If you have been involved in digital marketing for a long time, you may surely hear about DesignCap: The best program to create graphic images for social networks. In this article, we will teach you how to use DesignCap correctly, as well as its most essential features and advantages to create and edit images for social networks.
Meet DesignCap
DesignCap is a program that allows you to create graphic images for social networks through its online platform. With DesignCap, you can create image graphics for Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube. In addition, it has a function in which you can set custom measurements for your projects.
This magnificent program also allows you to edit the images you are creating. The main editing features are:
- Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, etc.
- Crop, rotate, flip, and apply photo effects.
- Add elements, charts, backgrounds, modules, graphics, text, and predefined templates.
- Change the hue and focus of the photo or image.
Become a DesignCap Expert
First, you can go to the DesignCap homepage and sign up with your email or log in via Facebook or Google account.
Select a template
Subsequently, you can click on the button “Get Started Now” and select the desired dimensions. In the search box, you can enter a keyword to search a template for a social network. And you will get the default dimensions. Example: If we search for coronavirus, the results are coronavirus templates for Facebook post, infographics, poster, Pinterest graphics, etc.
Make adjustments
In our case, we have chosen a template from DesignCap YouTube Thumbnail Maker, so we see predefined templates for YouTube thumbnail. If we go to the left sidebar and click on any of its sections, we can add elements, photos, charts, text, modules, and backgrounds.
Once one of the elements has been inserted, you can add the ones you want or modify it as you wish. To modify it, click on the inserted element and choose the desired editing options through the upper bar. You can apply filters, adjust, crop, rotate, duplicate, set the position, copy the style, use transparency,, and more.
Export
Once the design is finished, you will have a nice image to publish on social networks, on your wall, or wherever you want.
To save your DesignCap image, you have to click on the “Download” button at the top right. Later you have to choose the type of file (JPG, PNG, and PDF). Or save it as a project file to the cloud storage.
To share the image directly on social networks, you must click on the Share button and choose the social network from the list that appears. Or use the URL produced by DesignCap to share it on your website or anywhere you want.
Finally, to access old DesignCap projects or images, you have to go back to your account and click on My Designs with the mouse, and all your designs will appear.
Other image graphics
Besides social media graphics, you will find many other image graphics DesignCap can do such as images for marketing, some document, and event. Let’s see the list.
Document
- Presentation
- Report
- Resume
- Schedule
Marketing & Event
- Infographic
- Chart
- Poster
- Flyer
- InvitationCard
- Business Card
- Brochure
- Facebook Ad
- Menu
- Logo
- Leaderboard
Social Media Graphic
- YouTube Channel Art
- YouTube Thumbnail
- Facebook Cover
- Twitter Header
- Tumblr Banner
- Email Header
- Facebook Post
- Instagram Post
Actually, you can use any template for other usage. For example, I always use a YouTube Thumbnail or Facebook cover for my blog image banner. Sometimes, I don’t use any of the templates in DesignCap. Instead, I check the templates for inspiration and start my own creations from a blank templates. This is also very practical for me.
Conclusions
From our point of view, DesignCap is the best program to create and edit images for social networks since it allows you to carry out quality projects for any social network free. In addition, it is reasonably easy to use. I highly recommend it to newbies.
The only downside to it is that it has now mobile version. Finally, we would like you to let us know through a comment if you liked our article.
