Editing a Photo

Copied and adapted from the Mailchimp Help Page

Mailchimp’s has a built-in photo editor with version history, so you can get the most out of your images. Crop and
resize, adjust the levels, or get creative with text, stickers, filters, overlays, and more.
It is VERY doubtful we will any of these features, apart perhaps from odd sizes and adding text to a picture!

Access the photo editor

Assuming you are working on our Newsletter and need to edit an
already available picture the easiest way to start the picture editor is,
with the picture block selected in the left hand pane, click Edit in the
right hand pane.

However, if you want to edit a picture for future

use, without being in a Newsletter, you can start the
Photo Editor whenever he MailChimp main menu is
at the top of the screen – click Brand then Contents
Studio.
The Conents Studio shows all the currently
available pictures and controls to upload more –
covered in the basic Maichimp Guide.
Click on the picture you want to edit, then click the
arrow-head alongside the button
View Details, then click Edit Image.
Either method starts the Picture Editor

Available editing tools

Here are the available editing tools listed vertically on the left hand side and what you can use them for:
Crop or Resize Crop, resize, flip, or rotate your image.
Filter Choose from more than 60 different filters.
Adjust Refine the brightness, contrast, saturation, and more.
Focus Choose from radial, mirrored, linear, or gaussian.
Text Add and customize text.
Text Design Choose from a number of dynamic text options.
Sticker Add emojis or shapes.
Brush Edit your image with an adjustable brush.
Frame Choose a frame and adjust the width and opacity.
Overlay Add lighting effects or textures.

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Crop, resize, flip, or rotate
Sometimes, you may need to crop, resize, flip, or rotate your photo to make it work for your layout. You’ll use the same
editing tool for each.
Crop
To crop your image, follow these steps.
Click the Crop or Resize icon on the left hand edge.
Choose one of the four Common Crops.
 Custom
 Square
 4:3
 16:9
Click and drag the crop to adjust it as needed. To edit one dimension at a time, uncheck the box next to Lock
Dimensions (bottom left).
Click Save.
Resize
To resize your image, follow these steps.
Click the Crop or Resize icon on the left hand edge.
Under Common Crops, choose Custom.
Check the box next to Lock Dimensions and enter a new
width or height for your image.
When you change one dimension, the other will
automatically adjust to retain the original dimensions of
the image.

Click Save.
Flip or rotate
To flip or rotate your image, follow these steps.
Click the Crop or Resize icon on the left hand edge.
Under the image, click the vertical icon or horizontal icon to flip it.
Click 0° and drag your cursor to the left or right to rotate the image up
to 45 degrees.
Click the left icon or right icon to rotate it exactly 90 degrees.
Continue to edit your image as needed and click Save.

Add filter
Filters are used to enhance the picture, adjusting brightness, contrast etc and
creating art effects. Some considerable experimentation will e required!
To add a filter to your image, follow these steps.
Click the Filters icon on the left hand edge
Choose the filter you want to apply.
Use the slider to adjust the intensity.
Continue to edit your image as needed and click Save.

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Adjust levels
To adjust the levels in your image, follow these steps.
Click the Adjust icon on the left hand edge.
Under Basics, use the sliders to adjust the brightness, saturation, contrast, and
gamma levels.

Depending on your computer screen you may need to scroll down to see the
remaining options:

Under Refinements, use the sliders to adjust clarity, exposure, shadows, highlights,
whites, blacks, 7 temperature levels.

If you need to go back to the original levels, click Reset Default.

Continue to edit your image as needed and click Save.

Edit focus
To edit the focus of your image, follow these steps.
Click the Focus icon on the left hand edge.
Choose a focus option.

Use the slider to adjust the blur.

Click and drag the area of focus to change its size and position.
Continue to edit your image as needed and click Save.

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Add text
To add text to your image,
follow these steps.
Click the Text icon on the left
hand edge.
Default text will display in the
middle of your image.
Replace the default text and
adjust the font type, size, or
alignment as needed.
Use the side and corner controls
to adjust the size of the text area,
use the small round circle just
under the text to rotate it.

Move the mouse pointer inside

the text box to get a 4-headed
arrow allowing you to reposition
the text box.
To add more text to your image,
click New Text, on the left just
above Font.
Continue to edit your image as
needed and click Save.

Add text design

To add an overlay to your
image, follow these steps.
Click the Text Design icon on
left hand edge.
Choose a colour, or double click
a colour to customize it.
Choose a text design.

Click the arrows to cycle through different versions of the same design.
Click the text design in your image to resize, rotate, or delete it.
Optional: Check the box next to Text as Mask to create a transparent text design
that covers your entire image.

Continue to edit your image as needed and click Save.

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Add sticker
Doubt we will ever need this, but for completeness…
Click the Sticker icon on left hand edge.
Chose Emoticon or Shape
Click the emoticon or shape you want to add.
The sticker you choose will appear in the middle of your
image.
Click the sticker in your image to move, resize, rotate,
duplicate, flip, or delete it.
You can also click Replace to swap the sticker for a
different one.
Use the slider to adjust the opacity.

Use brush
Click the Brush icon.
Before you draw:
Choose a colour, or double click a colour to customize it.
Use the slider to adjust the width and hardness.
Continue to edit your image as needed and click Save.

Add frame
Click the Frame icon on the left hand edge.
Choose the frame you want to add.

Use the sliders to adjust the opacity and width

Apply overlay
Click the Overlays icon on the left hand edge.
Choose the overlay you want to apply.
Click the arrows to toggle through different versions of
the overlay and use the slider to adjust the intensity.
Continue to edit your image as needed and click Save.
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Messed it up and saved the mess-up – get back the original

On the Contents Studio window (the one that show all available pictures) click on the problem picture to select it.
Click the View Details button (towards top right) NOT the arrow head alongside
The right hand side of the window will show the current picture – and the original. To get back the original click on it
on the right, then click Edit Image above the large picture, then click Save on the Photo Editor window – job done!

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