What is the Meme Generator?
It's a fast online image maker that lets you add custom resizable text, images, and much more to templates. People often use the generator to customize established memes, such as those found in LockEmUp's growing collection of meme templates. You can also upload your own templates or start from scratch with empty templates.
How to make a meme
- Choose a template. Use the popular LOCK EM UP template, search through the template picker, or hit “Upload new template” to upload your own image from your device. For designing from scratch, start with the Blank tile.
- Add customizations. Add top and bottom text, change the font color and outline, and use the buttons beside your meme canvas to add stickers, drawings, or spacing.
- Create and share. Hit “Generate” and then choose how to share and save your meme. Paid members can download watermark-free files and save their favorite templates.
How can I customize my meme?
- You can move and resize text boxes by dragging them around. On a mobile device, tap any added text to enable drag and drop, then tap outside the canvas to hide the outlines again.
- You can customize the font color and outline color next to where you type your text.
- You can further customize each text box using the gear icon next to the input. Choose the default Web, Windows, and Mac fonts, including bold and italic, or use Impact-style captions for classic meme lettering.
- You can insert popular stickers and other images including speech bubbles, arrows, sunglasses, and more. Opacity and resizing are supported, and you can copy and paste images for quick creation.
- You can rotate, flip, and crop any template you upload.
- You can draw, outline, or scribble on your meme using the tools just above the preview image.
- You can create meme chains by adding new images below the current image.
- You can add image effects such as posterize, blur, sharpen, and color filters including grayscale, sepia, invert, and brightness.
- You can remove the subtle lockemupai.lol watermark and unlock more templates and exports with a LockEmUp Pro plan.
Can I use the generator for more than just memes?
Yes! The Meme Generator is a flexible tool for many purposes. By uploading custom images and using all the customizations, you can design many creative works including posters, banners, advertisements, and other custom graphics.
Can I make animated or video memes?
The generator is built for fast image memes. Animated formats and video exports are planned for a future release, so you can turn your best captions into clips and share them on social.
Do you have a wacky AI that can write memes for me?
Funny you ask. Why yes, we do. Open the LockEmUp AI prompt at the top of the generator and describe the situation. It will suggest a caption and send it straight into the editor.






