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1. How to Make
Visually
Appealing
Social Media
Images Quickly
(A PicMonkey Tutorial)

2. Need to
create a
social media
image …

3. (e.g.
Facebook or
Instagram
poster)

4. … in no time
at all?

5. Pic Monkey is
one of the
best online
photo editors

6. you can use
for free.

7. There’s a
paid version

8. but the free
version is
more than
good enough.

9. Let’s dive in!

10. Go to:
www.picmonkey.com

11. Click
Edit

13. You will see
this …

15. For this
tutorial,

16. let’s say
you’re going
to use a
picture

17. from your
computer.

18. Choose the
location

19. of the
picture you
want to
edit.

21. You’ll see
this ...

23. Select the
picture you
want to
edit.

25. Click Open.

27. You’ll see
the picture
in the
editor.

29. You might
want to
resize the
picture first.

30. If so, click
Resize.

32. Enter your
desired
dimensions.

34. Now, the
Resize
feature

35. keeps the
picture’s
dimensional
proportions.

36. But you
want to
make sure

37. that the
image is just
the right
size.

38. You can use
the cheat
sheet here:

39. http://makeawebsitehub.com/social
-media-image-sizes-cheat-sheet/

40. Then you
can crop the
image

41. to make
sure you get
it right.

42. To do that,
click Crop.

44. You will see
this …

46. Let’s say
we’re going
to share the
image

47. on Facebook.

48. The
recommended
dimensions
are

49. 1,200 x 630 px

50. Enter the
recommended
dimensions

51. in these
boxes ...

53. You will
notice a grid
within the
picture.

54. You can
move the
grid around

55. to make
sure that
the parts
you want

56. are included
and won’t be
cropped out.

58. Now, let’s
add some
text.

59. Click the Text
icon. (Tt)

61. You will see
this …

63. You can
either
choose from
their fonts …

65. or the fonts
installed in
your
computer.

67. Let’s choose
one of their
fonts.

69. Click this to
add some
text ...

71. A text box
will appear.

72. Type the
text in the
box.

74. You can drag
the text box

75. to make
sure it’s in
the right
position.

76. Now, let’s
resize the
text.

77. Click on the
text box

78. until the
border looks
like this …

80. You can
resize the
image

81. either by
sliding this
small circle …

83. or choosing
a size in the
dropdown
menu …

85. You can
insert more
than one
text box.

87. There you
have it!

89. Next, you’ll
have to save
the image.

90. Click Save on
the top
menu bar.

92. You’ll see
this...

94. You can
rename the
image

95. by typing
the new file
name here …

97. You can also
choose to
save the
image as
PNG.

99. You can
either save
the image

100. to your
computer

101. to Dropbox

102. OR

103. to One Drive.

105. Let’s save
this to your
computer.

107. Make sure it
goes to the
right folder.

109. Hit Save.

111. Voila!

112. You just
created your
first social
media image

113. with
PicMonkey!

115. For more
tutorials like
this, visit:
theproactivepro.wordpress.com

116. The End
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