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Add any shape with a single click

Customize arrows, lines, circles, and callouts — free, no download required

Point, highlight, and annotate any image instantly

Create polished, attention-grabbing visuals without tedious editing using Kapwing's free Add Shape to Image tool. Every arrow, line, circle, and icon is vector-based, so graphics stay crisp at any size and export cleanly in HD.

Add text and shapes to JPG and PNG images with a single click, then customize color, stroke, aspect ratio, and size. Effortlessly add animations or transitions, adjust opacity, or turn shapes transparent.

Because everything runs online and stays editable, you can revise, restyle, and update your graphics anytime, from any device.

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Everything you need in one online editing studio

Kapwing is built for fast, flexible creation for individuals, global teams, and large-scale businesses. Add callouts and arrows to grab attention, then layer on text overlays, animations, and effects for tutorials, demos, thumbnails, and social content — all in one editor.

Create, update, and reuse assets in one place, perfect for producing content across multiple platforms without switching tools.

Simplify teamwork with shared workspaces, collaborative editing, and real-time feedback. Save fonts, shapes, and images to your Brand Kit for instant use in any project.

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●Thoughtfully Unique

What's different about Kapwing?

Six reasons creators stay in flow: faster edits, smarter tools, and collaboration that actually keeps projects moving.

Easy

Start creating immediately with thousands of templates and copyright free videos, images, music, and GIFs. Repurpose content from the internet by pasting a link.

Free

Kapwing is completely free to start. Just upload a video and start editing. Supercharge your editing workflow with our powerful online tools.

Collaborative

Quickly review and share feedback with your team using real-time comments in shared workspaces. Save assets to your Brand Kit for easy access.

Online

Kapwing is cloud based, which means your videos are wherever you are. Use it on any device and access your content anywhere in the world.

No spam or ads

We don't serve ads: we're committed to building a quality, trustworthy website. And we will never spam you nor sell your information to anyone.

AI-Powered

Kapwing uses the latest advanced AI models to power generative AI and one-click editing tools.

●Step by Step

How to Add Shapes to Images

Step 1
Upload image
Open a new project in the Kapwing studio and upload your image.
Step 2
Add shape
Click "Visuals" in the left sidebar, then scroll down to "Shapes." Click to add any shape to your image.
Step 3
Customize
Customize the size, color, position, and aspect ratio of your shapes. Then click "Export Project" to download your image.

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It just works!

Kapwing is incredibly intuitive. Many of our marketers were able to get on the platform and use it right away with little to no instruction. No need for downloads or installations - it just works.

Eunice Park

Studio Production Manager at Formlabs

With Kapwing, we're always ready to create.

Kapwing is an essential tool that we use in MOXIE Nashville every day. As a social media agency owner, there's a variety of video needs that my clients have. From adding subtitles to resizing videos for various platforms, Kapwing makes it possible for us to create incredible content that consistently exceeds client expectations. With Kapwing, we're always ready to create - from anywhere!

Vannesia Darby

CEO at MOXIE Nashville

Spend less time learning... and more time crafting stories.

Kapwing helps you spend less time learning complex video editing platforms and more time crafting stories that will connect with your audience and customers. We've used the platform to help create engaging social media clips from our clients' podcasts and we can't wait to see how the platform simplifies this process going forward. If you've learned graphic design with Canva, you can learn video editing with Kapwing.

Grant Taleck

Co-Founder at AuthentIQMarketing.com

It keeps getting better!

Kapwing is probably the most important tool for me and my team. It’s always there to meet our everyday needs in creating scroll-stopping and engaging videos for us and our clients. Kapwing is smart, fast, easy to use and full of features that are exactly what we need to make our workflow faster and more effective. We love it more each day and it keeps getting better.

Panos Papagapiou

Managing Partner at EPATHLON

By the far the most user friendly software to use.

As a housewife at home looking to start a YouTube channel for fun with absolutely zero editing experience, it was so easy for me to teach myself via their YouTube channel. It takes the tediousness out of editing and encourages creativity. As long as Kapwing is around, I will be using their software.

Kerry-lee Farla

Youtuber

Kapwing is my secret weapon!

This is one of the most powerful, yet inexpensive and easy-to-use video editing software I've found. I blow my team away with how fast and efficiently I can edit and turnaround video projects.

Gracie Peng

Director of Content

Kapwing is king.

When I use this software, I feel all sorts of creative juices flowing because of how jam-packed with features the software really is. A very well-made product that will keep you enticed for hours.

Martin James

Video Editor

Love this site.

As an English Foreign Language Teacher, this site helps me to quickly subtitle interesting videos that I can use in class. The students love the videos, and the subtitles really help them to learn new vocabulary as well as better understand and follow the video.

Heidi Rae

Education

Excellent subtitling features

[It] works perfectly for me. Have been using Kapwing for a year or so, and their automatic subtitle tool gets better and better every week, it's rare that I have to correct a word. Keep up the good work!

Natasha Ball

Consultant

Best online video service ever. And a miracle for deaf people.

[Subtitler] is able to autogenerate subtitles for video in almost any language. I'm deaf (or almost deaf, to be correct) and thanks to Kapwing I'm now able understand and react on videos from my friends :)

Mitch Rawlings

Information Services Freelancer

This tool should be in every social media account managers' bookmark list.

I use this daily to help with video editing. Even if you're a pro video editor, there is no need to be spending hours trying to get the format correct. Kapwing does the hard work for you.

Dina Segovia

Virtual Freelance Worker

●Just the FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

We have answers to the most common questions that our users ask.

Is Kapwing's Add Shape to Image tool free?

Yes, Kapwing's Add Shape to Image tool is free for all users.

Is there a watermark on exports?

If you use Kapwing on a Free account, then all exports — including the Add Shape to Image tool — contain a watermark. Once you upgrade to a Pro account, the watermark is completely removed from your creations.

Do I need design skills to add shapes to my pictures?

No, Kapwing's editing studio is designed for anyone, from beginners to professional designers and content creators. To add text and shapes to pictures, just use the one-click tools. Then resize and move with your mouse, and try different colors, borders and fills.

What kinds of shapes can I add?

Kapwing's Add Shape to Image tool offers a wide range of shapes, including dozens of styles of circles, arrows, lines, and rectangles. There are also a range of useful icons and logos, as well as common shapes like hearts, speech bubbles, rockets, stars, check marks, and thumbs up. Add arrows or circles to images, then turn them transparent, adjust the colors, or tweak the aspect ratio, all in the same online tool.

Can I use Kapwing to edit my images in other ways?

Yes, the Add Shapes tool is built into Kapwing's full image and video editing studio, where you can use an extensive range of image tools. It is also connected to Kapwing's AI assistant, where you can use simple prompts to generate and edit images, audio, and video.

Can I add shapes to images on my phone?

Yes, you can use the Add Shape to Image tool on mobile, including iPhone and Android. Just open the Kapwing studio on your mobile browser, then click to upload your image and add any shape.