How to Use PicMonkey

How to Use

What is PicMonkey? © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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It is a free online photo editor © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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It allows you to do a wide variety © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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of editing activities in just a few clicks © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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No need to download and install © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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With PicMonkey, your special pictures © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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will turn into something REALLY EXTRA SUPER SPECIAL © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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Open your preferred browser and type picmonkey.com

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You will be taken to this page

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No NEED to Sign UP! © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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Unless you want an upgrade

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Let’s look at the PicMonkey window again © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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PicMonkey gives you these options

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Choose a picture to edit © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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Hover your mouse here

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You will see this

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Click here

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This window appears

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Choose a picture to edit

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The picture will appear in PicMonkey

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You have these options

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On the left side, you find the edit tools

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We can start editing the picture now © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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From the basic edit tool, click on “Crop”

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This frame then appears

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Crop gives you these options © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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You can crop the picture in 2 ways:

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1. By entering the size you want

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2. OR by simply dragging the picture to your desired size

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Click “Apply” when done resizing

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Original Photo

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Cropped Photo

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Let’s try rotating the photo © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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Click “Rotate”…

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… and this appears

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When you click here…

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… it gives you this

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Clicking here…

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… creates this

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Clicking here…

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Makes your photo looks like this

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Hit “Apply” when done

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You can explore these other tools, too

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Now, let’s apply EFFECTS © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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Click here

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Choose an effect (in this example, focal soften)

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Click “Apply”

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Original Photo

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Focal Soften applied

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Try the “Lip Tint” by clicking here © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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Experiment…

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Original Photo

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With Lip Tint

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Adding a text is a breeze, just click here © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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Choose a font

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These appear

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Type your text

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You can edit your text by choosing from these options

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You can also play around with “Overlays”… Click here

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Click on the overlay of your choice (in this example, the smiley)

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You can reposition the overlay by simply dragging it

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You can edit the overlay here

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Using these options

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Choosing these,

you get this © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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Let’s add a frame… © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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Click here…

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Click on your chosen frame

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Then click apply

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The photo looks like this now

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Let’s change the texture… © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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Click here

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Scroll down for more options

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Click on your preferred texture (in this example, papyrus) © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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Photo in papyrus texture

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To add a theme, click here

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Scroll down for options

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Click on the chosen theme (in this example, Bokeh Hearts)

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The photo looks like this now

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When done editing, click Save

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This appears

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Create a filename

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Click “Save photo” when done

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This appears

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Choose where to save the file

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Click “Save”

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This message appears in the PicMonkey window

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Now, let’s make a collage © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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Click here

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Waiting….

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This appears

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You may use the sample photos OR photos from your computer

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For this example, let’s use photos from my computer

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Click here

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This window opens

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Choose the pictures you want to use

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Click “Open”

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Chosen photos will appear here

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Click here to choose a layout

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For this example, let’s use Ducks in a Row

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Click here

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With this format

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PicMonkey window now looks like this

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You have these options

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Clicking here will …

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Let’s try that

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Click here

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PicMonkey automatically places the photos in your collage!

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Remember the sidebar?

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It lets you do other stuff to make your collage © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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more interesting, such as © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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Edit swatches

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Edit background © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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Let’s play around with these two tools © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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Click & drag your preferred swatch

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Drop it in your desired area

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It looks like this now

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You can resize it by clicking and dragging here

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Let’s add more swatches to make it more colorful © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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Here it is!

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Adding a background is easy © 2013 MOOlleres - How to Use PicMonkey

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Click here

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Choose a background

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Voila!

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Click here to save

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This appears

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Create a file name

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Hit “Save photo”

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It leads you here

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Choose where you want to save the file

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Click “Save”

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You have just saved your collage!

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