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How to Create A Custom Widget
for Your WordPress Blog Using PicMonkey
By: Jaysarie Chee-Gundran
THE CUSTOM WIDGET TO BE CREATED
OPEN BROWSER AND GO TO
www.picmonkey.com
CLICK THE DESIGN ICON
CHOOSE A CANVAS SIZE
FOR THIS DESIGN, THE SQUARE CANVAS
WAS CHOSEN
IN CHOOSING A CANVAS, TWO OPTIONS ARE
AVAILABLE
CHOOSE A CANVAS WITH COLOR
OR SET IT TO A TRANSPARENT CANVAS BY CLICKING THE BOX THEN
CLICK APPLY
FOR THIS DESIGN, CANVAS WAS SET TO TRANSPARENT
transparentcanvas
START DESIGNING THE WIDGET.
CLICK THE TEXT ICON.
CHOOSE A FONT STYLE
FOR THIS DESIGN, THE FONT WAS SET TO “LUCKIEST GUY”
TYPE THE TEXT ON THE CANVAS
SET THE COLOR OF THE TEXT
FOR THIS DESIGN, THE TEXT COLOR WAS BASED ON THE
COLOR SCHEME OF WORDPRESS
TYPE THE WORD “I WORDPRESS”
INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE TEXT
INCREASE MORE THE SIZE OF THE TEXT “I” BY
HIGHLIGHTING THEN SET A HIGHER SIZE NUMBER FOR
IT THAN THE WORD “WORDPRESS”
CLICK THE OVERLAYS TOOL TO ADD THE HEART
CLICK THE HEARTS BUTTON
CLICK THE HEARTS BUTTON AND CHOOSE ONE
RESIZE THE HEART SO THAT IT IS PROPORTIONATE WITH
THE TEXT “I”
CLICK THE BASIC EDITS TOOL
CLICK THE CROP BUTTON TO CUT THE UNUSED PART
OF THE CANVAS
CROP THE UNUSED PART OF THE CANVAS BY DRAGGING THE EDGES OF THE CROP
TOOL ON THE AREA WHERE THE DESIGN IS
UNTIL IT COVERS ALL THE AREA TO BE REMAINED
CLICK THE APPLY BUTTON
IT WILL LOOK LIKE THIS
TO RESIZE IT, CLICK THE RESIZE BUTTON
TYPE IN THE DIMENSION OF CHOICE THEN CLICK THE
APPLY BUTTON
SAVE THE NEWLY CREATED WIDGET
CREATE A FILENAME SAVE IT AS .PNG SO THAT
THE TRANSPARENT BACKGROUND WILL NOT
DISAPPEAR
CLICK SAVE TO MY COMPUTER BUTTON
MASTERPIECE SAVED!
CONGRATULATIONS!