In the last tutorial, I showed you how to create a gradient in PicMonkey. This tutorial, using a similar method, I will show you how to create a ray of light effect.
The photo below is the before and after. The image on the right is what we will create.
PicMonkey is a simple photo editing tool that’s easy to learn and use. While tinkering with PicMonkey, I did notice some limitations and tools that didn’t exist such as the gradient fill often found in Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro and others. It doesn’t mean it can’t be created in PicMonkey, it’s just a different way to create the same visual effect.
Simply follow the steps below to create the gradient.
There are a variety of ways to put your Instagram or Pinterest photos in your sidebar. To jazz things up a bit, this tutorial will show you how to create a photo collage image to link to your Instagram or Pinterest account. This is useful especially if you want your image a little more eye catching and not something that looks like what everyone else is doing. And why not? Your site is unique.
Now you may be thinking, “Oh no…does this require working in Photoshop? That’s too complicated!”.
No, you don’t need to use Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, or Gimp. Yes, those are very complicated software tools and very powerful for advanced photography adjustments or designs created from scratch (e.g., realistic water, replicating a photo portrait digitally drawn, 3D textures and effects, etc.). For most users, you don’t need to use Photoshop for your blog.
There are easier and simpler alternatives. In this tutorial, I chose to use PicMonkey after spending some time with it, it’s quite simple and a friendly interface—and this is coming from a long time Photoshop user.
Are you ready to create your own images? Let’s get started!
Wow, talk about futuristic. Google already pushing the boundaries of privacy. With the purchase of Nest, looks like self driving connected cars are also connected to your home. Not right now, but perhaps in the future…give or take 10 years is my thought.
…Seems too much like a movie.
GigaOm: When Google closes the Nest deal, privacy issues for the internet of things will hit the big time
This is an interesting article to come across. I had a conversation with friends a few days ago about Google Authenticator, Two-Step authentication, authentication methods in general and the user experience is cumbersome and clunky.
Creating keyboard-less BlackBerry phones never made much sense, and BlackBerry knows it.
Amen to that. It never made sense to me that they removed their physical keyboards. My thought, this is the result of effective branding like McDonald’s golden arches. And I found BlackBerry’s keyboard was pretty well built.
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