Babio Photo Editor

As mentioned in the first part of the tutorial, Babio is not only about collecting and storing precious photo memories of your babies, but also about creating beautiful edits out of them. With the Babio Photo Editor, you can use your endless creativity and imagination and turn the usual photos into wonderful designs that will be adored by your family and friends.

 
Babio offers two main options when it comes to designing:

  • You can start designing from scratch 
  • You can customize professionally pre-designed templates

 

How to start designing from scratch 

Location: tap on the bottom ‘+ Create’ tab in the main navigation bar -> ‘Start from Scratch’ shows

Options to begin with:

  • Choose Size - if you want the photo memory to match exact measurements, choose the desired size - available different sizes for IG, FB, Snapchat, Pinterest, Twitter, paper or ratios
  • Choose Layout - choose from different layout options - single photo, collages made out of multiple numbers of tiles, classic and fancy shapes
  • Choose Background - choose from the selection of pre-designed backgrounds
  • Choose photo memory from the ‘My Memories’ wall

 
 

How to make custom designs out of pre-designed templates

Location: tap on the bottom ‘Templates’ tab in the main navigation bar -> ‘Templates’ shows

Template options to choose from:

  • Welcome baby
  • Announcement badges
  • Daily layouts

New customizable templates in Babio are being regularly added by our professional designers.



Features and functions of Babio Editor:

  • Border - options of border changes depend on the selected layout and the number of tiles in it

         Simply move your finger on the selected radius and create desired shapes

 

  • Background - you can change color or pattern of the background

      1. Background color - to choose color, simply tap on ‘Color’ -> scroll through the available
            colors or tap on the top left colorful circle icon -> color picker opens -> mix and match
            your custom color -> close it by tapping on the top right cross -> color has been applied
            to the background.
            You can adjust the transparency of the background color by sliding a finger on the top
            transparency line.

      2. Background pattern - to choose the pattern, simply tap on ‘Pattern’ -> scroll through the
            offer of patterns -> tap on the one you would like to apply -> choose pattern color -> tap on
            ‘Done’ -> pattern has been applied to the background

            The pattern can be easily changed by choosing a new one or removed by tapping on the
            left yellow icon in the ‘Pattern Style’ tab.

 

  • Draw (Draw Sticker) - you can bright up your designs with some easy drawings or even create your own unique stickers which can be saved and duplicated

        How to use drawing features for creating draw stickers:

         1. Brush size - firstly select the ideal brush size

         2. Color - choose a color or use a color picker, adjust transparency

         3. Fill Color - choose a color or use a color picker which will in the drawing, adjust
              transparency. This feature works with rectangle, ellipse, star, triangle and pentagon
              shapes

         4. Draw tools - use simple geometric shapes, line, arrow, pen. These will help you create
             stickers with neat lines

         5. Undo and Redo - these buttons will help you go back and forth with the drawing steps
              you used

         6. Edit Stickers - you can make some more edits, where can be used other editing
              features which are described below

 

  • Add Text (Text Sticker) - add more customization to your designs by adding text 

        You can make further edits on each added text sticker by tapping on it.

        Features and Functions of Edit Text:

          1. Change Text - make changes in already added text

          2. Color - choose a color or use a color picker, adjust transparency

          3. Background - choose a color or use a color picker, adjust transparency

          4. Font - change font of added text. Offer of default, special and installed fonts

          5. Border - edit border, vertical & horizontal padding or corner radius

          6. Spacing - edit spacing between letters or lines of selected text

          7. Animate - add animation functions to the selected text

          8. Move - to the right, left, top, bottom by tapping on the selected arrow. The text sticker will
              be moved to the exact place where you would like it      

          9. Layout order - change layout order if you added more than one text or sticker

        10. Effects - underline text or change text alignment

        11. Duplicate - each tap will duplicate the selected text

        12. Remove - tap on the selected text and tap on remove

 

  • Add Stickers - bright up your designs with different types of adorable stickers

         Available stickers: 

         1. Pre-defined unique stickers - Announcement badges, Days & Months, Weight & Height,
             Numbers, Shapes, Backgrounds, Flowers and regularly added new ones 

         2. Upload stickers from Unsplash - choose from 2 million free stock images

         3. Upload stickers from Photos, Camera, Files

         4. Giphy stickers - dynamic or static stickers

               

       You can make further edits on each added sticker by tapping on it. Options of edits depend on the
       selected stickers. 

 

        Features and functions of Edit Stickers:

        1. Move - to the right, left, top, bottom by tapping on the selected arrow. The sticker will
            be moved to the exact place where you would like it

        2. Duplicate - each tap will duplicate the selected sticker

        3. Remove - tap on the selected sticker and tap on remove

        4. Layout order - choose layout order if you added more than one sticker or
            text                                

        5. Other - edit transparency of selected sticker

        6. Flip Vertically or Horizontally

        7. Size - increase or decrease size of the selected sticker

        8. Crop - select the size of the crop or do it manually 

        9. Pattern - choose pattern style and its color of simple shape stickers. Note, not all the
            stickers have this option             

      10. Color - choose color of simple shape stickers. Note, not all the stickers have this option 

      11. Border - edit border size, its color and transparency, edit corner radius. Note, not all the
            stickers have this option 

      12. Filter - apply filter and adjust its intensity

      13. Animate - add animation functions to the selected sticker

  

Once you’re done with designing, don’t forget to save the changes by tapping the top left ‘Back’ icon and confirm it by tapping on the ‘Save’ option. New designs will be automatically added to your babies ‘My Memories’ wall.
If you would like, you can also share them straight from the Editor by tapping the top right ‘Share’ icon and choose from the available options. 

 

Designing with Babio Editor will never become a boring routine as you can make an unlimited amount of design varieties. So unplug your creativity and create heart-touching photo memories for your children. 

In the third article, you will find out more detailed information about all features and functions of the ‘Animate’ tool.

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