Guides
How to turn plain text into social media carousels, the choices that go into a good one, and how Cards compares to the other tools you might use. Each guide ends in the free editor.
Carousel maker without AI
Make carousels from your own words. Cards lays out the text you paste, with no AI rewriting, no watermark, and no sign-up.
Instagram carousel size (2026)
The pixel sizes and ratios for Instagram carousels, how many slides to use, and how to export the right size.
Cards vs Canva for text carousels
How Cards compares to Canva for carousels: automation that builds slides from your text versus designing every slide by hand.
Canva alternatives for carousels
Seven ways to make a carousel without Canva, with prices, exports, and the catch behind each. Free options, AI generators, and tools that need no account.
Cards vs Adobe Express for carousels
A design suite where you build every slide, against a tool that lays out the text you paste. What each costs and where the time goes.
Cards vs aiCarousels for carousels
aiCarousels writes slides with AI and watermarks the free ones. Cards lays out your own text with no watermark and no export limit.
Cards vs Taplio for carousels
Taplio is a LinkedIn growth suite from $39 a month whose free carousel maker watermarks every slide. What you get instead for $5.
Make a carousel in Google Slides or PowerPoint
Slide sizes in pixels, the export steps for both, and the limits people hit: one PNG at a time in Slides, 96 DPI in PowerPoint.
Cards vs PostNitro for carousels
PostNitro generates slides with AI on a download quota; Cards lays out text you wrote with no watermark and no export limit. Features, limits, and prices side by side.
Cards vs Contentdrips for carousels
Contentdrips meters AI generation, branding, and imports in credits. Cards charges a flat plan and counts nothing. What each tool covers, and what it costs.
Carousel maker, no sign-up
Make and export carousels for free without an account, no watermark and no paywall on export.
Repurpose a blog post into a carousel
Turn a blog post into a social carousel without rewriting it. Paste the text and Cards splits it into slides.
Turn an article URL into a carousel
Paste an article link and Cards imports the text, then Smart split turns it into typed slides. A Pro feature, with no rewriting.
How many slides should an Instagram carousel have?
Instagram allows up to 20 slides. Why 3 to 10 usually works best, and how much text to put on each.
Connect Cards to Buffer
Publish your carousels through Buffer: connect with a personal API key or OAuth, and what limits apply in beta.
Turn a carousel into a video
Render the deck as an MP4 for Reels and TikTok: the twelve motion presets, how pace sets the length, and what the 30 second cap allows. A Pro feature.
Carousels vs video: what to post
Carousels get the highest engagement rate on Instagram (Socialinsider, 2025); video reaches more people (Buffer). Which format to post, and how Cards makes both from one draft.