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Making Graphics Online
This tutorial will teach you the basics of an online image editor called FotoFlexer. It's a really neat site that people can use to make nice and simple graphics. It's really the same as the image editor on photobucket (which is powered by FotoFlexer), but I think the one on fotoflexer.com is better because there's a few more stuff like glitter text.

Throughout this tutorial I will be using this image here

To start out click on upload photo or other places under edit photo

After you uploaded your image you should come to a screen that looks like this. 


Now, you can basically just mess around with the different effects until you make something you like.
Ideas/Effects
Some things effects you can use that are commonly used in most graphics are:
Soften (Located under Effects. Click soften then lower opacity to get the "angelic look")
Pixelate (Located under Effects. Click pixelate, choose your pixel size, then click advanced options to lower the opacity to get a pixel look)
Curves (Located under Geek. Mess around with it and the colors on your graphics can look a lot better)
Brushes (Located under Decorate. Click on stickers and choose a sticker and a color. After you click add sticker go to Layers then opacity. Click on the sticker you added and lower its opacity so it'll be "faded)
Transparent Box (Located under Decorate. Click on stickers and look for a square or circle whichever you want. Choose a color, preferably white then add your sticker. Go to Layers then opacity. While you lower the opacity you can change the size of the box to fit your graphic)

Here's an image I made using all the effects listed above. Not bad right?
 
Conclusion
Overall, I think this is really useful it's another good alternative to MS Paint. If you cannot download gimp on your computer I think FotoFlexer is the way to go. It may be overwhelming at first but after awhile you'll get the hang of it. If you need help feel free to email me or post in the cbox.
 
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