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Free picture editing: How to Lighten Pictures Using Pickmonkey

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Free picture editing:  How to use Picmonkey to edit your Photo Lightening your photos simple and easy using “Curves” this is a how to edit your photos.   I take a lot of photos and my husband who is a photo retoucher and graphic artist taught me in Photoshop a function that help to in prove my pictures. “Curves”   a small movement helped me to make my pictures pop.  Curves is actually color saturation tool but .. it works great on lightening evenly photos.

PicMonkey  think the every mans Photoshop without the stuff you don’t understand.  Photo Shop where I like using it.. I like the simplicity of PicMonkey.com  more.. and the paid version of PicMonkey offers curves.If you spend the $4.99 a month or $33 picmonkey.com opens up a whole new world to what you can so with your pictures.  

How to use Picmonkey to simple Improve a pictures: Curves

  1. Go to PicMonkey.com
  2. Edit photo
  3. Go to effects How to use Picmonkey to simple Improve a pictures: Curves If you spend the $4.99 a month or $33 picmonkey.com opens up a whole new world to what you can so with your pictures. Think the everymans photoshop without the stuff you don’t understand. I take a lot of photos and my husband who is a photo retoucher and graphic artist taught me in Photo Shop a function that help to in prove my pictures. “Curves” a small movement helped me to make my pictures pop. Curves is actually color saturation tool but .. it works great on lightening evenly photos. Photo shop where I like using it.. I like the simplicity of Pic Monkey more.. and guess what the paid version offers curves. Edit photo Go to effects Slide down to the bottom of effects to “curves” Place a point on the line.. I recommend do the point where I show you in the graphic.. If you put it in other areas it can drastic ly change it. Then move the point in a north west direction up at an angle .. you will see the picture change.. a little goes a long way. Also if a shot it blow out you can darken the photo by moving the point down. It is that simple to improve you photos with Curves.. Have fun correct your photos. Let me know how you make out.
  4. Slide down to the bottom of effects to “curves”
  5. Place a point on the line.. I recommend do the point where I show you in the graphic.. If you put it in other areas it can drastic ly change it.How to use Picmonkey to simple Improve a pictures: Curves If you spend the $4.99 a month or $33 picmonkey.com opens up a whole new world to what you can so with your pictures. Think the everymans photoshop without the stuff you don’t understand. I take a lot of photos and my husband who is a photo retoucher and graphic artist taught me in Photo Shop a function that help to in prove my pictures. “Curves” a small movement helped me to make my pictures pop. Curves is actually color saturation tool but .. it works great on lightening evenly photos. Photo shop where I like using it.. I like the simplicity of Pic Monkey more.. and guess what the paid version offers curves. Edit photo Go to effects Slide down to the bottom of effects to “curves” Place a point on the line.. I recommend do the point where I show you in the graphic.. If you put it in other areas it can drastic ly change it. Then move the point in a north west direction up at an angle .. you will see the picture change.. a little goes a long way. Also if a shot it blow out you can darken the photo by moving the point down. It is that simple to improve you photos with Curves.. Have fun correct your photos. Let me know how you make out. picmonkey screen shot
  6. Then move the point in a north west direction up at an angle .. you will see the picture change.. a little goes a long way.picmonkey screen shot
  7. Also if a shot it blow out you can darken the photo by moving the point down. Before and after shot

It is that simple to improve you photos with Curves..

I know you will love all the effects on Picmonkey  I love Boost  and also Temperature feature.

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Have fun correct your photos.  Let me know how you make out.

23 thoughts on “Free picture editing: How to Lighten Pictures Using Pickmonkey”

  1. Ohhhhhhh!!!!!! I belong to picmonkey but I didn’t know how to lighten photos! This is great for iPhoto pics that come out dark. Thanks!!!

    1. Sarah- Always save your ordinal pictures in the form it is taken. I little pull up is all curves takes because you can real mess the color up. But curves is a powerful tool, so use with great restraint. May the Blog be with you.. lol

  3. Good tips! I didn’t realize PicMonkey was so cheap for the year. I signed up for Royale when it was a freebie somewhere. Since I use it so much, I’ll definitely go with the paid version when my free one is up.

    1. Carrie you will love it on those dark days, when the light is not right and camera is not getting what you want. A post editing must but be sure to save the original in the original form.

  10. Curves are a very import of photoshop : ). I am impressed that pic monkey has that feature for you. Be careful not to turn your colors neon. You always want to stay as true to life with your color as possible.

    1. Life with Kaishon, Yes a little bit of movement with curves goes a long way so you don’t wack out the colors. That was the 1st thing my husband taught me when I used it in photoshop.. PicMoney is great because it has a ton of actions built in. I often find I have to turn the strength down on them.

    1. Caitlin- I had photoshop then switched computers.. and had to buy a new version so I got elements. I love light room. But I like the quick edit on Pickmonkey.. I go back and forth depending one need. It is great to have an option of a Free or almost free program to use.

  12. tip: use dodging on her face and it will lighten up her dark shadows then use the curves. Play around with it and see some changes that will bring her face out of the dark. : )

    1. Yes I like the dodging effect.. I was going to cover that in another blog post.. I like curves I think it it another effect to use sparingly with a light touch because it can distort your pictures.

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