Pixlr tips and tricks handout

1. PixlrPhotoEditor:
Tips& Tricks
Amy Zschaber azschaber@stancoe.org
Saving Your Work FAQs
Pixlr crashes. You should save your work often.
Whenyourworkisn'tfinished
1. Go to "file" and select "save"
2. Give your work a name
3. In the "format" drop­down
choose "PXD"
4. This keeps your layers intact
Whenyourworkisfinished
1. Go to "file" and select "save"
2. Give your work a name
3. In the "format" drop­down choose "PNG"
4. This saves your work as a hi­res file for
sharing etc.
Q. How do I resize something?
A. Go to "edit" and choose "free transform"
Q. How do I undo something?
A. Go to "edit" and choose "undo" or press
"ctrl z"
Q. How do I get rid of the marching ants?
A. Go to "edit" and choose "deselect all"
Q. I'm clicking and nothing is happening!
A. You are either on the wrong layer or
accidentally have marching ants (see
above)