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Picture It! Tips & Tutorials

Tips and tutorials for learning and using Microsoft Picture It! photo editing and enhancement software. Go up a category for resources on Digital Image Pro, the new title of Picture It.

Animated Locket

How to create an animated locket.

Animated Snowglobes

Create an animated snow globe from a photo using Picture It.

Bay Windows

Create a bay window and add other objects to create a picturesque scene.

Beveled Banners

Create beveled banners for Web page headings.

Border Background

How to make a bordered background for the Web.

Coloring with PI2000

You can change a graphic colors, fill it with solid color or gradient color, you can colorize it and you can take a coloring book looking object and color it. Explore all the options for coloring graphics with Picture It.

Cutouts

Two different ways to make cutouts in Picture It.

Embossed Backgrounds

Create an embossed or watermark effect in Picture It.

Globe Frames

Download several globe frame templates and learn how to make your own.

How to Bevel

Add bevels to buttons or frames for a 3D effect.

How to Resize

Two different ways to resize in Picture It.

Make a Teddy Bear

Draw a teddy bear from scratch in Picture It.

Make Eyes Blink

How to make an animation of blinking eyes in Picture It.

Making Buttons

Many ways to make buttons in Picture It.

Making Frames

Add custom frames to your pictures.

Moving Pendulum Clock

Create an animated grandfather clock.

Photocubes

How to make a photo cube in Picture It.

Signature Tag 1

Create three different types of animated signatures. Signature Tag 2 Signature Tag 3

Stamping in PI2000

How to make your own stamps from different graphics and cutouts.

Tiled Backgrounds

How to create seamlessly tiling backgrounds.

Transparent GIFs

How to save a transparent GIF in Picture It.

Using Animation

Detailed information on using the animation features of Picture It!

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