How to use pixlr x

Every day there are more tools that have been designed exclusively for image retouching, in this case, each time There are more possibilities that are taken into account when we talk about designing or creating. 

In this post, we have come to talk to you about a program that has been the protagonist of many image editions for years, but that has always lived in the shadow of those programs that we know best, such as Photoshop.

We are here to talk to you about Pixlr and how its functions and features have made it one of the programs par excellence in the world of retouching.

What is Pixlr?

Pixlr is defined as a program or tool that, In addition to retouching images, it is also an educational tool that is used to start the first steps in retouching and image design. Not only do you learn the most basic, since it is a very extensive tool with many features, but rather, it is a tool with which you will go from a beginner level to an amateur level, in a very short time.

Undoubtedly, many of the users have already tried this tool that has become so fashionable in recent years. And it is that despite having lived in the shadow of many other tools, Pixlr, It is a tool that has several functions that are very similar to other tools. with which we are most familiar.

For this reason, it is considered one of the tools that, without a doubt, has taken a new turn in the market and in new trends, becoming yet another program that is already in use.

Features and functions

1. With Pixlr you can design and create collages and photomontages in a quick and easy way. So much so, that it has the necessary tools for you to bring out your most creative side and expose it in your designs.
2. Another of the functions or characteristics to take into account is that we can create different supports for different advertising media, either from banners or billboards. 
3. In addition to all these functions, it is also possible to create different image techniques with which you will learn to manipulate the different editing options in photography, be it the lighting, the contrast or the adjustment of warm or cold tones on the different lights or shadows, a wonderful program.

Basic tools

Cutout

We have the trim option with which we can crop images without having to manipulate the image too much.

That is, we can make it much larger or smaller, depending also on how we want to retouch it. It has a crop tool with which, without a doubt, you will be able to create infinite cuts on the same image.

Brush

Another of the key tools for this program and that is very similar to Photoshop, is the possibility of being able to use the brush. The brush is a tool that can be used to make a somewhat more artistic image, or also to correct small details that require a small tip

Cloner buffer

It is without a doubt another of the key and star tools for retouching images. Thanks to this tool it is now possible to correct small points or details to highlight.

For example, if we want to remove small details from an image, we can do it thanks to this tool that we already have available in the vast majority of programs retouching or editing images.

It is a tool with which you can also eliminate those objects that you do not want to see in an image, so it is one of the tools that fulfills basic and very necessary functions.

Text

It has a wide variety of fonts and typographies with which you can create impressive and creative texts in your designs. The text function has always been necessary, especially if we are designing a cover for a poster, or for a certain medium that requires a previous message.

You have the possibility to choose between a wide category of fonts and typographies, so it should not be a problem to be able to design incredible and even animated titles and texts. It is also possible to change the size or points of the letters.

Red-eye reduction:

It is the tool that we will always find in image editing or retouching programs. It is a tool that allows us to eliminate the points that form in our eyes when we make an image with a lot of artificial lighting (flash) in a very dark medium.

You will no longer have an excuse to eliminate those small details that deteriorate a beautiful image, with this tool that is so useful and easy to use.

Do not forget to combine both tools since all of them complement each other at the exact moment of retouching an image.