How To Use Stencil

how to use stencil
CREATING CAPTIONED SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS IN A JIFFY

it is a free web Google
Chrome extension that
allows you to create
images for social media
posts in few minutes
STENCIL
RYAN ELNAR - Your Tech Savvy Marketer 2

LET’S BEGIN
Type the link in your browser
https://getstencil.com/

Welcome to Stencil

Click here

Stencil offers planned subscriptions

Click to get started

Type your full name

Key in your email address

And type your chosen password

Click to continue

Welcome page appears

Click to start creating

This is your Stencil dashboard

Check from time to time for notifications

Since we used a free account,…

…we are limited with ten (10) images

Click here for a selection of free photos

Click here for a selection of free photos

Click here to drop down more selection

Choose from a wide range of categories

Scroll down for more

Let’s choose Nature category

Photos are updated according to…

…chosen category

Star icon means photo is free

Lock icon means you need to upgrade…

…to a paid plan

Pick one free photo

It should appear on your workspace

Notice the default size is…

…1200 x 800

Change size here

Different sizes for social media posts

Let’s try a Facebook post

Notice the image size

You can drag image to position…

…as desired

When you click on the photo…

…this tool appears for enhancement

Click for a wide selection of filters

More filters are available

Tools to blur photo,…

…adjust transparency,…

…lighten the photo,…

…and darken it too

You can color overlay as well

Click to choose a color

Choose a color

Drag to adjust color overlay

Notice the change in color

For this tutorial, let us retain…

…the photo’s original color

Use this to undo or redo actions made

Click to add your own text

Text appears

Edit text appearance here

Text size editor

Drag to increase/decrease

Line height editor

Drag to increase / decrease

Use for shadow effect

Common text editors

Click here to edit text color

Choose from the color range

Click for outline color

Click for background color

Click to clone text

Click here to clone text

Click here to delete text

Cloned text was deleted

Let’s use a quote for this tutorial

Click on the text

Click to delete text

Click on Quotes

Featured quotes appear

Drop down for more selections

More quote categories appear

Click on one quote

Text appears on the photo

Edit as desired using these tools

Trial photo with text

Click for grids to appear

This is a guide for your Facebook ads

Click here to find out more

Click here to save

Notice left images for the month

Click to download final image

Key in preferred filename

Choose file format

Choose dimensions

Choose media type

Click to start downloading

View image in your Downloads folder

Use this to share in social media

Click to share with other social media

Click for Facebook desktop preview

Click for mobile preview

Click to continue sharing on Facebook

Click to explore icons…

…you can add to your image

Click to explore templates

However, these are for paid accounts

Click for FAQs

Click on each to find answers

Or send a message to developers

ADD STENCIL
AS CHROME
EXTENSION
Search for Google Stencil

Click on Chrome store search result

Chrome web store appears

Click to add extension

Click to confirm

Stencil icon confirms it has been added

This too is a confirmation

Go to any website with free photos

Right click on chosen image

Click to proceed

The image is added to your uploads

ryan.elnar@gmail.com
PHOTO CREDITS: https://getstencil.com/

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