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Friday, July 19, 2013
Freebie Friday: Making Your Photos Pretty
Alright. I admit that this has nothing to do with my costume or upcoming projects. I just couldn't think of free things I've used so far except for the dough recipe, which I shared last week. But still, I thought it was great once I sat down and played with it for a while. What am I talking about?
This was what I used when I first started getting into PicMonkey. As you can see, Katrina's Kitchen did a 4 part series on different aspects of PicMonkey. They're all super easy to read and follow. If you take a close look around the site and the Facebook page, you may be able to see where I learned a few things. :)
You know it, you love it... PicMonkey.
I was hesitant because I liked those swanky programs that were totally not user friendly and I ended up never using because of such. Yeah. PicMonkey is nothing like that. Here are some tutorials that I found useful for PicMonkey.
This was what I used when I first started getting into PicMonkey. As you can see, Katrina's Kitchen did a 4 part series on different aspects of PicMonkey. They're all super easy to read and follow. If you take a close look around the site and the Facebook page, you may be able to see where I learned a few things. :)
"But PicMonkey is a dinky little free program and I can't do much with it without paying money and blah blah." You know, I thought that, too. Until I started playing around with it, that is. Let Leigh Valley Momma give you a few pointers on how to take advantage of the features. It really has more features than it seems, but it's still simple to use.
Posting your photos online? A watermark is always a great idea. I haven't quite started working with watermarks yet -- mostly because I keep thinking I'll make a brush for it that I can simple click and place -- but it's coming! Rags to Stitches has a great tutorial on making watermarks in PicMonkey.
Of course, a quick search will get you tons more results. I just wanted to share a few of them.
Now, as a free user, it's relatively limited, which is why I like to supplement my photos with a few other programs. I don't have Photoshop (yet), so I make do with what I can.
For example, my uncle who works with programming suggested Gimp, which is my default program for artsy stuff now. I haven't quite gotten the hang of it yet, but I'm working on it! My favorite part about it is that it is free.
Then a friend turned me on to a more advanced photo editor called simply Online Image Editor, which is more like a user-friendly version of Gimp that is browser-based. I also thought it was pretty neat that you can make gif files with it also.
The photos that I post on my blog are usually used in a combination of ways. I like the fonts on my computer, so I do my fonts through Gimp. I edit the coloration through Online Image Editor. If I want to make a collage or something cute, I use PicMonkey in conjunction.
What do you use for image editing? If you don't have one you love, give these a try!
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