How To Picsart

xix: SOME HACKS AND TROUBLESHOOTING

Alright, so these aren't really hacks, but they're really helpful and troubleshoot some of my first chapters' instruction.

First of all: DON'T FORGET TO ENTER MY GIVEAWAY! I've put a lot of premades there (three; not a lot but whatever haha) and they'll probably be thrown in the trash because honestly I don't like holding on to premades for long.

Second of all; let's get started.

TROUBLESHOOT 1:
so some of you, with androids, have been saying that the magic feature isn't on your edition of picsart. Well, as I use an android too, I just deleted my picsart app and redownloaded it, which gave me the update.

IF YOU STILL DON'T HAVE IT;
search on google (or another search engine, I'm 99.99999% sure it doesn't matter) picsart download apk. Download that, and using your file manager, install it and hopefully you'll have the latest version of picsart. Or, at least, the one that,has magic :)

PICSART HACK 1:
If you have low storage space like me (currently I have 35 mb...), you can store all your pictures on picsart. Just click edit, and go immediately to 'save and share'. and then click 'save private'. It'll stay in your privates, and whenever you need the photo, just click 'share' on the photo and hit 'gallery'. I've used this for my premades; however, I might not do premades anymore :)

HACK 2:
Ok, this isn't a picsart hack. It's a font hack. So you know those text effects that look like

??? well, you can do that with mobile and not just Photoshop/Pixlr/GIMP/ other fancy photo editing programs. It's the 'emboss' feature of Pixel Lab (I think that's what it's called-). Please do comment if you'd like a tutorial on this!

There's an app called Pixel Lab, and I discovered it thanks to my pal Lucas, kerozeo , who you should go follow.

It's harder to use than Phonto, but that's only because it has more features and capabilities! YOU CAN UPLOAD PICTURES AS TEXTURES FOR YOUR TEXT.

If you need help to install fonts, please do comment so I can set up a tutorial for that ;) Pixel Lab doesn't automatically redirect you to the app for installing the font, so you might need some help.

TROUBLESHOOTING 2:
Alright, so this is kind of a repeat of my earlier troubleshoot. FOR ANDROID USERS! There's something called apk downloads, and there are a lot of things you can download apk from the web. Musical.ly, Polarr, (although the apk Polarr doesn't allow you to import filters) and just... a lot of others. I'm not going to even bother to name all of them. It's too much. Anyways, you can download a lot, so if there's ever a photo editing app you need, and you can't get it or it's not compatible, try the apk version.

HACK 3:
So you know those profiles that match? The profile picture and the background? WELL PICSART HAS A TOOL THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS. It's called the color picker, and I've published tutorials that include this. However, here I'll tell you some ways to use it:

Take the icon / profile photo you are going to use. Color pick (press for a long time) the part of the icon you'd like your background to be the color of. Once the color picker reverts that color to your brush, enlarge the size of your brush and cover up the icon with that color. That's your background. Honestly, I love this. It's great, haha

Another way to use it that I find handy is text overlays. If I haven't done a tutorial on it yet I'll do it now. You know when you want a color of text, but you don't have it? Well, this helps. I'll show you the Phonto way, and the Pixel Lab way which is much easier.

Phonto:
Take a black background. Then, put the text you want on it. MAKE IT WHITE. (using phonto) Then, head back over to Picsart and put your color or texture over the text, and the switch the blend mode to screen. Then, go to tools and select 'cutout'. Cit out the text. Save it, and then use it on your photo.

Complicated... but it works!

Pixel Lab:
Press texture (when you're in 'text') and upload the color/texture you want to use, and then your text will be ready. ;)) Pretty easy!

Also: I know I said I had a Snow Queen manipulation tutorial planned, but one) the giveaway got in the way and two) my storage bailed on me, and wiped all my fonts and screenshots. Therefore, I didn't have any screenshots to give to y'all and I wouldn't want you guys to suffer with a picture-less tutorial. I mean, I myself wouldn't stand for that ;)

So I'll probably make a new manip and give you a tutorial on that! Thank you for being so patient, lovelies. And if you have any other hacks or troubleshoots I didn't mention here (I didn't mention a LOT, let's be honest) please do notify me!

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OH AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE GIVEAWAY :D