How to Add Titles to Photos in PicMonkey
May 19, 2012 by Aimee • 28 Comments
I’ve had a few requests in my comments for some tutorials on PicMonkey so tonight I wanted
to share with you how I add titles to my photos and a few of my favorite fonts on PicMonkey.But first…let me explain the photos I’m using in this tutorial.
to share with you how I add titles to my photos and a few of my favorite fonts on PicMonkey.But first…let me explain the photos I’m using in this tutorial.
Here’s our little Fishy, Bubbles – cute bowl, right – ZGallerie,
although nowadays I always see these at Home Goods, too. Sadly…
This CUTE bowl had a terrible fate! The day of our Mother Daughter Tea Party {I know I’m so behind and totally need to post about it…promise I will soon}, I had just finished up all my baking and fruit prep…I grabbed Bubbles bowl to clean it…as I set it down on the granite so I could use my net to get Bubbles, the bowl broke in half! Water, beads and fish went ALL OVER the counter and the smell…AWFUL! Thankfully Bubbles landed in the sink and I was able to grab him and throw him into the water cup I had waiting for him while I cleaned his bowl. In an hours time I was able to get everything cleaned up and a candle lit to take care of the smell before the girls and their mothers arrived! A pic of Bubbles new home is at the end of the post!
When adding a Title to Photos, I like to use PicMonkey. I export my picture to my desktop and open up PicMonkey online, it let’s me select my picture and appears . This is a super user friendly program with lots of options. Do you see below where there’s a heart, bubble and star!?!? I click on that and then click on the Geometric button. There are several options here, but I always choose the rectangle…you should totally explore and find your favorite!
Then I choose a color and fade it as much or little as I prefer. In this picture the blinds are NOT screaming pretty so I chose to not fade it as much as is shown below.
See what I mean…the yellow is much cuter then the white blinds so no need to majorly fade, right!
I love to use: Lobster Two and Budmo Jiggler fonts together AND Luckiest Guy and Bilbo Swash Caps font together, but there are lots of great font combos and I have a blast playing with them! When I decided on gray lettering, I wen ahead and faded the background a bit more…just clicked on the yellow and rectangle and the color prompt came back on the screen. There it is…
Down on the bottom left, I click save to save my photograph
{making sure to give it a name that will pull up for others when they do an image search}.
After I’ve saved my picture back to my desktop, replacing the old file,
I open Picasaweb and upload my photograph to my file of this months pictures!
…And there you have it, ready to be uploaded to my blog post!
{making sure to give it a name that will pull up for others when they do an image search}.
After I’ve saved my picture back to my desktop, replacing the old file,
I open Picasaweb and upload my photograph to my file of this months pictures!
…And there you have it, ready to be uploaded to my blog post!
Here is Bubbles retirement condo….it seems to be working just fine for him!
{I used PicMonkey to change the table color, but that tutorial is for another time).
Really soon I’m going to share with you my thoughts on watermarking!!!
Are you loving PicMonkey, too!?!?
Fantastic tutorial. I’ve been trying to figure out how to do a title strip like that for my photos. Thanks!!
Awesome tutorial! Thanks for the wonderful explanation!
I think PicMonkey is fabulous! I am totally enjoying it. Thanks so much for the kind words on my post and I’m totally jazzed about being featured. Thank you Aimee!
haha thats so cute
I love picmonkey! It is so easy to use and for things like this much faster than photoshop.
I have experience with 3 little monkeys…I think I can try to handle PicMonkey
I love picmonkey! So user friendly! I’d love if you’d come link up at my Tutorial Tuesday Linky Party http://www.ourthriftyideas.com/2012/05/tutorial-tuesday-6.html
Who this was good thank you I have learnt something
Thank you sooooo much Aimee (and to be featured too) I totally had to do this and my practice picture is on my FB page… http://www.facebook.com/pages/NorthShore-Days/235617543185297
xxx Nat
I found picmonkey a few months ago and love it for adding my watermark and rounded corners. I find it’s quicker than using photoshop. I can’t wait until they come out with their collage feature. I love Bilbo Swash font. So cute.
loving pic monkey, as well…but needed this tip!! thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing this! I’m so excited about the possibilities for my blog.
You are quite the photo editing guru. I love any tutorial you have on photography. By the way I love that fish bowl!
This looks just like the fish shaped bowl we bought in Turks & Caicos. I thought we had gotten one of a kind from the island
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Awww…Glad bubbles is ok. I had a beta fish named Captain but he wasn’t as lucky when I left him in a giant cup on top of my car and forgot about him as I took off and the cup fell off and spilled (I was bringing him on a trip home with me during college). Poor Captain was hibatchi grilled on the asphalt road.
I will have to give Pic Monkey a try sometime. Thanks!
Aw, poor Bubbles!!! I am loving PicMonkey so far. Love all the font choices! Looking forward to the collage feature, hoping its soon!
Have a great weekend!
Aimee, this is great information thank you for putting it together and sharing the bloggy love! Tanya (your latest follower)
http://twelveoeight.blogspot.com/
Awww, poor Bubbles! That was a pretty nifty home he had
Thanks for sharing!
Visiting from I heart naptime
Thanks for the tutorial! We have been wanting to figure out a way to do this and hadn’t gotten around to reading around about it!
Yes, I’m loving PicMonkey! Sorry Bubbles lost his gorgeous home!
i was already playing with picmonkey but you taught me something new thanks for sharing
Great tutorial! Would you consider linking it up at my Pinworthy Projects Party? I hope to see you there!
Thank you so much for your posts on photography and picmonkey! I finally got a chance to play with picmonkey tonight since you made it seem so do-able and gave such good directions. I love it! Thanks again!
Love this tutorial! I just learned about PicMonkey not too long ago. I’ll be trying this, this week:)
Sarah
http://skylarinc.blogspot.com/
This is an awesome tip! I used Picknic for ever and now that it’s gone, this will be a great alternative.
Thanks so much!
I AM loving Pic MOnkey…so easy! Thanks for the quick tutorial. I was already using titles, but had never thought to use the faded banner too. Thanks!
Shara @ Palmettos and Pigtails
Thanks for this tutorial! I haven’t used picmonkey yet, but I will this week now that I’ve read your awesome tutorial. I’ve been using a different website to edit photos, but this one looks easier. Thanks again, friend!
this is just what i needed! i’ve been using picmonkey a bit and really appreciate the tutorial on the overlay text. thank you!