Drawing word wrapped text on top of image

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Of course their is...
Create a caption of the specified size, then overlay it on the image!

See IM Examples for text to image conversion options.
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As soon as you say transparency and GIF, I knew you would have problems.

Avoid GIF at all cost. It uses boolean transparency.

Use PNG for your intermediate image.
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Glad to be of service.
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