20 Social Media Image Maker Templates for Instagram, Facebook More

Visual content is king on social media. Whether you’re an individual or brand, if you want to establish your online identity and get noticed, you need to use eye-catching and engaging social media graphics.

In this post, we'll look at some important elements of successful social media graphics, and then we'll look at some simple ways to design them.

7 Elements of Awesome Social Media Graphics

1. Keep It Simple

Newbies to design often think they need to add loads of stuff to make their design effective. But with all design, including when you create images for social media, your best strategy should be to use a few key elements well.

2. Get Your Dimensions Right

With social media, one size doesn’t fit all. So if you’ve designed a great Facebook cover, you can’t just apply it as is to your Instagram stories or use it in your YouTube channel art because they all use different dimensions. We’ll talk about this a bit more later, but it's something for you to be aware of and keep in mind.

3. Incorporate Your Brand

Your social media graphics are an extension of your company’s identity, so your designs should be consistent across all media and match your company’s brand identity. If you’re an individual and not a business, this idea still applies, in that you want your designs to be consistent across all media so that your friends and fans can recognise your accounts easily.

4. A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words

Of course, this doesn’t mean you always have to use pictures when creating a graphic, but if you do, they should be beautiful, luscious images that complement your message.

5. Make the Most Important Text Stand Out

Whether your main text is a quote, your name, or a sale’s announcement, make it stand out so that it’s the first thing that your target audience sees.

6. Use Secondary Text Smartly

If you use secondary text, it should be smaller than your headline text, easily readable, and less than ten words, giving just enough information to get the readers interested and leave them wanting more.

7. Don’t Forget a Call to Action

A call to action is a message that makes the reader want to act, like ‘Subscribe’, ‘Contact us’, ‘Enter to win’, ‘Buy now’, etc. A call to action lets your readers know how to act on what they have been reading. Not every social media graphic will need a call to action, but for those that do, it’s important to remember to add one.

Use a Social Media Image Maker

But how to combine all these components into a perfect graphic for your Instagram Stories or Facebook Page? If you don’t have a design background, this can seem quite challenging.

One way to ensure that you create images for social media right is to use animage maker like this one by Placeit.

This social media image maker puts hundreds of layouts at your disposal so that you can easily make social media images for a variety of platforms. Here’s how you use it.

How to Use the Social Media Image Maker

Say you want to create the perfect banner for your YouTube channel. All you need to do is follow these five simple steps to have your own cool YouTube banner ready in minutes. Though I’m using the YouTube Banner Makers in my example, the other makers for Instagram Stories or Facebook Banner work the same, so you can apply the same steps I’ll cover to them as well.

1. Navigate to the Social Media Image Maker at Placeit

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2. Select the YouTube Banner Maker

You’ll find the YouTube Banner Maker option in the menu column on the left of your screen under Social Media Image Maker. Once you have selected it by clicking on it, uncheck the tick next to the Social Media Image Maker so that only YouTube Banners will appear in the grid.

3. Select a YouTube Banner Template

Review the YouTube Banner templates available and select the one you like by double-clicking it. This will open up the YouTube Banner Maker. I chose the YouTube Banner Maker for Gamer Girls template for this example.

4. Customise Your Banner Template

Starting with the controls on the left and working your way down from the top, you can add your text, change the font style and colour, and change the frame icons used. I changed ‘Girls Who Play’ to ‘Girls Who Code’, and I also changed the frame icons and their colour.

Moving to the controls on the right and working from the top, you can change the type of arrow used and its colour. If you choose not to use an image for the background, you can change the background colour. If you decide to use a background image, you can choose from one of the several great images provided or upload one of your own.

Additionally, you can move or scale any element in the template, and if you aren’t happy with your changes, just hit the Reset Layout button in the upper right corner of your template. Using the controls on the right, I changed the arrow to one with a similar style to the headline, and I scaled it up to make it bigger. I kept the background image as is.

Scrolling down the page, you can try one of the presets on offer if you get stuck while you’re customising your design. They are all different versions of the image maker template you choose and can help you see how your template would look with different settings applied.

Alternatively, below the presets, you can view your settings applied to different templates.

5. Download Your Creation

Once you’re satisfied with your design, hit the Download button at the top of the screen and download your design for a small fee. Alternatively, if you regularly need to create social media graphics, flyers, posters, social media banners, etc., then the monthly plan may be the best deal for you.

20 Terrific Social Media Image Maker Templates

Now that you know how easy it is to use Placeit’s Social Media Image Maker, these 20 fabulous templates will get you even more excited about creating your own graphics for Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and more.

Instagram Story Image Maker Templates

1.Spring Sales Insta Story Template

Instagram Stories are a great way for businesses to promote themselves and their products and services. The Spring Sales Insta Story Template makes sure you use the right dimensions to let your products shine. Upload your images and your text and brand with your fonts and colours, and you’re Insta-ready.

2.Instagram Story Maker Fun Instagram Quiz

Show your lighter side in your Instagram Stories with the Instagram Story Maker Fun Instagram Quiz. Let your creativity shine by adding your own questions/statements, add textures, change colours, and voila! Your graphic is ready to download and share.

3.Instagram Story Template

Have you written a super useful article that you want people to know about? The Instagram Story Template is set up for you to simply add the title of your article and direct people to where it’s published. You can use one of the colourful abstract backgrounds or upload your own.

Instagram Post Image Maker Templates

4.Instagram Post Maker for Thanking Your Followers

It’s a tradition on Instagram to thank your followers when you hit a landmark number. The Instagram Post Maker for Thanking Your Followers template uses a combination of bold fonts, colourful shapes, and beautiful gradient backgrounds that you can customise and combine as you like. The result will be stunning social media images that guarantee that your followers don’t miss your show of gratitude.

5.Instagram Quote Template

Great quotes speak for themselves, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t complement their written wisdom by framing them with visual flair. The Instagram Quote Template does just that.

Simulating the effect of a note stuck to the wall with tape, this template replaces the tape with different coloured paint strokes. You can customise it by selecting your own fonts and their colours, changing the note’s background colour and the paint stroke colour, and choosing from a selection of note papers—or you can upload your own!

6.Insta Giveaway Post Maker

You don’t have to confine your giveaways to your Instagram Stories. Now you can create fabulous giveaway posts that look terrific in your timeline with the Insta Giveaway Post Maker template. The template offers funky background graphics and great icons for highlighting your product. Upload a photo of your giveaway, add your text and play around with the graphics and colours, and you’ve got yourself a beautiful giveaway image.

YouTube Image Maker Templates

7.Gaming Crew Channel Banner Template

Gamers will love the Gaming Crew Channel Banner Template. This social media image maker, which is designed specifically to fit the YouTube channel banner dimensions, provides tons of edgy image composites and war-themed icons, as well as the usual customisation tools.

8.YouTube Banner Template for Artists

The YouTube Banner Template for Artists is designed for the thousands of crafters and artists who produce great how-to content on YouTube. No need to spend your precious time creating your own banners from scratch. Simply write in your own text in the image maker, apply your colour settings, and use one of the photos featuring various arts and crafts imagery (or upload your own), and you’re done. Now get back to doing what you love best.

9.YouTube Banner Maker for Cat Channels

If your YouTube channel is all about our feline friends—or any other animal, really—the YouTube Banner Maker for Cat Channels can help you create the perfect channel banner. It includes a wide selection of images of cats, dogs, birds and various reptiles, but why not take a still from one of your own videos and upload it. Then use the image maker to customise the rest of the template as usual.

Pinterest Image Maker Templates

10.Pinterest Pin Maker for Tutorials

Pinterest is the repository for all things beautiful, so of course we have a collection of stunning social media image maker downloads just for you users of Pinterest. First up is the Pinterest Pin Maker for Tutorials, a template designed for those of you who want to advertise your tutorials and classes using Pinterest. The template has loads of gorgeous images and customisable features to guarantee that you create an eye-catching Pin.

11.Baking Recipe Post Template for Pinterest

The next image maker on my list is Baking Recipe Post Template for Pinterest, dedicated to the culinary masters out there who want to create riveting Pins for their recipes. Just enter your text in the allotted spaces, change colours as needed, use one of the images provided or upload your own, play around with the settings until you’re happy, and you’re done. Easy Peasy!

12.Pinterest Pin Template for Success Quotes

As quote templates go, the Pinterest Pin Template for Success Quotes is quite simple, but it’s that simplicity that makes it so attractive. The template offers a plain background in a large variety of colours and a range of bold fonts, as well as text frames in a variety of styles to make the words in the quotation stand out. You can customise it by recombining these elements in various ways. A great template that you will come back to again and again.

13.Pinterest Pin Template for European Travel Tips

For travellers who want to create travel-related images for social media that will stand out, there is the Pinterest Pin Template for European Travel Tips. The template offers a lovely array of choice graphics to customise your travel Pins. And if the photos you took didn’t come out just the way you wanted, there's a great selection of travel images on offer too.

Facebook Image Maker Templates

14.FB Post Template for Event Promo

Planning to live stream an event? Use the FB Post Template for Event Promo to create a compelling reminder that you can add as a post on your Facebook page to make sure everyone has the details of when and who.

15.Quote for Facebook Image Maker

The Quote for Facebook Image Maker is just the template you need for creating wonderful quotation graphics for your next Facebook post. Just enter your quote text, change the font and colour as you like, adjust the image gradient, add a speech balloon if you like, and finish up by selecting an image or uploading one of your own. A fabulous way to complement a great quote visually.

16.Giveaway Winner Announcement for FB

Want a great way to announce the winner of your last giveaway? Use the Giveaway Winner Announcement for FB, a beautiful template which will not only celebrate the winner but arrest any eyes as they scroll through their feed. This Facebook image maker provides lots of possibilities for customisation.

Twitter Image Maker Templates

17.Twitter Post Template for a Giveaway

Set up with the perfect dimensions for your Twitter feed, the Twitter Post Template for a Giveaway is a super cool template for your giveaways. The template offers plenty of fabulous options to customise your template, and as with most templates featured here, you can make use of the great images on offer or upload your own.

18.Valentine's Day Giveaway Twitter Post Template

No ordinary template will do for your Valentine’s Sale or Giveaway, and that’s why we’ve included the Valentine's Day Giveaway Twitter Post Template complete with heart graphics. In truth, this template offers such a wide range of images and graphics that you could customise it for other uses as well.

19.Twitter Post Maker for a Motivational Quote

Looking for the perfect template with the right dimensions to hold your Twitter quote? Check out the Twitter Post Maker for a Motivational Quote. The template offers loads of lovely images and a range of customisation options.

Twitch Image Maker Template

20.Gaming Banner Template for Twitch Channel

Lastly, we take a look at Gaming Banner Template for Twitch Channel. If you’re looking to freshen up your banner, this template is a fabulous choice. It offers the usual customisation options found on the other templates in this article, but if it isn’t quite your cup of tea, scroll down the page and take a look at the great range of presets on offer. They are just a few of the hundred of Twitch social media image maker templates available.

More Fabulous Social Media Image Templates

If you have some knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, another great resource to help you create images for social media is Envato Elements.

Here you’ll find hundreds of great image maker templates. Here are just a few to give you an idea of what I mean.

Swimming Lessons Social Media Pack

The Swimming Lessons Social Media Pack
offers a staggering 24 different templates for use on Twitter,
Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, and more. Of these templates, 13 are for post formats, and the other 11 are header and cover formats. The
templates are presented in layered psd files. To use them, just download the
templates and customise them using Adobe Photoshop.

Travel Social Media Pack

Travel has always been a big industry, but it seems to have gotten bigger with the advent of social media. The Travel Social Media Pack
is designed specifically for travel companies, and travel and
lifestyle bloggers who are active on several social media platforms. The
templates in this package can be used for business, sales, and events on
Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and Twitter. The templates have been
created in Adobe Photoshop, are presented in layered psd files, and are
completely customisable. A PDF help file is included, with links to the fonts
used.

Social Media Pack

The Social Media Pack
offers 20 banner designs. Each template comes in three sizes for use on
Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to ensure a cohesive branding experience
across your social networks. The templates are created in Photoshop and
presented layered psd files which are easy to customise to suit your
needs. A help file is also included with this pack.

Of course, these are just a few of the thousands of fabulous image maker templates to be found at Envato Elements. What’s more, one of the things that makes Elements so incredible is that for one affordable price you can download as many of these templates as you like. And not just social media templates. Once you sign up, you also get access to thousands of other creative graphics and templates to use as often as you like.

Create Images for Social Media

It is estimated that over 3 billion people globally use some form of social media or the other. If you want to differentiate yourself and have your voice heard, you don’t just need great content but also interesting and engaging graphics that stop your potential audience in their tracks.

These 20+ social media image maker templates I’ve shared with you are just a few of the tons of templates available at both Placeit and Envato Elements, so you have no excuse for not creating great social media images.

We’d love to know which designs featured here are your favourites and which ones you actually use, so after you've uploaded your graphic, take a screen grab from your social media and share it with us in the comments below. We’d love to see what you’ve come up with.