Full Version Free Software For Photo Editing

On this post, I want to share with you the most interesting free online and offline photo editing software to use for your blogging pictures. And how I use this editing programs to make my own banners.

I will use Jing from Techsmith (you can download “Screens on the fly” for free) to show you all the steps I take.

Pixlr.com

How to make this arrow on Pixlr-editor

: Create new image

: Add arrow as layer, add text

: Save as PNG file

You can use Pixabay.com to find appropriate pictures for your blog post. Be aware the picture you choose is free for commercial use, no attribution necessary. I found this picture with keys, I want to use it for a banner in the sidebar which will point to Jaaxy, worlds no#1 keyword research tool.

After I have downloaded this picture, then I hop over to Pixlr.com/express to add some special effects.

: Upload the picture

: Choose for effect

: Add effect

How to use MS paint

pick a color
paint one area into one color
Select the area, and delete, then fill with the color
You can replace text as well this way.

: Dutch language

: Replaced for English language

After I have made the area blue, I select the whole line and shift it down, I will get now a white line to add my text.

Pick the color of a key and fill in one area

Now we go to Pixlr.com/editor again, to add the transparent logo of Jaaxy as a layer to this banner.

And here is the result of my banner. And I have to link it to my affiliate link of Jaaxy to my banner.

That done, I will copy the editor code and paste it into a text widget and place it in the sidebar of my website. Be sure you let any link, which leaves your website, will open in a target=”_blank”

With the tools of Jing, Pixlr, MS Paint and Pixabay, you can create umlimitted original pictures for your content.