How to Edit and Design Photos for Social Media Using PicMonkey in Under 40 Steps

HOW TO USE
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TYPE www.picmonkey.com
IN YOUR BROWSER
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JUST CLICK THE LINK
NO NEED TO SIGN UP

THE WEBPAGE WILL APPEAR
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YOU WILL SEE FOUR MENUS
TO CHOOSE FROM

LET’S TRY THIS FIRST:
EDIT MENU

CHOOSE A PHOTO TO EDIT
FROM THE CHOICES

LET’S EDIT A PHOTO
FROM MY COMPUTER

WHEN YOU CLICK COMPUTER
THIS BOX WILL APPEAR

LET’S CHOOSE A PHOTO
FROM MY PERSONAL FILE

CLICK OPEN

THERE GOES MY MOST
FAVORITE PICTURE

ON THE LEFT SIDE BAR,
YOU WILL SEE EDIT TOOLS

COME ON,
LET’S TRY CROP

DRAG THE MOUSE
TO THE DESIRED SIZE

CLICK APPLY

NOTE AS YOU DRAG THE
MOUSE, SIZE ALSO CHANGES

YOU MAY USE THE DROPDOWN
ARROW TO CHANGE SIZE

JUST CLICK APPLY
TO SAVE CHANGES

SEE, IT’S NOW CROPPED

LET’S TRY ANOTHER EDIT TOOL:
COLORS

THIS OPTIONS WILL APPEAR

ADJUST THE COLORS ANY WAY
YOU LIKE

SEE, THE COLOR IS RICHER
NOW….
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YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE A PHOTO
TO EDIT FROM FACEBOOK

CLICK CONNECT TO FACEBOOK

THEN LOGIN WITH FACEBOOK
USING YOUR ACCOUNT

SELECT THE PHOTO YOU WANT
TO EDIT

CLICK OPEN

THERE, YOUR PHOTO IS NOW
DISPLAYED READY FOR EDIT

LET’S TRY USING THE BASIC EDIT
COLORS

CLICK APPLY AFTER YOU AUTO
ADJUST YOUR PHOTO

TRY ANOTHER EDIT TOOL
CLICK SHARPEN

CLICK APPLY WHEN YOU ARE
DONE ADJUSTING

SEE, YOUR PHOTO IS CLEARER
NOW
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FROM THIS TO THIS

SAVE IF YOU HAVE NO OTHER
CHANGES

THIS WILL APPEAR. YOU CAN
NAME THE FILE

CLICK SAVE TO MY COMPUTER

AND YOU CAN SAVE TO MY
COMPUTER

YES, IT’S DONE!

YOU CAN SHARE YOUR EDITED
PHOTO

SELECT WHERE YOU WILL
SHARE

FOR EXAMPLE, SHARE IT TO
FACEBOOK

THEN CLICK DO IT

LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK

CLICK VIEW IN FACEBOOK

VOILA!
THE PHOTO IS NOW POSTED IN
FACEBOOK

TO RETURN TO PICMONKEY,
CLICK DONE

SEE THE EDIT OPTIONS
APPEAR AGAIN

TRY ANOTHER EDIT TOOL: EFFECTS
CLICK THE MAGIC WAND

YOU WILL SEE THE DIFFERENT
OPTIONS

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE OTHER
OPTIONS FOR EFFECTS

TRY USE THE OPTION ORTON
FOR EFFECTS

CLICK APPLY

SEE THE NICE EFFECTS

YOU CAN ALSO USE SPOTLIGHT
FOR EFFECTS

WANT THE SPOTLIGHT ON
YOUR PICTURE? CLICK APPLY

THIS IS COOL, RIGHT?
LET’S TRY RADIANCE

YOU CAN USE THESE SLIDERS
TO GET EFFECTS

THAT’S IT! SEE THE PICTURE HAS
RADIANCE IN ONE CLICK

NOW, LET’S TRY
OVERLAYS

THESE OPTIONS WILL APPEAR

LET’S TRY SPARKLE STARS

SELECT FROM THE OPTIONS

PLACE THE IMAGE ON YOUR
PHOTO

THE OVERLAY BOX WILL APPEAR

YOU CAN CHOOSE THE
COLOR OF YOUR OVERLAY

AND ADJUST BLEND MODES

LOOK, MY BABY’S PICTURE
HAS SPARKLING STARS

LET’S TRY EDITING PHOTO
FROM FACEBOOK

CONNECT TO FACEBOOK

SELECT ONE PHOTO FROM
YOUR FACEBOOK PHOTOS

THE PHOTO WILL APPEAR IN
PICMONKEY

CLICK OVERLAYS AND THE
OPTIONS WILL APPEAR

CLICK ADD YOUR OWN

FOR THIS TUTORIAL I WILL USE
A PHOTO FROM MY COMPUTER

I CHOOSE A PHOTO OF ME
AND MY BESTFRIEND

I WANT THE PHOTO
TO APPEAR

LIKE ITS PART
OF THE
FIRST PHOTO..
HOW?

IT’S EASY
ON PICMONKEY

SEE THE OVERLAY BOX?
USE THE ERASER

YOU CAN ADJUST THE
ERASER SIZE

BUT WHAT IF YOU ERASE BITS
OF YOUR PHOTO?

DON’T WORRY. YOU CAN PAINT
BACK BITS YOU ERASED

THEN JUST KEEP ON ERASING
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ZOOM IN TO SEE CLEARLY THE
PARTS TO ERASE

ONCE DONE, CLICK
COMBINE MENU

HAVE FUN WITH OTHER
OVERLAY GRAPHICS

AND OTHER FREE OPTIONS

SEE THE OPTIONS WITH THE
LITTLE CROWN?

YOU CAN’T USE IT UNLESS
YOU UPGRADE TO ROYALE

WANT TO CREATE
AWESOME
FACEBOOK COVERS?

LET’S TRY THE DESIGN MENU

CHOOSE A CANVAS
FOR YOUR DESIGN

CHOOSE FACE BOOK COVER

THIS CANVAS WILL APPEAR

YOU CAN SELECT CANVAS
COLOR

CLICK OVERLAYS AND
ADD YOUR OWN

ADD YOUR OWN OPTIONS
WILL APPEAR

SELECT PHOTO

CLICK OPEN

YOUR PHOTO APPEARS
IN THE CANVAS

YOU CAN ADD TEXT
CLICK THIS

THE TEXT OPTIONS WILL
APPEAR

CLICK ADD TEXT

TYPE YOUR TEXT

HERE GOES YOUR TEXT

LET’S ADD OVERLAYS FROM THE
FREE OPTIONS

HAVE FUN WITH SPARKLE STARS
AND BUGGLES

CLICK SAVE WHEN DONE

TYPE FILE NAME

CLICK SAVE TO MY COMPUTER

CLICK SAVE

YES, YOUR MASTERPIECE
SAVED..SAYS PICMONKEY

GO TO YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE
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CLICK ON THE CAMERA ICON
TO UPDATE COVER PHOTO

CLICK UPLOAD PHOTO

THEN GO TO YOUR SAVED FILE

CLICK OPEN

THIS WILL BE UPLOADED HERE

CLICK SAVE CHANGES

HERE GOES YOUR NEW
FACEBOOK COVER!

LET’S GO TO THE MENU
COLLAGE

CHOOSE PHOTOS TO COLLAGE

FOR THIS TUTORIAL, LET’S USE
PHOTOS FROM MY COMPUTER

SELECT PHOTOS FROM
YOUR FILES

THE PHOTOS ARE NOW
DISPLAYED ON THE SIDE BOARD

DRAG THE PHOTOS TO THE
LAY OUT PLAN

YOU CAN DRAG PHOTOS
TO THE LEFT, RIGHT

CLICK ON “X”
WHEN YOU WANT TO DELETE

CLICK LAYOUTS

THE LAYOUT OPTIONS WILL
APPEAR

IF YOU CLICK ON FB COVER
THIS WILL SHOW

EXPLORE OTHER LAYOUT
OPTIONS LIKE WHEN YOU
CLICK SQUARE DEAL

YOU CAN EDIT THE COLLAGE
CLICK EXPORT TO EDITOR

CLICK EXPORT TO EDITOR

LET’S TRY TO PUT FRAME ON
THE COLLAGE

SELECT FROM FRAMES OPTIONS

FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU CHOSE
POLAROID FRAME..

CLICK ROUNDED CORNERS
AND HERE’S YOUR COLLAGE

CLICK APPLY WHEN YOU ARE
FINISHED

JUST EXPLORE THE MENU AND
PRACTICE PICMONKEY

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YOU CAN CREATE
AMAZING DESIGNS

YOU WERE DESIGNED
FOR GREATNESS.
-ZIG ZIGLAR

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