Pic Monkey Tutorial

Wanna make your own printables? Well here we go!!

So I can't afford Illustrator or Photoshop and so I use a free online program called PicMonkey. Some of you have asked how to use it, so here is a basic tutorial. 

Go to http://www.picmonkey.com

First you need to create a base for your printable. Click on "Create a Collage". 

This is what will show up. Get rid of all but one of the boxes on the white block by clicking on the 'x' in the top righthand corner. The decide what size you want your printable and change the pixels accordingly (at the bottom, under the white square). 

It will take a few tries for the system to change, but when it does, click the lock icon next to the pixels to lock it in. 

Then save your base to your computer by clicking the save button at the top. 

Go back to the Picmonkey homepage.

Click on "Edit a Photo" and open the base you just created. It will look something like this.

All the stuff on the left side are the tools for editing. Moving from top to bottom, the icons to the very left are Basic Edits, Effects, Touch-up, Text, Overlays, Frames, Textures, and Themes. When you click on something and add it to your base a little window will pop up.

It will generally look like this. This is where you control whatever you are adding to your base. You can also find more shortcuts by right clicking on it. 

I have added some words as if I were creating a subway art piece (like this one). As you can see you can rotate, and change colors and size, etc. If you want to add a picture from your computer click on overlays, and then 'your own'. 

Explore the program, create something fun!

Although a little limited this is a good program! I really like using it. 

Leave any questions in the comments!