how to create an original blog post image with picmonkey

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How To Brand A Stock Image The NonGraphic Designers Guide Pic Monkey

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Don't use a dull blog post image ever again; learn how to brand free images with your original design and make your blog images truly stand out. This is a guide to brand your images with PicMonkey. See the full tutorial as well as using other tools to rock your images in this post at Traffic Generation Café: http://www.trafficgenerationcafe.com/create-free-images-for-blog-posts This presentation was created by Darren DeMatas of IntertwineMarketing.com from Traffic Generation Café.

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Page 1: How to Create an Original Blog Post Image with Picmonkey

How  To  Brand  A  Stock  ImageThe  Non-­‐Graphic  Designers  Guide

Pic  Monkey

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Go  To  Picmonkey.com

Create  A  New  Design 1Create  Custom  Size 2

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Enter  Desired  Dimensions

Enter  Width  and  Height

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Upload  Free  Image  As  OverlayOverlays  Work  Like  Layers  in  Photoshop

Select  Overlays 1

Upload  Your  Photo 2

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Adjust  Image  To  FitMake  Sure  It’s  Not  Stretched  Or  Distorted

Enlarge  Image  To  Fill  Canvas

Right  Click  and  Choose  “Original  Aspect  RaMo”

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Add  Texture  To  Background

Move  Image  Out  Of  The  Way  For  A  Second 1

Add  Desired  PaRern 2Reduce  PaRern  SaturaMon 3

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Fade  Image  Over  PaRern

Move  Image  Back 1

Fade  The  Image

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Add  A  Strategically  Placed  Shape  For  Text

Select  Shape  Overlay 1

She’s  Looking  At  the  Shape  -­‐    Great  Place  To  Put  Text

Place  Shape  Label 2

Enter  HTML  Color  Value

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Type  In  HeadlineUse  Your  Closest  Font  To  What  You  Would  Normally  Use

Combine  Small  Text  with  Large 1

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OpMonal:  Add  Color  Overlay  To  ImagePick  From  A  Color  For  Your  Brand

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Upload  Logo

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Created by Darren DeMatas for

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How To Create a Blog Post Image That Gets Noticed And Drives Traffic

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Created by Darren DeMatas for

Click on the title below to read his full tutorial

 

How To Create a Blog Post Image That Gets Noticed And Drives Traffic

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