GUIDES & TUTORIALS
Guides and tutorials
Step-by-step articles written while actually using the apps.
How-to articles for our browser apps (Web Photo Editor, HiROs 3D Studio, Video Editor, Image Print and Map Stitch), with screenshots. Every article was written while actually using the app.
Web Photo Editor
Tutorials
Download the practice files and follow the same steps.
- How to Cut Out a Person from a Photo with AI
One click and the AI selects the person and hides the background. Your photo is never uploaded. Includes hand touch-ups. - How to Make an Instagram Post with a Template
Pick a template, add your photo and retype the text to make a post image. - How to Open PSD Files for Free in Your Browser
Open a PSD, check and edit its layers, and save as PSD or PNG. - How to Cut Out Objects with the Selection Tools
When to use each of the four selection tools, with a practice picture.
Guides
How features work, explained with screenshots.
- How to Add Text to a Photo: Bold, Warp and Decorations
Add text, make it bold, bend it and decorate it with outlines and shadows. - How to Use Layers and Masks
The idea of layers, and layer masks that decide what shows with white and black.
HiROs 3D Studio
Tutorials
Download the practice files and follow the same steps.
- Make a Nameplate with 3D Text: Give Letters Thickness and Save an STL
Open the practice file and place your name on the board. Includes the 3D printing check and how to make a sign.
Guides
How features work, explained with screenshots.
- Exterior Work Estimates: Taking Off Areas and Lengths from a 3D Model
Total areas and lengths by layer, with a worked example and calculator checks. - Shape It Like Clay: Make a Chibi Ginger Cat
Build from parts and shape with add, carve, smooth and pull.
Video Editor
Tutorials
Download the practice files and follow the same steps.
- Make a Vertical Short Video: Add Captions and Music to Photos and Export in 9:16
Make a vertical video with a caption, music and fades from practice photos and music. - Shorten a Talking Video by Removing Silences
Cut out the silent pauses automatically. Practice video included.
Guides
Step-by-step explanations of features, with screenshots.
- How to Extract Audio from a Video as MP3
Save the audio of a video as MP3, M4A or WAV. Your video is never uploaded. - Layer Images and Videos on a Video: Logos and Picture-in-Picture
Place them on tracks and set the position, size and opacity.
Image Print
Tutorials
Download the practice files and follow the same steps.
- Make a Construction Photo Album: Cover Page, Notes, Printing and PDF
Make an album with a cover page and notes from practice site photos. - Make ID Photo Files and Order Photo Prints
Crop a photo, lay out four on 3.5×5 in, save it and order photo prints. - Batch Resize and Convert Photos
Shrink eight practice photos at once and save them with numbered names.
Map Stitch
Guides
How features work, explained with screenshots.
- Choosing the Detail Level (16, 17, 18): Save Maps That Print and Zoom Well
What each level means, with rules of thumb for a neighborhood on A4, a few blocks, or a whole town. - Search by Address and Mark the Block
Search with the block number and jump there. Search matches down to the block (ban). - Add Pins, Lines and Text, Then Save or Print
Mark a meeting point or route, then save as PNG, JPG or PDF, or print on A4 or A3.
Free font
- HiROs Pop: A Free Pop-Style Font (Commercial Use OK, Japanese Kanji Included)
Our original round, bold and bouncy font for captions, thumbnails and flyers. Free for personal and commercial use. - HiROs Fonts: 4 Free Original Kana and Latin Fonts
Tegaki, Sign Pen, Futo Gothic and Fude, made from scratch by HiROs Studio. Free for personal and commercial use (no kanji).