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Contents Copyrights and Trademarks 2 Autodesk Pixlr 2 Trademarks 2 Disclaimer 2 Published by: 2 Welcome to Autodesk Pixlr 4 Introduction 5 Give me the basics 6 camera - aka Pixlr Live 6 photos and fresh 6 collage 7 Editing Tools 8 vibrance 9 history 10 double exposure 11 stylize 12 sharpen 12 smooth 12 red-eye 12 brighten 13 focal 13 heal 14 splash 15 crop 16 rotate 17 autofix 17 color 17 autocontrast 18 blur 19 Limited time effects packs 19 Effects 20 Borders 20 Overlay 21 Stickers 22 Type 23 Sharing, saving, settings, and support 24 Sharing/saving my image 25 Settings 26 Default save size 26 Default save folder 26 Camera mode 26 Approve data collection 26 Log out of Facebook/Log out of Twitter 26 More apps from Pixlr 26 Visit pixlr.com 26 Legal/Privacy 26 Blending 27 How do I lighten double exposed image? 28 How do I make an added image look like it s part of the original photo? 29 Membership 30 What is the difference between the versions? 31 Essentials membership 31 How do I sign up? 31 Support 32
Welcome to Autodesk Pixlr Pixlr is a fun and powerful photo editor that lets you quickly crop, rotate, and fine-tune any picture, all in a completely ad-free experience. Choose from over 2 million combinations of free effects, overlays, and borders to further personalize your image. It is built for anyone who takes pictures and wants to do such things as edit images to be shared through Facebook and Twitter. Pixlr runs on mobile devices, as well as on Windows and Mac systems. Autodesk Pixlr as brand will now extend to what was Pixlr Express as of version 2.5. If you want to use Pixlr on your computer through the web or try another Pixlr app, we have these other image tools and utilities, some of which are cloud-based: Pixlr Editor is a full-featured web photo editor, that opens directly in your browser, no download, no wait and 100% free. It contains lots of the features you normally see in desktop applications, just a click away. Jump in and start using this tool, no registration required and loads in matter of seconds. Pixlr-o-matic is a fun and simple photography/ darkroom Android and ios app that makes it easy to quickly add style to your photos using effects, overlays, and borders. Whether you are looking to get a retro, grunge, clean, or stylish look, Pixlr-o-matic makes it easy in just three simple steps. With over 2 million editing combinations to choose from, you will never be out of new styles that make your photos look spectacular.
What s New
Here s what s new for this release: Google Chromecast support - cast Pixlr from your phone or tablet to your TV. Now available for everyone - double exposure (formerly known as add image) and autocontrast. Compare the before and after of your awesome photos with our new compare tool. Save or share your images, easier and quicker, with a single tap. For you Instagram enthusiasts, before sharing, we ve framed your pictures, making them square, without cropping them. Added opacity adjustment to stylize. Fixed the occasional the heal tool issue that caused the app to unexpectedly quit. Fixed the zooming in and out issue when working on a specific photo in collage. Editted image Original seen with Compare
Introduction
Give me the basics When you launch the app, if there s a new pack campaign, you will see it advertised. You can open an image from your photos, use the newest one on your device, take an image with your camera, or use collage to pick individual image. camera - aka Pixlr Live Tap camera to take a picture and enter Pixlr Live. When in this mode, the following icons ( for effects and for overlays) appear on the screen. Tap them to enter that mode, then swipe the screen left or right until you find the effect/overlay you want. These appear over your live image, instantly. If you decide not to choose an effect or overlay, just swipe through the options, until it is removed. To remove both, tap the in the top left corner. Tap to snap the pic, then either to keep the image or not to. If you kept the image, Pixlr opens for you to use. For Android users, to always open Pixlr in Pixlr Live mode, in your settings, ensure Camera mode is enabled. photos and fresh Tap photos to load an image from your photo gallery or another place on your device. Tap fresh to load the last image taken with your camera.
collage Tap collage. Select a layout, set the spacing between frames, roundness of frame corners, the proportions of the frames, and frame color. Tap layout, swipe through and select the layout you want. Tap spacing, then drag the slider to set the width of the frame. Tap roundness, then drag the slider to set the roundness of the interior corners of the frames. Tap proportions to set the size of the frames. Tap background to set the color of the frame. To load an image for ios users 1. Tap collage. 2. Tap inside a frame to load an image and make it active. 3. Tap-drag an image to reposition it. 4. Pinch an image to zoom out or expand your fingers to zoom in. NOTE If you want to edit the image, tap edit to apply various Pixlr effects. Tap replace to select a different image for the frame.
To load an image for Android users 1. Tap Collage, the photos you want to use, then Done. 2. Once you ve used the various collage tools, tap-drag an image to reposition it. 3. Pinch an image to zoom out or expand your fingers to zoom in. NOTE If you want to edit the image, tap Edit to apply various Pixlr effects. If you want to change the image, tap Replace. When done, tap Finish to return to the collage tools.
Once you have loaded an image, you can check out the UI and get started. Here s a run-down of the tools at your disposal. Along the top is the menu with sign in, a news feed, and tips, plus the compare, undo, redo, cancel and saving options. Along the bottom is your editing tools.
Editing Tools
Adjustment Tools Use the adjustment tools to make changes to your image, from removing red-eye to creating a double exposure. Below, you will find a description for each tool and examples of what they can do. vibrance Use the slider to make colors either pop or look more subdued. Original image Decreased vibrance Increased vibrance
history brush Since an effect is applied to the full image, use history brush to remove the effect from parts of the image or add it back to others. Original image Select an effect and apply it to your image. Tap history brush and adjust brush size. Effect applied Tap brush and brush over wherever you want to remove the effect. Tap erase and brush over wherever you need to add the effect back. Effect removed in with history brush
double exposure With this tool, you can merge two images together. Import an outside image, position it over the original, resize it, and change the transparency, so that it blends in better with the original image. Apply a blend mode to control how the image blends with the original. Tap double exposure and select an image. Now, it looks like these guys are checking out Niagara Falls from the window of their hotel. To resize the image, do either of the following: With two fingers, pinch to make the image smaller or expand your fingers to make it larger. With one finger, tap-drag either of the handles on the box. To make the image look like part of the original image: Change the opacity of the image. Tap blend and select a blend mode to determine how the images are combined. For more information, see Blending.
stylize Transform your image to look like a pencil drawing, silk screen, poster, lithograph, and much more. smooth If your image is pixelated, you can soften it to give it a smoother and more unified look. Adjust the amount and tap. Before After Use fade to control how stylized your image will be. Before After sharpen Make blurry or fuzzy images crisper. Adjust the amount and radius, then tap. TIP If you want part of the image to remain crisp and sharp, use the history brush after to remove any smoothing. red-eye Remove red-eye from any image. Tap the eye, then. Before After Before After
brighten Use brighten to whiten teeth and lighten dark spots to draw attention to them. focal Play with focal blur to focus on a specific part of your image. Before After To paint over an area an brighten it, select brush, then brush size and set the brush, and whitening to set how bright the change will be. If you brighten something by mistake, use erase and paint over the area, or to start over, tap reset. Without focal blur After When finished, tap.
heal Remove spots, lighten shaded areas, and reduce shine. Blemishes, lens specs, dark undereye circles, even wrinkles can be corrected. Before After To darken an area, select brush, then size and set the brush size, then tap shine. To lighten an area, select shade and brush over the area. To make spot corrections, select spot and brush over the area. TIP Try using these options in combination. When finished, tap.
splash Select splash to isolate a color or range of colors in your image and change the rest of the image to black and white. Tap-drag over the color your want. Before splash After To change the amount of color you see, move the tolerance slider to the right for more color or left for less. To add color to areas, tap brush and brush over them. To remove color from an area, tap erase and brush over the area. Tap to apply the effect or to cancel it.
crop Before After Finished image (autofix, autocontrast, & focal blur) To move the grid into position, tap-drag within the grid. To resize the box, do either of the following: With two fingers, pinch to make the box smaller or expand your fingers to make it larger. With one finger, tap-drag on the frame of the box.
rotate Is one of your images not quite straight? Is the horizon on an angle and you want to correct that? Use rotate. autofix Take any image, whether the color is slightly off, it s too dark, what have you, and use autofix to improve it. Before After To control the angle of rotation, use angle. A grid appears over the image to help you line things up. To rotate the image in 90 degree increments, use rotate. To flip the image, use either vertical or horizontal. Before color Change the hue, saturation, or lightness of an image. After When finished, tap. Before After
autocontrast Instantly improve the contrast of any image with the touch of a button. Autocontrast will subtly fix issues with shadows and lighting. Before Contrast Autoconstrast Image created by John Bavaro in SketchBook contrast Before After Fix issues with shadows by lightening these areas and pulling out hidden details. For images that are too light, it darkens them to pull out more detail.
blur Make an image appear out of focus or use blur in conjunction with then brush over the areas you want in focus. history brush to blur the entire image, Before Blurred Blurred and history brush Limited time packs From time-to-time, you will see a new pack appear in the tool bar along the bottom of your device. These packs are available to Essentials members. To get them, sign up to become an Essentials member. See How do I sign up?.
Effects Apply effects to create vintage black and white or sepia toned images, make subtle changes to colors, and/or instantly create new layouts. Borders Add a border from a variety of categories to frame your image. Before After Before After Use fade to control the strength of an effect. Tap to apply the effect or to cancel it. Use fade to set the transparency of a border. Use horizontal, vertical, and rotate to position a border. Essentials members get additional packs.
Overlay Apply an image or effect over top of your image. Choose from bokeh, chemical burns, flames, and many more to alter the feel of your image. Before After Use fade to set the transparency of an overlay. Use horizontal, vertical, and rotate to position an overlay. Essentials members get additional packs.
Stickers A huge assortment of stickers from over 10 categories are available for enhancing your image. Select a sticker. Swipe to the left or right to see more. Before With one finger, drag the sticker into position. With one finger, tap-drag the top handle to rotate the sticker. To resize the sticker, do either of the following: During With two fingers, pinch to make the sticker smaller or expand your fingers to make it larger. With one finger, tap-drag either of the handles on the box. Tap fade and drag the slider to make the sticker more transparent. This can help make a sticker look like it s part of the original image. After Essentials members get additional packs.
Type Use type to add text to your image. Pick from a variety of typefaces, scale and reposition the text, and even change the color. Select a typeface. Swipe to the left or right to see more. With one finger, drag the type box into position. Tap within the type box and enter your text. Tap color and select a color. To grab a color from your image, tap select, then tap the color in your image. With two fingers, pinch to make your text smaller or expand your fingers to make it larger. Tap apply to keep your changes or cancel to start over.
Compare After making changes to an image, you may want to compare the original image and final. Use the compare tool for this. For ios users, at the top of your screen and to the right of menu, tap-hold to see the before (original image). Remove your finger from to see your final image. For Android users, after you make a change to your image, but before tapping Apply, Compare appears in the top left corner. Tap-hold to see the before (original image). Remove your finger from to see your final image. ios Android
Sharing, saving, settings, and support
Sharing/saving my image After creating something really cool, you may want to share it. With the email, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter options, pick your method. For ios users, at the top right of your screen, are tap done. For Android users, tap Finish. To share your image, select one of the social media options, such as Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter. To save the image at its current size, tap Save Image to save to your camera roll. For Android users, the image is saved to your default save folder. To change where images are saved, see Default save folder. To change the size of an image, tap Resize Image. For Android users, once you have selected Save Image, you can select the size of the image and tap OK to change the size of the image. For ios users, in the next window, select a size and tap Save. The image is saved to your camera roll. TIP To set the default size of a saved image, see Default save size.
Settings For Android users, in the top left corner of the startup screen, tap access your Pixlr settings. to Default save size Tap this option and set the size your image is saved as: Small, Medium, Max, or Custom. When saving an image, you can also select a size and tap Keep as default to set the default size of saved images from within the app. Default save folder The name of the default folder where you can find your saved Pixlr images is displayed below this option. By default, images are saved to your Pixlr folder. To change this, tap the folder and navigate to the one you want. Tap OK. Camera mode When this option is selected, you automatically enter Pixlr Live whenever you open the app. You will be in camera mode, ready to take pics. The following icons ( for effects and for overlays) appear on the screen. Tap them to enter that mode, then swipe the screen until you find the effect/ overlay you want. These appear over your live image, instantly. If you decide not to choose an effect or overlay, just swipe through the options until it is removed. To remove both, tap the in the top left corner. Tap to snap the pic, then either to keep the image or not to. If you kept the image, Pixlr opens for you to use. Approve data collection When checked, you agree to the collection of usage data. For more information, tap Legal/Privacy (the last option in Settings).
Log out of Facebook/Log out of Twitter Tap these to sign out of these social sharing sites. More apps from Pixlr Tap this option to access information on the other Pixlr apps. Visit pixlr.com Tap this option to go to the Pixlr site to read the blog, support content, or docs, and checkout the latest tutorials. Legal/Privacy Tap this option for information on our legal and privacy policies. NOTE ios users see this content when they tap.
Blending Use blending in the double exposure tool to intelligently blend one image seamlessly into another. All you need to do is import and position the image over the original image, resize it, and adjust the opacity, if necessary.
How do I lighten double exposed image? There are a couple blend tools you can use for this: Use lighten to take a double exposure and the image to compare pixels, and displays the lighter of the two. Use screen to produce an overall lightening effect, by providing a softer lightening effect than add. Each pixel on a double exposure is brightened by a value equal to or lesser than the value of pixels in your original image, occupying the same location in the image. This effect is opposite to multiply and similar to projecting multiple photographic slides simultaneously onto a single screen. TIP If the double exposed image uses tints (colors mixed with white), most of the color from the layer below will be obscured. If it uses shades (colors mixed with black), more color from the image shows through. Use add to lighten the overall composition, similar to screen, but more dramatically. Each pixel is brightened by a value equal to or lesser than the value of pixels of the image occupying the same location. TIP If the double exposed image uses tints (colors mixed with white), most of the color from the image below will be obscured. If it uses shades (colors mixed with black), more of the color from the image below to shows through. Use overlay, a mix of multiply and screen, to take dark values, multiply them, and screen light values from the image below. The highlights and shadows of the double exposed image are preserved. The colors from both sources are mixed to reflect the lightness or darkness of the original image. Use soft light, a mix of darken and lighten, to take dark values, multiply them, and screen light values from the image below; however, in this case, the effect is softer and more subtle than overlay. The effect is similar to shining a diffused spotlight on the original image. Use hard light, which is similar to overlay (just more dramatic), to determine the pixel color based on grayscale. More than 50% gray, image pixels are screened. Less than 50% gray, they are multiplied. It is similar to shining a harsh spotlight on the original image. Use difference to subtract the darker pixels of both the double exposed image, and original image from the lighter ones. If the double exposed image contains white, the colors from the original image are displayed. If they contain black, there is no change. Use color dodge (the opposite of color burn - though the results aren t always opposite) to increase contrast by lightening light areas without having any effect on darker ones.
How do I make an added image look like it s part of the original photo? One trick is to darken what you re adding to the photo, if the photo is darker. There are a couple blend tools you can use for this: Use darken to take a double exposed image, compare its pixels to the main image, and displays the darker of the two. Use multiply to produce an overall darkening effect. Each pixel is darkened by a value equal to or greater than the value of pixels in your image, occupying that location. It produces a similar effect to combining one or more photographic transparencies together and looking through them. TIP If the double exposed image uses tints (colors mixed with white), more of the color from the image will show through. If it uses shades (colors mixed with black), most of the color from the image is obscured. Use color burn to enhance contrast by applying the colors of the blended layer and base. The intensity of the tones in the blended layer determines the degree of color change: darker colors create a more intense effect. white areas remain the same.
Membership
What is the difference between the versions? The free edition has tools you need to do basic photo editing and familiarize yourself with the power of Autodesk Pixlr. Essentials membership If you sign up for a free Pixlr account, you unlock Essentials. You get expanded flexibility and power to create amazing images, as well as access to new packs. The first times you log in, NEW will appear where new Essentials tools can be found. How do I sign up? Once you open an image in Pixlr, in the top left corner: for ios users, tap menu, then Sign In. for Android users, tap menu, Sign In and tap New User? Sign Up to sign up and become an Essentials member. In the next window, enter your information and tap Create Account. Pixlr opens and in the top left corner, a circle with your username appears, replacing. How and why do I sign in? If you are on someone else s device or you logged out of Pixlr, tap the icon appears in the top left corner to sign in. If someone else is logged in: 1. Tap menu and select sign out. 2. Tap sign in. Either use a social media provider, such as Facebook, or your Autodesk ID or associated email and password and tap Log in. If you previously logged out, tap menu, then sign in. Either use a social media provider, such as Facebook, or your Autodesk ID or associated email and password and tap Log in.
Support If you want a place where you can see what others are doing with Pixlr, get product information, tutorials, and support, as well as read blog articles, check out http://blog.pixlr.com/. From the main page, you will find links to the following places: Products - Find out about all the Pixlr products and how to get them. Tutorials - Find tutorials for all the Pixlr products, access the User Guide, answers to common questions, as well as troubleshooting tips and answers to general questions about Autodesk and Pixlr. Blog - See all the Pic of the Days and get information on how they were created. Support - Find a place to share ideas, give praise, find answers to questions, and report issues.