Guides
How to turn plain text into social media carousels, and the choices that go into a good one. 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.
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.
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.