Make Your Pics Pinteresting - Part One - Formatting

Hi. Welcome. I am so very happy that you decided to stop by for a visit.

I thought I might share something a little different with you today.

I’ve read quite a few blog posts lately with instructions for PicMonkey. It seems to be very popular with most bloggers.

I personally haven’t used it. When it comes to photos or images, Microsoft Word and Paint have all the features I need.  I’ve used these programs for a lot of years so I was glad to be able to find a laptop that at least had the Starter version already installed.

So, for all those bloggers out there who also have Word and Paint, or are considering getting those programs, I am going to show you what they can do.

Today I’m going to share the many ways that you can format a photo. Are you ready? Let’s go!

Insert Photo

First you will need to insert a picture into a word document.

Click on the Insert Tab as shown on the Diagram 1.

A window pops up. Locate your picture on your computer. Select it by clicking on it once then press the insert button or double click the image.

Formatting the Picture

Now comes the fun part.

Select your picture by clicking on it once.

A new tab will appear on the top of your screen. It will say, Picture Tools, Format. Click on that tab.

Look at Diagram 2. These are all your photo formatting tools. We’re concentrating on these three: Corrections, Color, and Artistic Effects.

 Correction Tool

Each photo adjustment tool has set variations you can choose from. Look at Diagram 3.

You can tell which variation is being used on this particular photo because it is outlined in yellow. This one is set as the original image.

Sharpen and Soften.

Any deviation to the left of this section makes the image less in focus – a little blurrier. Moving to the right sharpens the photo image. This can help slightly if you photo is on the blurry side or you want to see more detail.

Brightness and Contrast. 

If your image is too dark or too light this is where you can make those changes.

Picture Correction Options. 

Each adjustment tool also has further options where you can fine tune the variations – in case the standard ones aren’t to your liking.  

Select the Picture Correction Options button as shown in Diagram 3. The Format Picture window pops up as shown in Diagram 4. Now you make very specific changes as required.

  

Color Tool

Each photo adjustment tool has set variations you can choose from: Color Saturation, Color Tone and Recolor as shown in Diagram 5.

Once again, you can tell which variation is being used on this particular photo because it is outlined in yellow. 

This one is set as the original image.

Color Saturation

And now the complete opposite side of saturation.

Color Tone

Recolor

 

Artistic Effects Tool

Each photo adjustment tool has set variations you can choose from. Look at Diagram 9.

Once again, you can tell which variation is being used on this particular photo because it is highlighted in yellow.

This one is set as the original image.

These are all the artistic effects:

• None
• Marker
• Pencil gray scale
• Pencil Sketch
• Line Drawing
• Chalk Sketch
• Paint Strokes
• Paint Brush
• Glow Diffused
• Blur
• Light Screen
• Watercolor Sponge
• Film Grain
• Mosaic Bubbles
• Glass
• Cement
• Texturizer
• Criss Cross Etching
• Pastels Smooth
• Plastic Wrap
• Cut Out
• Photocopy
• Bright Edges

From Microsoft Word Picture Format 7 to 15 are examples of the artistic effects.

  

  

 Well that's it for this week. Which is your favorite?

Next week I'll show you how to remove the background in your picture.

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I have to share this exciting news. This post was featured at All Things Pretty Thursday. Check it out HERE.

I just want to say thank you Leslie, Chrissy, and Kathy for hosting each week.

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Yippee Hooray. I've been featured today. Thanks so much Jennifer for featuring me at your party.

This is what she had to say,  Make Your Pics Pinteresting with these Tips from Darlene Nemeth.  These were some great tips. I've seen too many wonderful posts that would have easily been passed over because of their "Pinterestability"

Check out Jennifer's blog and the other featured posts HERE.

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Thank you Linda and Carol for featuring my blog post on your blog - Crafts a la mode. 

To see the other featured blog posts at What To Do Weekends #59 please click HERE.

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I am so grateful Susie for featuring my post on your site - Bowdabrablog.com.

"How to Make Your Pics Pinteresting by Darlene Nemeth - She shares a lot of great tips to help you with your photos. If you aren’t using good photos on Pinterest then you are missing out on a lot of free traffic to your blog."

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This post was featured at Maz Kwok.com. It was linked at the Crafting Along Blog Hop and was included in the top three most clicked projects at Party #28.

Thank you Maz Kwok for hosting the party and thanks to everyone who clicked on my post.

Click HERE to check out the other featured posts.

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