Using the Pixlr Editor

The previous tutorials manly focused on Pixlr Express. It is a great program for basic edits. However, sometimes one needs more control over the edits and more options. Pixlr Editor Links to an external site. gives you more, but not too much.

The main Pixlr Editor screen looks like this:

The main parts of this screen are the image window, menu, toolbar, and several panels (Navigator, Layers and History are shown in the screen shot above).

The toolbar contains quick access to common tools. Tools referenced in the GCF tutorials for Pixlr Express include:

 

• The crop tool: 
• The marquee (select) tool: 
• The zoom tool: 
• The magic wand tool: 
• The paint bucket tool: 

The toolbar contains many other tools we'll use in later tutorials and projects.

The Image menu includes options for re-sizing, simple rotation (90 or 180 degrees), or flipping an image or canvas:

 

The Edit menu includes Free Transform for free rotation (any angle) and other transformations:

The Adjustment menu contains image adjustment options including brightness & contrast, hue & saturation and many others:

The File menu includes options for opening a file, creating a new image and saving an existing image:

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Pixlr Editor Tutorials Links to an external site.

• File Formats in Pixlr Editor Links to an external site.
• Resizing the canvas, images, layers, and rotating objects in Pixlr Editor Links to an external site.
• Pixlr Editor Toolbar Explained Links to an external site.
• The Magic Wand and Transparent Backgrounds Links to an external site.

There are many image editing tools available. Check out this review from GCF Learn Free Links to an external site..