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16:9

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video, zoom-background

Topics

celebration, sticker

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Yes

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Horizontal

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Full

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Editing photos is fun, free, and easy with Adobe Express.

Whether you’re new to graphic design or you’re a designer working on the fly, Adobe Express is here to be your creative guide. Master the art of editing and enhancing photos with professional tools right at your fingertips. Build beautiful graphics for both digital and print purposes to easily resize and repurpose for all different material types.

Blank Template

Start from scratch

16:9

Tasks

video, zoom-background

Topics

celebration, sticker

Template IDs

(To pull in manually curated templates if needed)

Orientation

(Horizontal/Vertical)

Vertical

Width

(Full, Std, sixcols)

sixcols

Limit

(number of templates to load each pagination. Min. 5)

Sort

Remove the background to save as a transparent PNG.

There are different ways to save your design with a transparent background. If you’re building a project with graphics, stick to a solid color background and choose a transparent background when publishing your final design. If you’re editing a photo, use the remove background feature to achieve a cutout effect, and then save with a transparent background.

Enhance photos and images.

The Adobe Express all-in-one editor has easy-to-use photo editing tools, so you can perfect images your way. Upload your images, then enhance them with tons of customization options at your fingertips. Increase the contrast, sharpen blurred images, or adjust the brightness. Apply one-click filter effects to achieve a transformational aesthetic. Make your adjustments as subtle or dramatic as you need with a sliding scale option. You can always revert to the original settings if you need to backtrack your edits.

Crop, shape, and adjust the orientation.

Make any necessary adjustments to achieve the perfect composition. Rotate, flip, scale, and crop your photo exactly how you like. You can also make your image the background in your design.

Add text, captions, and stunning font combinations.

Include simple text captions with an array of Adobe Fonts readily available at your fingertips. Make your text wrap around in a circle for a logo-style look. Adjust the color, spacing, and paragraph structure with ease. Not sure which fonts to use? Adobe Express provides you with curated font recommendations for your project, so have fun trying out all the options. Communicate your message clearly and creatively with Adobe Express on your side.

Apply stunning color schemes.

Explore the possibilities with colors and liven up any design made within Adobe Express. Apply your brand colors, or experiment with a curated collection of color schemes until you’re satisfied with the results. You can even add hex values for your specific color needs. The color eyedropper tool allows you to select colors from your design and turn them into swatches. Have fun experimenting with all the color options at your fingertips, and don’t be afraid to be bold with your palette choices.

Combine text and images for a collage-style effect.

Take your edited images and combine them with text to create something entirely new. After you’ve removed the background from your images, add them to a flyer or social post for a collage-style effect. Play around with different font sizes and styles to put the focus on your messaging. Then, swap out the background with a bold color to grasp your audience’s attention.

How to edit photos with Adobe Express.

Open Adobe Express.

To get started with the photo editor, open Adobe Express from your desktop browser or mobile device. Upload photos directly from your camera roll, Lightroom, or Creative Cloud. You can also begin your photo editing using royalty-free Adobe Stock photos available within the editor. Select a single image or choose multiple pictures to create a photo collage—don’t worry, even in photo collages, you’ll be able to edit each photo individually.

Make photo adjustments.

From the main screen, tap the photo to access the picture editor menu options. Under the filters tab, add depth and style with pre-set filters or add blur to your image. Hit the adjust tab to rotate, crop or flip your photo. Select enhance to finetune your photos via contrast, brightness, saturation, warmth, and sharpen.

Add text to your photos.

Make photos pop with the standout Adobe Fonts, Generate Text Effect, and color palettes available right in Adobe Express. Once you’ve added your text, play around with all the font options or experiment with font recommendations. Take it a step further by adjusting the opacity, alignment, and size. Plus, you can add one-click animated effects to turn your new image into a trendy social post or video.

Publish and share.

Once you’ve finished your photo editing, download your new image. Share it your way or use our built-in Content Scheduler to plan, publish, and post your image to your favorite social channels. You can even invite collaborators to co-edit your design anytime, anywhere.

Let Adobe Express be your image editing expert.

Hone your creativity with the power of Adobe Express. Explore professionally designed templates to get your wheels spinning or create your project from scratch. Establish a theme for your designs using photos, icons, logos, personalized fonts, and other customizable elements to make them feel entirely authentic. Duplicate designs and resize them to create consistency across multiple types of assets. With Adobe Express, it’s free and easy to make, save, and share your designs within minutes so you can add collaborators, get approval, and publish stunning images and graphic designs for all your creative needs.