How to edit your website photos to make them pop
Want to make your website photos really pop?
A couple of quick adjustments with a free online photo editor can make all the difference.
Here’s how.
Start with a pretty good photo
Cut out the clutter and increase the contrast and saturation to end up with a photo that really pops; take a look at the sharper halos around the trees in the distance to see how small tweaks can make all the differences
You don’t need an extortionate software suite like Photoshop (a mere $79.99 per month for the Adobe Business All Apps Plan), or even a less punishing alternative like Affinity Photo (infinitely better value at $49.99 one-time payment).
Just use the free online Pixlr Editor Follow these 4 simple steps to make your photos really pop.
STEP 1
Open your photo
Go to pixlr.com/editor
Select OPEN IMAGE FROM COMPUTER and open your photo
STEP 2
Cut out the clutter
Select the Crop tool at the top-left of the screen
You can fix the shape of your image using the Constraint controls at the top of the screen, e.g. for a square image select an aspect ratio of 1:1
Drag out a rectangle over your image and adjust it to include the points of interest in your photo and exclude any irrelevant clutter:
Press the enter key to complete your crop
STEP 3
Make it pop
Select Adjustment > Brightness & Contrast… from the menu at the top and try increasing the Contrast and adjusting the Brightness – it’s a good way to make your image more striking
Select Adjustment > Hue & Saturation… from the menu and try increasing the Saturation and adjusting the Lightness – it’s a good way to bring out the colours in your image
STEP 4
Save your photo
Select File > Save… from the menu
Save your photo in JPEG format with quality 80
You’re done! Now upload your clutter-free, eye-popping photo to your website.
October 31, 2018