A Tutorial on How to Use PicMonkey

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What is PicMonkey?



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Is an online photo editor

that takes your images



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into an amazing photo.



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And its absolutely FREE!



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Lets begin discovering

PicMonkey.



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Open your web browser.



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In this tutorial, we will be

using Google Chromebrowser.



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Go to picmonkey.com



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and press Enter.



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PicMonkey web page will

appear.



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Note: PicMonkey change

their cover photo often.



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So do not be surprise if

you see a different photo.



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The next time you visit

PicMonkey web page.



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Another good thing about

PicMonkey



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Is NO registrationrequired!



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Lets Edit a photo.



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To edit a photo, hover

your mouse over here.



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This will appear.



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Click here to open from

your computer.



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This pop-up window will

appear.



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Select your photo you

want to edit.



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And click Open.



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OR you can drag the file

from your desktop.



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Like this.



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Your photo is now ready

for editing.



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But before you continue

editing your photo



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lets first take a look of

your Editor boardinterface.



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Your Editor tools are on

the left sidebar.



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Your subject photo on the

center bar.



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And your top toolbar are

here.



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How to Crop a Photo?


U d B i Edit t b


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Under Basic Edits tab,

click on Crop.


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The Crop tools will

appear.


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You can enter your

desired size here



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OR



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by clicking and dragging

any of the corner circles.


When your done click


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When your done, click

Apply.


H i d


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Here is your cropped

photo.



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How to Adjust your Photo

Exposure?


T dj t E li k


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To adjust Exposure, click

here.


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The Exposure tool will

appear.



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Click on Auto adjust



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OR manually adjust


Click this to adjust


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Click this to adjust

brightness by moving this

left or right.



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And when you are done


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And when you are done,

click on Apply.



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How to Adjust your Photo

Color?



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Click on Colors


The Colors tool will


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The Colors tool will

appear.


To adjust click this and


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To adjust, click this and

drag left and right.


Do the same for


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Do the same for

Temperature.



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And then click Apply.



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We are done with the

Basic Editing.



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Lets take a look on

Effects tools.


Hover your mouse over


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here and click.


These are the Effects


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These are the Effects

tools you can choose.


To see more Effects


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To see more Effects,

scroll down here


In this example I chose


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In this example, I chose

Dusk. Click on Dusk.



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Dusk tool will appear.


To adjust click this and


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To adjust, click this and

drag to left or right.


When you are done click


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When you are done, click

Apply.



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How to Touch Up your

Photo?



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Click on Touch Up Tab.


These are the Touch Up


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These are the Touch Up

tools.


To see more Touch Up


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To see more Touch Up

tools, scroll down here.



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Click Blemish Fix.


The Blemish Fix tool will


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The Blemish Fix tool will

appear.


To adjust click here and


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To adjust, click here and

move left and right


and hover your mouse


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and hover your mouse

over here.


When you are done click


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Apply.


This crown icon means


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This crown icon means

only available for Royale

users.



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How to Add Text to your

Photo?




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here and click.


Text tool window will


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Text tool window will

appear.


Scroll down this to see


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Scroll down this to see

more available fonts.


S l t d i d f t


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Select your desired font


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then click Add Text.


Text color window and


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Text color window and

type box will appear.


Click here to select your


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Click here to select your

desired font color.


Then click text box to type


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Then click text box to type

your message.



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To move the text box to

your desired position.




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here


when you see this, drag


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when you see this, drag

box to desired position.


To adjust size, highlight


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To adjust si e, highlight

text and type size here.



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How to Add watermark to

your photo?


Click the Overlay tab


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y

here.


The Overlay tools window


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y

will appear.


Scroll this down to see


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more options.



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In this example, well add

Fireworks.


Click on Fireworks


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Click on Fireworks.


The Fireworks tools


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window will appear.


Click here to select


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Overlay Fireworks


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y

window will appear.


Select your desired color


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y

here


and then dragged it to


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your desired position.


Add more overlays, click


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Symbols.


Symbols tools window will


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y

appear.


Lets select all the


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musical symbols.



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This is how it looks like


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This is how it looks like.



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Now, lets add Frame for

your Photo.


To add Frames click here


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To add Frames, click here.


The Frames tools window


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will appear.




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Museum Matte.


Museum Matte window


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will appear.


You can change the color


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and thickness here.




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Apply.



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How to Add Texture to

your Photo?


To add Texture, click here.


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,


Textures window will


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appear.


Scroll this down to see


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more of the selection.



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In this example, lets

choose Weave.


Click on Weave.


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Weave tools window will


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appear.


select your desired designd dj t tti


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and adjust settings.


When your done, click Apply.


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When your done, click Apply.



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Now, its time to save your

edited Photo.


To save, click Save here.


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,


This window will appear.


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This window will appear.


Type your File name.


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yp y


And click Save to my

t


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computer.


This window will pop-up.


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This window will pop up.


Click on Save.


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Click on Save.


OR if you want to shareh t li k h


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your photo, click here.



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You can write a caption

b t h t h


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about your photo here.


Then click on Do it.


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Then click on Do it.


See the result!


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See the result!


Before After


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End of Tutorial!

Its your turn to Edit aphoto!



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The secret of gettingahead is getting

started.

- Mark Twain

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A Tutorial on How to Use PicMonkey