The Basics of Picmonkey

HOW TO USE PICMONKEY
2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey
What is Picmonkey?
Picmonkey is a free online photo

editor that you can
use to create custom graphics for

your blog
or social media channels.
It is totally web-based, no need

to download
or install it on your computer.
To access Picmonkey, open a

browser.
For this presentation, we will use

Mozilla Firefox browser.
Type in www.picmonkey.com
here.
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Press Enter key.
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This page will come up.
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You can choose to Edit a photo,
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Touch up a photo,
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Create your own photo design,
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and Create your own photo

collage.
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Lets try to edit a photo. Click

here.
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This screen will appear.
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Locate the photo that you want

to edit.
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In this presentation, well get the

photo from Pictures folder.
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Double click the photo that you

want to edit.
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The picture will now appear here.
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On the leftmost side, you will see

these icons.
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The first icon is for the Basic Edits.
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Basic Edits include Cropping,

Color Change, Rotation,
Changing Exposure,
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Sharpening and Resizing.
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It will depend on your choice on

how
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would you want to edit your

photo.
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My sample photo is dark.
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Lets change the brightness from

Exposure. Click here.
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Adjust the brightness from here.
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Adjust the highlights from here.
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Click Apply.
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Now, the picture is clearer.
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Lets adjust the color a little bit.

Click here.
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Adjust the saturation here.
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Adjust the temperature here.
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Click Apply.
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Now, lets sharpen the photo.

Click here.
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Adjust the clarity here. Lets make

it a 100%.
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Click Apply.
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The next editing tab is the Effects.
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It contains the following

categories.
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You can click each category to choose

the best effect
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that you can apply for your

photo.
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Do note that those with crown

icons are paid features.
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They call it Royale Feature.
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The next editing tab is the Touch

Up.
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It is used to clearly touch up /

edit peoples photos.
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It has the following categories.
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Click on each category

accordingly based on your need.
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Next editing tab is the Text.
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Choose the font category that

you like from here.
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For this presentation, we will

choose Sans Serif.
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Then Choose Didact Gothic.
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Click Add Text.
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This will appear on your screen.
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Type your text here.
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Use this box to edit the text.
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Do not forget to highlight the text

before editing.
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You may drag the text box to

your desired spot.
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Heres how the photo looks like

now.
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The next editing tab is Overlays.
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It has six interesting categories to

choose from.
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You can click Your own if you

want to insert
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your own logo, for instance, a

company logo.
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For our sample photo, we will use

banners. Click Scrapbooky.
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Click Banners.
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Lets choose this type of Banner.

Click on it.
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This will appear.
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Drag your banner to the spot

where your text is.
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Change the color of the banner

from here.
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Adjust the fading color until the

text is seen.
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Change the blend mode to

Hardlight.
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Right click on the banner.
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Choose Send to Back.
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Now the picture looks like this.
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If you want to add the same

banner
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to the same picture, right click on

the banner
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Select Duplicate Overlay
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This is now the duplicate overlay.
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If you prefer not to use it
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you may delete it.
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The next editing tab is called

Frames.
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There are a lot of good frames to

choose from.
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Scroll down to see the rest of the

frame types.
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For this presentation, we will

choose Simple Edge. Click here.
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Lets change the color here.
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Change the outer color thickness

here.
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The inner color here.
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Change the thickness of the inner

color here.
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Lets put in a corner radius from

here.
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We already have a caption,

therefore
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there is no need for caption

space.
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Click Apply.
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The next editing tab is called

Textures.
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There are a lot of good textures

to choose from.
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Scroll down to see the whole list.
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Textures are usually used to

design a white blank page.
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The last editing tab is called

Themes.
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Scroll down here to see all

available themes.
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There is no texture and theme

applicable to our photo,
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therefore we wont apply it.
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Heres our final edited photo.
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Be sure to save it on your

computer. Click here.
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This window will appear. Click

here.
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Save it to your desired location.

Click here.
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THE END
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Photography for me is not looking, its feeling. If

you cant feel what youre looking at, then
youre never going to get others to feel
anything when they look at your pictures.
Don McCullin
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HOW TO USE PICMONKEY

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

Picmonkey is a free online photo

use to create custom graphics for

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

or social media channels.

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

It is totally web-based, no need

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

or install it on your computer.

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

To access Picmonkey, open a

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

For this presentation, we will use

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

Press Enter key.

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

This page will come up.

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

You can choose to Edit a photo,

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

Create your own photo design,

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

and Create your own photo

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

Lets try to edit a photo. Click

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

This screen will appear.

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

Locate the photo that you want

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

In this presentation, well get the

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

Double click the photo that you

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

The picture will now appear here.

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

On the leftmost side, you will see

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

The first icon is for the Basic Edits.

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

Basic Edits include Cropping,

Sharpening and Resizing.

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

It will depend on your choice on

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

would you want to edit your

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

My sample photo is dark.

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

Lets change the brightness from

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

Adjust the brightness from here.

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

Adjust the highlights from here.

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

Now, the picture is clearer.

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey

Lets adjust the color a little bit.

2015 momCpreneur@wordpress.com How to use Picmonkey