How to Use PicMonkey (for beginners)

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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It’s an excellent

online picture

editor

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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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Launch a

Web Browser

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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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Press ENTER to

launch the homepage

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12 Click on Edit a photo

next to the PicMonkey

logo


Select a photo from

your computer

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Click Open 14


On the large area on

the right is your photo 15


Right above it are

buttons for file

operations such as

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Open, Save, Share,

Undo, Redo, Merge

Overlays and Image

Settings.


On the right-most

side, you can see 18


the

1) Save

and

Close

button

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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


It also has

8 tabs /

menus

represented

by icons

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Mouse

over the

icons

to see

their

names

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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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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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click the drop-down

menu and choose

Original proportions

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Adjust the

Crop area

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Click Apply 36


Old to New

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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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Drag the Straighten

slider to the left or right

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and click Apply

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Next,

click

Exposure

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Adjust the brightness,

highlights, shadows,

and contrast

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Highlights

and shadows

often adds

the light and

definition

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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


Old to New 52


Next,

click

Colors

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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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Hit Apply

when you’re

done to

keep the

changes

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Old to New 57


Next,

click

Sharpen

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You may sharpen

the photo a bit

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if the photo was taken

in really good natural

light

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Here,

we won’t

change it

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PicMonkey

has a main

Auto adjust

button

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Use this to

Auto adjust

exposure

and color

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all in

one click

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You can start

with this

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and just make

adjustments later

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From the

Basic Edits tab,

let’s jump

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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


Use these

features

to make

the eyes

twinkle

or sultry

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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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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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Scroll

down to

the

Area

effects

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Use these

tools to

highlight

your photo’s

focal

subject

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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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