^^Click on the above thumbnail to watch the tutorial as a video.^^
Today’s tutorial is about creating superb separators with Pixlr, as a free alternative to Photoshop.
I have recreated them from the design and information shared in 
So I am going to talk you through how I made this separator, with Pixlr…
(Please feel free to use it)
SETTING UP
Step 1: Open Pixlr
Step 2: Create a new image
Step 3: Name your file, select width 800 and Height 50 and tick the transparent option as separators need to be saved as PNG files, to look good in Steemit posts.
THE LINE ACROSS
Step 4: Select the Drawing Tool
Step 5: Select either the rounded rectangle tool, or rectangle tool, Border size 2, make sure fill shape is ticked...
And select your colour
Step 6: Create a rectangle on the canvas, all the way across and use the move tool if need be to centre it.
THE CENTRE CIRCLE
Step 7: Next we need the drawing tool again to create an circle centre with the ellipse tool (I may have called this the eclipse tool in the video), using the same process as the rectangle above.
Step 8: create the ellipse shape in the middle of your separator, to centre it, you might need the help of an extra ruler app, or ruler to put on the screen, or by painfully counting pixel squares. (I used an additional ruler app in conjunction with Pixlr)
THE CENTRE PICTURE
Step 9: Go to Pixabay or somewhere you can get copyright free pictures and search for an image that you would like to put in the centre. (Bear in mind, it will end up quite small). It is easier to find something to that is simple to insert, if you select transparent as the search options, as this will make it easier to place in the separator.
Step 10: Download the picture you choose.
Step 11: Open it in Pixlr. Select image and image size and make it a size that will fit on your separator (I chose 50 px width and 34 px height).
Step 12: Press Crtl A to select all and then Crtl C to copy and close the picture to get back to your Separator.
Step 13: Paste the picture in the middle of the separator and centre it.
FINISHED PRODUCT
Step 14: Save it as a PNG file and it is ready to use as your separator in your own posts.
I hope you found this tutorial helpful. I kind of enjoy creating them.
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