Create a new design

Filters the template library as you type, matching layout names, categories and tags so you can find a starting design fast.

Pick a ready-made layout to fill the canvas; category chips (All plus themed groups) narrow the 100+ library designs, every element stays editable after applying, and the tab asks you to sign in first.

Searches every shape, frame, graphic and currency symbol by name and shows matching items in one grid.

OutlineBlackFlatGradientLineal colorHand drawn

Style switcher that restyles any shape or single-colour icon before you add it — thin outline, solid black, flat colour, two-tone gradient, soft fill with bold line, or a sketched stroke.

RectangleRoundedCircleTriangleStarLinePentagonHexagonOctagonDiamondHeartArrow

Adds a basic or geometric shape to the canvas in the active style; also includes Cross, Chevron, Speech and Cloud.

FlowerDaisyRoseTulipLeaf

Adds a flower or foliage shape — handy for wedding cards, invitations and decorative borders.

BannerRibbonTagShieldSealBurstSparkleFlourish

Adds a decorative accent shape such as a banner, ribbon, seal or burst for posters and badges.

FrameDoubleDashedDottedArch

Adds a simple outlined border shape around content — single, double, dashed, dotted or arched.

Library of adaptive decorative frames that wrap the whole canvas; picking one adds it as a border layer sized to your document.

Curated icon library grouped by category; pick an icon to insert it in the active style, with multi-colour icons keeping their own colours. Requires sign-in.

DollarEuroPoundYenRupeeWonCentBitcoin

Inserts a large bold currency symbol as an editable text element — useful for price tags and sale posts.

Searches the animated asset library by name so you can quickly find a moving graphic to insert.

Browse animated graphics by category (All plus themed chips) with live-playing previews; anyone can browse, signing in lets you insert one as a moving layer that also animates in the exported video or GIF.

Add a headingAdd a subheadingAdd body text

Adds a text box at a preset size — large bold heading, medium subheading or regular body text — ready to retype and drag into place.

OriginalB&WSepiaVividFadeSoftVintageCoolWarmInvertPixelateGrain

One-click filter presets for the selected photo (also Poster, Solarize, Emboss); each is an instant, reversible combination of the sliders and toggles below.

Range: -100–100 · Default: 0

Lightens or darkens the selected photo instantly; move right to brighten a dark shot, left to tone down an overexposed one.

Range: -100–100 · Default: 0

Widens or narrows the gap between light and dark areas; raise it for punchier photos, lower it for a flatter, softer look.

Range: -100–100 · Default: 0

Makes colours more or less vivid; push right for bold social-ready colour, left towards a muted, near-monochrome look.

Range: -180–180 · Default: 0

Rotates every colour around the colour wheel to shift the photo's overall tone — small moves warm or cool it, large moves recolour it completely.

Range: 0–40px · Default: 0px

Softens detail across the selected photo; useful for dreamy backgrounds or de-emphasising an image behind text.

Converts the selected photo to black and white while keeping brightness and contrast adjustable.

Applies a warm brown old-photograph tint to the selected image for a vintage feel.

Flips every colour to its opposite, producing a photo-negative effect.

Partially inverts the brightest areas for a surreal, darkroom-style solarized look.

Turns the photo into a raised, carved-relief texture that highlights edges.

Range: 0–100% · Default: 70%

Sets how strongly the chosen artistic effect is applied — lower for a subtle wash, higher for the full look.

Newspaper EffectRetroClassic CartoonClassic SepiaVibrant ColorsHalf Black & WhiteSparkle EffectNight EffectGlitterClarendonCinematicGlitch

50 artistic effects grouped by theme (Vintage, Artistic, Beauty, Motion, Light and more); clicking one processes the selected photo online at the chosen intensity and swaps in the result.

Erases the background of the selected photo to transparency so you can place the subject over any canvas colour, gradient or design.

Doubles the resolution of the selected photo with AI, sharpening detail for larger prints and layouts.

Quadruples the resolution of the selected photo with AI — the strongest enlargement for very small or low-resolution images.

Adds realistic colour to a black-and-white photo automatically, ideal for restoring old family pictures inside a design.

Twelve quick colour swatches (white, greys, black, blues, green, red, orange, pink) that set the whole canvas backdrop with one click.

Full colour picker for choosing any exact canvas background colour, including brand hex values.

LinearRadial

Turns the canvas background into a multi-stop gradient and sets its type — a straight linear blend or a circular radial one — with eight quick two-colour presets (Violet, Sunset, Ocean, Mint, Fire, Candy, Night, Gold).

Range: 0–360° · Default: 90°

Rotates the direction of a linear gradient, from horizontal through vertical and back.

Adds another colour to the gradient; stops can be dragged along the track, given their own colour, positioned by percentage (0–100) or removed.

Library of designed backgrounds browsed by category chips; picking one renders it at your canvas size and inserts it as the bottom layer.

Filters the background library by name as you type so you can jump straight to a design.

Limits the background library to designs available on the free plan.

Range: 16–8000px · Default: 1080px

Canvas width in pixels — set on the start screen when creating a design, or changed later from the Size tab.

Range: 16–8000px · Default: 1080px

Canvas height in pixels — set on the start screen when creating a design, or changed later from the Size tab.

1:14:59:1616:9

Quick aspect-ratio chips on the start screen that fill in matching width and height — square, portrait, story or widescreen.

Instagram PostInstagram StoryFacebook PostTwitter / X PostYouTube ThumbnailPresentation 16:9A4 DocumentLogoPosterBusiness Card

Ready-made canvas sizes for common social, video, document, brand and print formats; picking one resizes the document instantly.

Range: 500–30000ms · Default: 3000ms

Total timeline length for the whole design, shown in seconds (0.5–30s); sets how long the exported video or GIF runs.

15 fps24 fps30 fps

Frames per second for animated MP4/GIF export — higher is smoother, lower keeps GIF files smaller. Defaults to 30 fps.

FadeSlideFlyPopZoomRiseDropRotateSpinFlipBounceElastic

How the selected element appears at the start (also Spring, Skate, Blur In, Typewriter, Wipe, Reveal, Draw On, Glitch); pick a preset to add the motion.

PanKen BurnsPulseBreatheShakeWobbleFloatBaseline DriftNeonGlitchSparkle

Continuous emphasis motion the selected element plays during the timeline — subtle drift, pulse or eye-catching sparkle.

FadeSlideFlyPopZoomRiseDropRotateSpinFlipBounceElastic

How the selected element leaves near the end of the timeline (also Spring, Skate, Blur In, Wipe, Reveal); its start time is placed automatically.

Swaps the chosen animation preset for the active Entrance, Loop or Exit slot without rebuilding its timing.

Range: 0–30000ms · Default: 0ms

When a Loop or Exit animation begins on the timeline, shown in seconds; the maximum follows the timeline length.

lineareaseIneaseOuteaseInOuteaseOutBackspringelasticbounce

The acceleration curve of the motion — from constant speed to springy, elastic or bouncy finishes.

updownleftright

Travel direction for directional animations; Zoom offers in/out and Rotate/Spin offer cw/ccw instead.

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Playback mode for Loop animations — play once, repeat continuously, or bounce back and forth.

Temporarily hides a layer from the canvas and the export without deleting it; toggle Show to bring it back.

Locks a layer so it can't be moved or edited by accident while you work on other elements; Unlock to edit again.

Moves the layer one step up the stack so it sits in front of the layer above it.

Moves the layer one step down the stack so other elements can overlap it.

Colour of the selected shape or text (shown as Color for lines, outlined frames and stroke icons); picking a colour clears any gradient fill.

One swatch per colour of a multi-colour graphic so each part can be recoloured independently, with a Reset colors button to restore the original palette.

Opens the same instant Looks, sliders and toggles as the Adjust tab right on the floating toolbar for the selected photo.

Enters crop mode on the selected photo: drag the box or its eight handles over a rule-of-thirds grid, then Apply Crop to keep just that region. Available while the image isn't rotated.

InterArialHelveticaGeorgiaTimes New RomanVerdanaImpactComic Sans MSCourier NewTrebuchet MS

Typeface for the selected text box, chosen from ten built-in font families. New text starts in Inter.

Range: 6–400px · Default: 48px

Text size for the selected text box; headings start at 72, subheadings at 44 and body text at 28.

Switches the selected text to a heavier weight for emphasis; combine with Italic if needed.

Slants the selected text for emphasis or stylistic contrast; combine with Bold if needed.

Align leftAlign centerAlign rightAlign topAlign middleAlign bottom

Text alignment (left/center/right) for a selected text box; with two or more objects selected, all six buttons align them to each other, plus Distribute evenly for three or more.

Range: 0–100% · Default: 100%

Transparency of the selected element — lower it to fade watermark-style text or blend layers into the background.

Range: -100–100 · Default: 0

Bends the selected text along an arc — negative curves downward, positive upward — for badges and logo-style wordmarks.

Adds a drop shadow behind the selected text, with its own Color picker, Blur (0–40, default 8) and X/Y offset sliders (−20 to 20, default 3).

Adds a coloured outline around the selected text, with its own Color picker and an Outline width slider (1–12, starts at 2).

Groups two or more selected objects so they move, resize and rotate as one unit; Ungroup separates them again.