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How to Use PicMonkey (for Beginners)
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How To Use
PicMonkey
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
Why Use
PicMonkey?
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
It’s an excellent
online picture
editor
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
with lots of
awesome photo
editing options
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It’s a viable
alternative to
Photoshop
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PART 1
> Getting Started
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
Launch a
Web Browser
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
E.g. Google Chrome,
Mozilla Firefox, etc.
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Click on the address
bar of your browser
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Type:
www.PicMonkey.com
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
Press ENTER to
launch the homepage
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12 Click on Edit a photo
next to the PicMonkey
logo
S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
Select a photo from
your computer
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Click Open 14
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On the large area on
the right is your photo 15
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Right above it are
buttons for file
operations such as
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Open, Save, Share,
Undo, Redo, Merge
Overlays and Image
Settings.
S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
On the right-most
side, you can see 18
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the
1) Save
and
Close
button
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
and the
2) Zoom
button
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On the left-most part
is the Editor 21
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On top are
the Upgrade
and Sign In
buttons
S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
It also has
8 tabs /
menus
represented
by icons
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
Mouse
over the
icons
to see
their
names
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
Basic Edits,
Effects,
Touch up,
Text,
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Overlays,
Frames,
Textures,
Themes
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Click on an icon
if you want
to switch tabs
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In each
active tab
are tools
for editing
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
We’ll start with the
tools under the Basic
Edits tab
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Click
Crop
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Use Crop to cut out
the edges and corners
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or to better frame
the photo
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To make
your photos
be easily printed,
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
click the drop-down
menu and choose
Original proportions
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Adjust the
Crop area
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Click Apply 36
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Old to New
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
Next,
click
Rotate
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Use if the
photo needs to be
straightened a bit
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Play with these
buttons to get the
desired result
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
Drag the Straighten
slider to the left or right
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
and click Apply
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
Next,
click
Exposure
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
Adjust the brightness,
highlights, shadows,
and contrast
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Highlights
and shadows
often adds
the light and
definition
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
that you need
without
over-exposing
the photo
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For this
tutorial,
we’ll just
click on
Auto adjust
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PicMonkey will
make adjustments
to the exposure
automatically
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You’ll
notice
some
changes
on the
sliders &
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PicMonkey tells you
it’s fixed once it’s
done auto adjusting
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Again, click Apply to
keep the changes 51
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Old to New 52
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Next,
click
Colors
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
Click on Auto adjust
to see what PicMonkey
does
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Adjust Saturation
and
Temperature
levels to your
liking
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
Hit Apply
when you’re
done to
keep the
changes
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Old to New 57
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Next,
click
Sharpen
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
You may sharpen
the photo a bit
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
if the photo was taken
in really good natural
light
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
Here,
we won’t
change it
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PicMonkey
has a main
Auto adjust
button
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
Use this to
Auto adjust
exposure
and color
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
all in
one click
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
You can start
with this
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
and just make
adjustments later
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
From the
Basic Edits tab,
let’s jump
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
to the
Touch Up
tab (lipstick
icon). Click
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Think of
Touch Up
as your emergency
makeup stash
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Skin
features
are perfect
for subtle
fixes
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Scroll
down to
the Mouth
Group
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You’ll find Teeth
Whiten and Lip Tint
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Scroll down
again to the
Eyes group
S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
Use these
features
to make
the eyes
twinkle
or sultry
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
Towards
the
bottom is
The Rest
group
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Use one of the
features, Clone,
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for spinach-in-
teeth scenarios
in photos
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From the
Touch Up tab,
let’s go
back up
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to the
Effects tab
(Click)
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Here you’ll find
one-click
photo effects
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which will quickly
transform your
images
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The first
group of
effects is
Tried and
True
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
These are
popular,
modern
effects
you can use
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to emphasize
the mood of
your photos
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Scroll down
to the Basic
effects
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See the
classic
effects like
Sepia and
Black and
White S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
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Scroll down
to the
Camera
Look group
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These
effects
mimic
different
camera lens
effects
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to take
your photo
back in time
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Scroll
down to
the
Paintbox
group
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It lets you
add a color
filter to your
image
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
Scroll
down to
the
Area
effects
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Use these
tools to
highlight
your photo’s
focal
subject
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S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
Scroll
down to
Artsy
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Bust out
your
creativity
flow using
these tools
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Scroll
towards the
bottom to the
Advanced
effects S U P E R I N Q U I S I T I V E V A . W O R D P R E S S . C O M - H O W T O U S E P I C M O N K E Y
These
effects allow
you to fine-
grain control
your image
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COMING SOON:
Part 2 of
How To Use
PicMonkey
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“Done is better
than perfect.”
-Mark Zuckerberg
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