How to use Pixlr to simply create images for your website, blog and social media

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Struggling to create basic images for your company website, blog or social media updates? Looking for a simple to use, free, web-based image creation and editing program? Try www.pixlr.com/editor, it's perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social media updates.

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www.pixlr.com/editor

Looking for a simple to use, free, web-based image creation and editing program?

Pixlr is perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or

social media updates.

Pixlr.com/editor

Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Choose either to create an image from scratch, or open one from your computer.

Pixlr.com/editor

Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Let’s start by opening one from your computer.

Pixlr.com/editor

Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect

Pretty self explanatory, right? Just like uploading one to Facebook or an email.

Pixlr.com/editor

Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

The layout is clear with tools at both the top of the screen and the sides.

Pixlr.com/editor

Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

Adjust your image’s size, and other features by opening the drop-down options available.

Pixlr.com/editor

Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

Choose the exact size you wish to make the image and press ok. This is also helpful when making a new image.

Pixlr.com/editor

Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

Add text to any image by selecting the text button on the tool bar, and using the options in the text box to format.

Pixlr.com/editor

Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

Yeah, what he wrote.

Pixlr.com/editor

Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

You can also crop your image with ease, by selecting the crop image in the tools and dragging your mouse over the desired area.

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Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

Once you have the exact area you wish to crop, press enter and voila!

Pixlr.com/editor

Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

But don’t think the editing capabilities end there. Click the colour palate in the tools section and choose your preferred colour.

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Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

Then… changing the colour of selected sections is easy with the ‘paint-like’ tool button.

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Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

But, if you don’t like how it looks, simply head to the edit section of the navigation bar and click the undo drop-down button.

Pixlr.com/editor

Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

Want to add shapes to your image? It’s easy with the shape tool button. Simple drag the mouse to the size, shape and colour you’re after.

Pixlr.com/editor

Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

Let’s try again. So you’ve opened your image, but now you want to create a new one altogether.

Pixlr.com/editor

Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

Head to the file drop-down in the navigation bar and select ‘new image’.

Pixlr.com/editor

Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

Choose your desired size and click ‘ok’.

Pixlr.com/editor

Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

You are now free to use any of the earlier tricks to spruce up this blank bad-boy.

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Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

Maybe you want to copy, cut and paste from the first image? Sure, do that.

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Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

You’ve now created a new image, in the size of your choosing – ready to post on your website, blog or social media channel.

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Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

So let’s save it. There are a number of formats you can save in, with JPEG being the most accepted across different sites, thus least hassle to upload.

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Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

Hook Media uses Pixlr to create images for many of our clients, and our own online properties!

Pixlr.com/editor

Looking for a simple to use, web-based image creation and editing program?

Perfect for quick, easy, professional looking images for your website, blog, or social

Be sure to visit us at www.hookmedia.com.au, or send any questions to ryan@hookmedia.com.au