Working with Slides

An Image Editor project is a stack of one or more slides. Each slide is its own canvas with its own background and layer list. For an Instagram carousel, every slide becomes one swipe. For a single-image post, you only use one slide.

The Slide Strip

The horizontal strip along the bottom of the editor shows a thumbnail for every slide in the project. Slide actions live here:

• Click a thumbnail to switch to that slide.
• Drag a thumbnail left or right to reorder slides — release to drop it into the new position. The slide numbers re-number themselves automatically.
• Click the + tile at the right end of the strip to append a new Content slide.
• Click the Duplicate button at the far right of the strip to duplicate the currently selected slide.
• On each thumbnail you’ll see a small badge labelled Cover, CTA, or the slide’s 1-based number (e.g., 2).

At the very left of the strip there is also a grid-view toggle. Click it to open a fullscreen grid of every slide; you can drag, add, and jump to slides from there too.

Slide Types

Every slide has a Slide Type that controls the badge shown on its thumbnail:

• Cover — The first slide of a carousel. Usually a strong hook or headline.
• Content — The body slides of a carousel. New slides default to this type.
• CTA — A call-to-action slide, typically the last one (e.g., "Save this post" or "Follow for more").

You can change a slide’s type from the Settings tab of the right panel under Slide Settings — pick a value from the Slide Type dropdown.

Adding Slides

1. Click the + tile at the end of the slide strip. A new blank Content slide is appended and immediately selected.
2. To start a slide from an existing one, select the slide you want to copy and click Duplicate on the right of the slide strip. The current slide is cloned (all layers and background included), inserted right after the original, and selected.

Tip: Duplicating is the fastest way to keep a consistent layout across a carousel — duplicate slide 1, then change the text on the copy.

Reordering Slides

Grab a thumbnail in the strip and drag it horizontally. Release to drop it in place; the slide numbers update automatically. You can also reorder from the fullscreen grid view by dragging tiles in the grid.

Deleting Slides

Select the slide you want to delete. A small trash icon appears in the top-right corner of the selected thumbnail (it is only shown on the current slide, and only when the project has more than one slide). Click it and confirm in the dialog.

The last remaining slide cannot be deleted — a project always has at least one slide. If you delete the wrong one by mistake, use Cmd/Ctrl+Z to undo.

Per-Slide Background

Each slide has its own background. Open the Settings tab on the right panel (under Slide Settings) to edit it:

• Background Color — A solid color fill behind all layers. Pick from the color well or paste a hex code.
• Background Image — Choose an image to fill the entire slide. The image sits behind every layer; you can clear it again from the same panel.
• Overlay — When a background image is set, you can drop a black or white overlay on top of it and tune its opacity, so foreground text stays legible.

These controls are per-slide — changing the background on slide 2 does not touch slide 1.

Carousel Best Practices

• Keep the carousel to 4–10 slides for the best Instagram engagement.
• Use the same fonts, colors, and overall layout across all slides — duplicate a slide rather than building each from scratch.
• Lead with a strong cover and end with a clear CTA slide.
• Turn on the safe-zone overlay (the grid icon in the top bar) so important text and faces stay away from the edges where Instagram may crop.