Editing images for approved email

Crop, rotate, and much more. With this image editor, designing HTML Emails in Shaman has never been easier

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Written by Katy Moore
Updated over a week ago

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Introduction to the email editor

Images uploaded to the email editor library can be edited to perfectly fit your email design, using the Shaman image editor for approved email. The image editor will automatically open when you upload a new image or PDF document and in this article, we will guide you through each tool available in the image editor.

Good to know!

If you are familiar with the Shaman CLM builder, you might have noticed this feature is currently only available for approved emails.

Before going any further, we strongly recommend you to read this article “Content menu: Images” which gives a solid introduction to how to add, update or delete images from your email content.


Crop and rotate your image

Let's imagine that you have created a new email fragment or template, have completed the email details, and are now in the HTML editor ready to add images to your email content. From the menus on the right-hand side, select the content menu. Find the image icon in the content menu, and simply drag and drop that icon onto your email canvas.

You will notice that a grey placeholder image has been added to the email canvas. To add your own image to the email canvas instead, click the “Update image” button from the menu on the left-hand side.

You can select the "Crop" feature on the left-hand side in order to crop out parts of your image, rotate, or resize it. Above the image, you have the option to rotate the image 90º or flip it horizontally. Below the image, you can make finer adjustments by using the sliding scale to adjust rotation or zoom.

Undo, redo, or reset all changes

If you'd like to undo or redo your most recent change, you can find arrows that allow this above the image. If you would like to revert back to the original image and remove all changes, there is a revert button in the top left corner.

Add a filter to your image

Make your image pop by adding one of the many pre-configured filters available in the image editor. Simply select the filter option on the left-hand side and pick between a large selection of filters available below the image.

Fine-tuning your image

Easily adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, and other aspects of your image using the “Finetune” tool. Simply select the option which you would like to adjust and use the slider at the bottom to apply the changes.

Adding arrows, shapes, or text to your image

Using the annotate function, you can easily add arrows, shapes, text, lines, or drawings to your image. Select your preferred tool at the bottom, set the color, adjust the width, and off you go!

Adding a frame to your image

The image editor offers a wide selection of frames that you can use to further enhance your images. Select the type, color, and size at the bottom of the page.

Redacting sensitive information

If you need to redact sensitive information from the image, you can blur it out using the built-in redact feature. Simply select redact on the left-hand side, and mark the area which you would like to pixelate.

By generating an image from a PDF file

You can also generate an image out of a PDF document in Shaman.

To do this, select “PDF” from the “Upload” button.

Select the PDF you wish to upload from your computer, and then select the page that you would like to use as an image. Shaman will then convert the page of the PDF document into an image for you, allowing you to either add the entire page or crop out a section that you would like to include in your email.

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