In case you missed the big news back in October, that’s when we released our powerful and easy-to-use 2011 email newsletter editor.

If you haven’t tried it yet, you’re missing out on hundreds of free templates and new features that let you breeze through creating professional email marketing campaigns without any HTML or design skills.

We’ve got a whole page dedicated just to image editing tools, and some of those let you add text for headings or calls-to-action and so on right on top of any image.

That’s design-suite flexibility right in our newsletter application!

 When you log into your GraphicMail account, first decide if you want to edit an old news newsletter or start from scratch and create a fresh one.

Once you’re in the main newsletter editor screen, just double click on any image and you’ll be taken to an image management page.

By clicking on the “Text” section on the left menu a list of options will appear. Now you’re ready to get editing:

Step 1: For starters, click on the "Text Box" tool and a small rectangle with some sample text will be created on the top left corner of the image. 

Step 2: Move this text box around the image to place it on the perfect spot. Then drag one of the corners to redefine its size to whatever you need.

Step 3: Once you've written your text, highlight it and click Font Style on the left menu, to change the style to what looks best.

Step 4: Next adjust the Font Size to your preference by clicking on that option.

Step 5: If you want to change the text color you can do that as well from the left menu. Remember to pick a tone that stands out on your image without clashing with the rest of your newsletter’s color scheme. 

Step 6: At the top right of the page there’s a "Layers" drop down that lets you manage how the image and all the bits of text you add are stacked up on top of each other.

For example you can make all the text disappear by setting the image as the top layer, or you can try to create interesting visual effects by layering lines of text on top of each other. None of the changes are permanent, so you can really play around with this as much as you please.

Of course, we also have more standard tools; such as making your text Bold, Italic, Underlined, aligned to left, right or center and for adding drop-shadows.

Step 7: When you're finished, click on "done" and you’ll be taken back to the main newsletter editor page. It’s that easy.


Of course you’ll need to opt to switch over to the new editor to make use of this great tool.  So why not try it out when you’re creating your next email newsletter?