Want to put your best face forward?
Then you should learn how to retouch photos!
If that sounds like a job for a Photoshop pro – don’t fret! You can do this yourself, fast and easy, with PicMonkey.
So let’s get those profile pictures looking fine – in no time!
How to Retouch Portrait Photos on PicMonkey Mobile App
The same wrinkle annihilating, smile brightening power you get on PicMonkey.com is available to Premium users on mobile, and it’s quick as a wink 😉
This was allll I did to fix my face in the sample I’ve shown at the top and end of this post.
It’s amazingly fast with the Presto button, and you can get as precise as you like with:
- Smooth
- Blemish Fix
- Whiten and Brighten
- Nip/Tuck Nudge, Reduce, and Fill
Push-button plastic surgery! Check it out below.
Profile Picture Size Advice
Retouch your full-size image first! If you’re going to the trouble of retouching, I strongly recommend you start with the highest resolution image you have.
Save this photo to your device at top-quality.
You just might want that high-resolution retouched portrait for another use later! If you decide to print out some 8x10s, you’ll appreciate the quality you can get with the best resolution.
If you wish to crop or resize it before uploading to your social networks, save the cropped/resized version as another file.
A 500 pixel square-cropped image should work well on all social platforms. You don’t have to upload an exact image size.
Be aware that most platforms will show your image cropped to a circle, at least in some places. So don’t crop too tightly before uploading. You’ll lose the corners of your image.
Sample from Twitter. Note: for reference only. You don’t need to crop your image to a circle.
Portrait Retouching Conclusion
Don’t let a good face go to waste! (Yours, that is).
You have so many options to do a face retouch in PicMonkey.
Whether you need a little brightening or a full makeover, the Monkey will make sure your profile picture is ready for prime time.
It’s easy and fun!
You don’t have to learn how to use Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop.
PicMonkey knows what you need – and has built in presets you can access with a click on the desktop tool, or a tap on mobile.
Please share if this tutorial gave you loads of ideas on how to retouch photos!
Then go check out more Instagram profile picture ideas.
Maria Blassingame says
Hey Louise Myers
Many many thanks for sharing such a superclass tips with wonderful explanation. I will certainly dig it and personally suggest to my friends. I’m sure they’ll be benefited from this website.
Louise Myers says
Awesome, thanks!
Maiko Ishii says
Hi! Everything you mentioned was quite interesting and useful for aspiring photographers like me. I have a hard time using Photoshop so I currently use this app.
I’m trying to be more open minded with the different apps and programs I can use with editing and retouching since I’m learning to deal with portraits and such. Being a wedding photographer for about 4 years now, I sometimes share my works on my social media through mobile when I’m on the road. But will definitely look into photo monkey now. Thanks!
Louise Myers says
Best of luck.
Lisa says
Got a good idea about the use of Pic Monkey!!! It is great to see the things such a way. Yes, you are right sometimes we don’t have to spend weeks learning Photoshop. But it seems to me that it isn’t enough for the Photoshop professionals.
Louise Myers says
Photoshop has all the features pros want, but the average user will never need 🙂
anonymous says
Hi Louise,
It’s an interesting post. I work in image color lab. I am interested in photo editing. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful article.
Louise Myers says
I’m glad this is useful to you.
Please be aware that my comment policy prohibits keywords instead of names as well as deep linking. You’ve been edited.
Maulik Shah says
Well described post. Thanks for sharing this useful information to retouch photo for profile picture. As always awesome content, I love reading your articles, much appreciated!
Freddy G. Cabrera says
Hey Louise!
We all want to look like a celebrity online, right! 😉
Personally, I don’t like doing this. The only things I would do is crop and resize my pictures, that’s it. But, nothing wrong with doing this. To each its own, right.
One great tool for photo editing in Photoshop. I use this tool a lot for all of my images. But, nowadays there are so many online tools that you can use and even just with your smartphone. Amazing times we are in 😀
Thank you for sharing your tips on this!
Best regards! 😀
Louise Myers says
Hey Freddy!
Just found your comment in spam, how weird since you’re a regular and welcome visitor!
I love Photoshop too but these phone apps are amazing for a quick fix.