Instagram highlight covers are a great way to welcome users on your profile. Since these are among the first few things a user notices on your Instagram profile, they need to be attractive. For this, you can create attractive covers using free tools like Canva and Crello. In this article, we’ll show you how to create Instagram highlight covers using Canva.
Aesthetics plays an important role on Instagram. You need to protect it throughout your profile. Be it in posts, stories or even featured covers. Your brand’s theme should be mirrored on your Instagram. And highlight covers are one way to do it.
Let’s see how to use Canva to create Instagram highlights. We will tell you how to make a cover from scratch.
Create Instagram Highlight Covers on the Canva Android App
Stage 1: Launch the Canva app on your phone.
step 2: Under the Explore Canva section, search for Instagram Story. Tap on it. If not available, use the search at the top to find Instagram Story.
Stage 3: You will see various templates. Tap any of them. Then tap Empty on the next screen.
Step 4: You will see a blank white template. If you want to change the background color of your cover, tap the white area. Then tap Color at the bottom and choose the color you want.
step 5: Tap the plus icon at the bottom to add an image, text or illustration to your cover.
Pro Tip: Keep the item you added in the middle of the picture.
Step 6: If you want to create more covers with the same background, tap the page icon in the lower left corner. Add your images and create more covers.
Step 7: After making the covers, tap on the save icon at the top.
All pictures will be saved in your phone. Open the gallery app on your phone to view the covers. Now, you need to add them to Instagram. To do this, follow the steps outlined in Change Instagram featured covers.
Fly: Want to explore the Canva app? Discover our guide on how to use the Canva app on your Android phone.
Create Instagram Highlight Covers in the Canva iOS App
Stage 1: Launch the Canva app and tap Instagram Story under Create new design. You can also use the search to find the Instagram Story.
Step 2: Tap on Blank.
Stage 3: Touch the white area to change the background color with the help of the Colors tab at the bottom. You can even add an image as a background.
Step 4: Tap the add (+) icon to add other elements such as images, illustrations or text to your cover. Keep them centered for best results.
step 5: Use the pages icon to add more pages with similar backgrounds. Next, add the necessary items.
Step 6: When you’re done, tap the save icon at the top to download the cover to your Camera Roll.
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Create Instagram Highlight Covers from Existing Designs
If you don’t want to start from scratch, you can customize the pre-built highlight covers available in Canva. To use them, search for the Instagram Story featured cover using the search in Canva.
You will find many templates. Tap on any of them and then change as per your need.
Create Instagram Highlight Covers on Canva Web
You can also use the Canva website to create featured covers. To do this, launch the canva.com website. Find Instagram Story (if you want to start over) or Instagram Story featured cover (for pre-made designs) using search.
Click on Blank (if you selected Instagram Story). Then change the background color and add other elements using the available options. Again, be sure to keep the design centered.
Use the Download button at the top to save the images to your computer. Then use file transfer apps to send it to your phone where you can change the cover in the Instagram app as shown below.
Change Instagram Featured Cover
Once the highlight cover is ready, it’s time to change it on Instagram. You don’t need to add it to your story first for this. Instagram provides a native option to change the highlight cover.
Fly: You can even add a highlight without adding it to the story first.
To do this, follow these steps:
Stage 1: Launch the Instagram app and go to your profile screen.
Step 2: Tap and hold the highlight whose cover you want to change. Select Edit Highlighting from the menu.
Stage 3: Tap on Edit Cover.
Step 4: Tap the gallery icon on the far left. If you’re using a cover from an existing story, you may need to swipe right.
Step 5: If the accent cover is designed with the element in the middle, you don’t have to do anything. But if you find that it is not well aligned, change its position. You can zoom and move. Tap Next and then Done. Here’s what the final result will look like.
Tips for Creating Instagram Highlight Covers
Here are some tips for making exquisite accent covers.
Change Color of Items
When you add a symbol or drawing, you can resize and rotate it using the existing border. You can even change their colors by tapping the edit icon at the bottom.
Fly: Learn how to use the Canva app to crop images in various ways.
Avoid Adding Text
The text is not clearly visible because the highlight caps are small in size. Avoid adding it unless absolutely necessary.
The Loop of Stories
Instagram stories are full of features and highlights are one of them. Using attractive covers for your highlights will attract people to tap into the highlight, thereby increasing the visibility of your stories. This is what we want, isn’t it?
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