replace the starter words with your own message, including line breaks and an attribution. Check the layout before applying the change.

    Text Editing panel containing the new Community Team message while the text layer is selected on the photo.
    Text Editing panel containing the new Community Team message while the text layer is selected on the photo.
  4. 4.Commit your text and review the card

    Click Commit to apply the message. Review the words against the photograph. The text remains a separate editable layer; select it and use Edit Text if you want to revise it.

    Finished personal quote card over the Golden Confetti photo, with the applied message remaining selected for further editing.
    Finished personal quote card over the Golden Confetti photo, with the applied message remaining selected for further editing.

After the last step

The words remain an editable text layer so you can revise the composition before saving or exporting it.

Tips

  • Use short lines and an attribution to make the message easier to read over the photo.

  • Try other starters in the layout gallery if a different photograph works better with your words.

  • Save the editable .quotegraphic project to return to your design later; a PNG export is a separate finished image.

  • Watch outThis walkthrough completes the editable card but does not save or export a file. Save your project before closing if you want to keep it.

  • Watch outEach design uses one photo, and image export is PNG only.