PixlrPixlr is an online image editor, which allows you to upload images and edit them in a browser. Pixlr allows you to edit images on the Web: eg resize, colour correction, crop, add filters and layers, insert some text. Pixlr also allows you to upload images directly from your computer or from a URL, so if the images you'd like to edit are already on the Web, you can grab them, work with them, and save them when you're done. The service allows you to save images as either JPG or PNG images. You can also create a Pixlr account and you’re your images to your Pixlr cloud library. You can also share and download images from Facebook, Flickr and Picasa.
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How Do I Get Started?
To get started with Pixlr, you should:
1. Watch the video tutorials
2. Complete these required snapshot activities (watch tutorials for help)
3. Pick 2 activities from the list below to complete
4. Design your own project and work on it.
1. Watch the video tutorials
2. Complete these required snapshot activities (watch tutorials for help)
3. Pick 2 activities from the list below to complete
4. Design your own project and work on it.
Snapshot Activities
Pixlr Projects
New Tutorials
Project Ideas
Pixlr Tools
Basic Tools Are :
Selection tools
Marquee tool – Click the button, then click and drag your screen to select a square or rectangular area.
Move tool – Click the button, then click and drag your screen to move your layer, selection, etc.
Lasso tool – Click the button, then click and drag your screen to make selections freehand. To complete the selection, close the loop by dragging all the way back to your starting point.
Crop – Click the button, then click and drag your screen to crop down to whatever you have selected.
Wand – Click the button, then click your screen to select swaths of color that match the color you clicked on. Check Contiguous to only select pixels that touch; uncheck Contiguous to select matching pixels anywhere in the image. Raise or lower your Tolerance to make the color parameters more or less strict.
Editing tools.
Pencil tool – Click the button, then click and drag your image to draw freehand.
Eraser tool – Click the button, then click and drag your image to erase that area.
Brush tool – Click the button, then click and drag your image to draw freehand.
Paint Bucket tool – Click the button, then click your image to apply a solid color to that area.
Clone Stamp tool – Click the button, then hold down SHIFT and click an area of the image that you’d like to clone. Release SHIFT, then move the cursor over the area where you want the cloned image to be and click and drag; the area around your source will then appear wherever you click and drag. This is a very useful tool for covering imperfections (ex. cloning a smooth area of skin over a blemished area).
Gradient tool – Click the button, then click and drag your image to apply a color gradient to that portion of the image. The color(s) of the gradient come from the two color patches in your Tools panel (usually white and black as the defaults). Change the color patches to change the color(s) used in the gradient. You can also modify the type of gradient by changing the options at the top of the screen.
Blending tools
Blur tool – Click the button, then click your image to blur that area.
Sharpen tool – Click the button, then click your image to sharpen that area.
Smudge tool – Click the button, then click your image to smudge that area. This is useful for softening wrinkles.
Sponge tool – Click the button, then click your image to saturate or desaturate (i.e. intensify or reduce) the colors in that area.
Dodge tool – Click the button, then click your image to lighten that area.
Burn tool – Click the button, then click your image to darken that area.
Special filters and effects.
Red Eye tool – Click the button, then click on the red parts of the eye in the photo to correct those areas.
Drawing tool – Click the button, then click and drag to draw freehand shapes.
Bloat tool – Click the button, then click your image to fatten up that area. Useful for making lips poutier, eyes bigger, etc.
Pinch tool – Click the button, then click your image to shrink that area.
Miscellaneous tools.
Color Picker tool – Click the button, then click a color you like in your image; that color will now be the mail color in you color patches. To select a picked color as the alternate (i.e. background) color in your color patches, hold SHIFT while clicking.
Text tool – Click the button, then click and drag your image to create a box into which you can type.
Hand tool – Click the button, then click and drag your image to scroll it around.
Magnifying tool – Click the button, then click your image to magnify.
Selection tools
Marquee tool – Click the button, then click and drag your screen to select a square or rectangular area.
Move tool – Click the button, then click and drag your screen to move your layer, selection, etc.
Lasso tool – Click the button, then click and drag your screen to make selections freehand. To complete the selection, close the loop by dragging all the way back to your starting point.
Crop – Click the button, then click and drag your screen to crop down to whatever you have selected.
Wand – Click the button, then click your screen to select swaths of color that match the color you clicked on. Check Contiguous to only select pixels that touch; uncheck Contiguous to select matching pixels anywhere in the image. Raise or lower your Tolerance to make the color parameters more or less strict.
Editing tools.
Pencil tool – Click the button, then click and drag your image to draw freehand.
Eraser tool – Click the button, then click and drag your image to erase that area.
Brush tool – Click the button, then click and drag your image to draw freehand.
Paint Bucket tool – Click the button, then click your image to apply a solid color to that area.
Clone Stamp tool – Click the button, then hold down SHIFT and click an area of the image that you’d like to clone. Release SHIFT, then move the cursor over the area where you want the cloned image to be and click and drag; the area around your source will then appear wherever you click and drag. This is a very useful tool for covering imperfections (ex. cloning a smooth area of skin over a blemished area).
Gradient tool – Click the button, then click and drag your image to apply a color gradient to that portion of the image. The color(s) of the gradient come from the two color patches in your Tools panel (usually white and black as the defaults). Change the color patches to change the color(s) used in the gradient. You can also modify the type of gradient by changing the options at the top of the screen.
Blending tools
Blur tool – Click the button, then click your image to blur that area.
Sharpen tool – Click the button, then click your image to sharpen that area.
Smudge tool – Click the button, then click your image to smudge that area. This is useful for softening wrinkles.
Sponge tool – Click the button, then click your image to saturate or desaturate (i.e. intensify or reduce) the colors in that area.
Dodge tool – Click the button, then click your image to lighten that area.
Burn tool – Click the button, then click your image to darken that area.
Special filters and effects.
Red Eye tool – Click the button, then click on the red parts of the eye in the photo to correct those areas.
Drawing tool – Click the button, then click and drag to draw freehand shapes.
Bloat tool – Click the button, then click your image to fatten up that area. Useful for making lips poutier, eyes bigger, etc.
Pinch tool – Click the button, then click your image to shrink that area.
Miscellaneous tools.
Color Picker tool – Click the button, then click a color you like in your image; that color will now be the mail color in you color patches. To select a picked color as the alternate (i.e. background) color in your color patches, hold SHIFT while clicking.
Text tool – Click the button, then click and drag your image to create a box into which you can type.
Hand tool – Click the button, then click and drag your image to scroll it around.
Magnifying tool – Click the button, then click your image to magnify.