How to make a meme on Yarn

1 · Search for the quote

Type the line you're after into the search box at the top of the page. Yarn searches the actual dialogue in millions of movie, TV, and music clips, so search for what the character says, not the title.

2 · Pick the clip you want

The results are every moment in the library where somebody says that line. Hover to preview, and click the one with the right delivery — the tabs and the filters down the side narrow things down if there are too many.

3 · Click Make Meme

On the clip page there's a row of buttons under the video: Like, Embed, Gif, Story, Make Meme, Share. Click Make Meme.

That opens the meme editor on memes.getyarn.io, which is where all Yarn memes live. It's a different address from the main site — that's normal, not a redirect gone wrong.

4 · Add your text

Type into Top Text, Bottom Text, or both. The preview above updates as you type, so you can see exactly where the words land. Text is always shown in capitals, and each box holds up to 200 characters.

You need at least one of the two boxes filled in — the editor won't make a meme out of nothing.

5 · Pick a voice (optional)

Leave the voice menus on Keep Original Voice and the clip keeps its original audio. Pick a voice instead and your words get read aloud in that voice over the clip. There are well over a hundred, in a couple of dozen languages.

6 · Hit Create Meme

Rendering takes a few seconds — the video is actually re-cut with your text, and the audio re-recorded if you chose a voice. When it's done you land on your meme's own page.

From there it works like any other Yarn: it has its own link, the share buttons, a Gif version, and a Yarn button that takes you back to the clip you started from.