Your files never leave your device. All processing happens locally in your browser.
How do I make an Instagram or LinkedIn carousel?
Open AnyTool Social Carousel Maker and build a multi-slide carousel along the proven arc creators use — a strong hook on slide one that earns the swipe, value slides in the middle, and a clear call-to-action on the last slide. Pick a theme, accent colour and your @handle, choose 1:1 square (1080×1080) or 4:5 portrait (1080×1350), then add, reorder, duplicate and edit slides using five layouts (Hook, Content, List, Quote, CTA). Each slide is drawn on a high-DPI canvas with an auto-fitting headline, progress dots, a page number and a swipe cue. Export the current slide as a PNG, all slides as a ZIP of PNGs to upload to Instagram, or a combined multi-page PDF — one page per slide — to post as a LinkedIn document. Everything runs in your browser; your content and brand are never uploaded.
Hook → value → CTA: five layouts (Hook, Content, List, Quote, CTA)
Square 1080×1080 (1:1) or portrait 1080×1350 (4:5) — both work on IG & LinkedIn
Add, reorder, duplicate and delete slides; consistent theme, accent and handle
Auto-fitting headlines, progress dots, page numbers and a swipe cue
Export a slide PNG, all PNGs as a ZIP, or a combined LinkedIn PDF · 100% client-side
What is
Carousel post
A carousel is a single social post that holds multiple swipeable slides (images). On Instagram each slide is an image you upload (up to 20, or 10 on older apps), most often a 1080×1080 square or a 1080×1350 portrait (4:5), and consistent slide formatting is associated with markedly higher engagement. On LinkedIn the equivalent is a “document post”: you upload a single PDF and LinkedIn renders it as swipeable pages, with 1080×1080 or 1080×1350 the common page sizes. The proven structure is a bold hook on the first slide to earn the swipe, value slides in the middle delivering one idea each, and a clear call-to-action on the final slide.
Use 1080×1080 (1:1 square) or 1080×1350 (4:5 portrait). Portrait fills more of the mobile feed; both work on Instagram and LinkedIn.
For both Instagram and LinkedIn carousels, design at 1080×1080 pixels (1:1 square) or 1080×1350 pixels (4:5 portrait). The 4:5 portrait is the data-backed pick because it occupies the most vertical space in the mobile feed, which tends to raise engagement; the 1:1 square is the safest choice because it renders consistently on desktop and mobile without cropping. Keep important text away from the edges and use the same aspect ratio for every slide — mixed dimensions look inconsistent and reduce engagement. AnyTool Social Carousel Maker exports at exactly these sizes and applies one theme and accent across every slide.
LinkedIn carousels are document posts: export the combined PDF here (one page per slide) and upload it via “Add a document”.
On LinkedIn a carousel is a “document post” — instead of uploading separate images you upload a single PDF and LinkedIn renders it as swipeable pages. In AnyTool Social Carousel Maker, design your slides and click “Combined PDF” to download a multi-page PDF with one page per slide at your chosen size (1080×1080 or 1080×1350). Then on LinkedIn start a post, choose “Add a document”, upload that PDF, give it a title, and publish. For Instagram, use the “All PNGs (ZIP)” export instead and add the numbered images as a carousel.
No. It designs and exports your slides — you supply the hook, the value and the call-to-action copy.
The Social Carousel Maker is a design tool: it lays out and exports your slides with consistent branding, auto-fitting headlines, progress dots, page numbers and a swipe cue. It does not write your posts — you provide the words. Use the proven structure (a bold, specific hook on slide one, one idea per value slide, and a clear CTA on the last slide), keep important text away from the edges, and because the preview uses your device’s own fonts the exact type can vary between computers and phones, so always check that the text fits comfortably on every slide before posting.
No. Every slide is drawn and exported in your browser. The PNGs, ZIP and PDF are all built on your device and nothing is uploaded.
AnyTool Social Carousel Maker runs completely client-side. Your headlines, body copy, handle and brand colours are processed locally and never sent to a server, logged or stored remotely — the slide PNGs and the combined PDF come from the same on-device canvas renderer and the “all slides” ZIP is packaged in the browser with JSZip. Nothing is uploaded, and the page works offline once it has been cached, so even a sensitive brand campaign never leaves your machine.
Detailed Explanation
⚙️Methodology
How the Carousel Is Modelled and the Five Slide Layouts
AnyTool Social Carousel Maker models a carousel as deck-level design (aspect ratio, theme, accent colour, background style, an @handle, and toggles for page numbers and a swipe cue) plus an ordered list of slides, each carrying a layout, an eyebrow kicker, a heading, a body and an optional footer. Five layouts arrange those fields differently: Hook draws a big centred title for the attention-earning first slide; Content pairs a heading with supporting text; List renders the body as accent-marked bullets; Quote shows a large quotation mark, the quote and an attribution; and CTA adds a supporting line and a “Follow @handle” pill. A single pure renderer paints any slide onto a high-DPI canvas, so the same code drives the live preview, every PNG export and (mirrored) the PDF.
A carousel = deck design + an ordered list of slides
Five layouts: Hook, Content, List, Quote, CTA
Each slide has a layout, eyebrow, heading, body and optional footer
One pure canvas renderer drives preview, PNGs and the PDF
Slides can be added, reordered, duplicated and deleted
📋Use Cases
Platform Sizes and the Hook → Value → CTA Structure
The tool exports at the platform-standard 1080×1080 (1:1 square) or 1080×1350 (4:5 portrait); 4:5 occupies the most vertical space in the mobile feed and tends to raise engagement, while 1:1 renders consistently on desktop and mobile. It encodes the proven creator structure: a bold, specific hook on the first slide to earn the swipe, value slides in the middle delivering one idea each, and a clear call-to-action on the last slide. Consistency is enforced by applying one theme, accent colour and handle across every slide — mixed formatting is known to reduce engagement — and each slide gets auto-fitting headlines, progress dots, a page number and a swipe cue that automatically hides on the final slide. Starter templates (Tips, How-to, Listicle, LinkedIn document) pre-build a sensible slide set.
Exports 1080×1080 (1:1) or 1080×1350 (4:5) — both work on IG & LinkedIn
4:5 portrait fills more of the mobile feed; 1:1 is the safe, consistent choice
Encodes hook → value → CTA with one idea per value slide
Consistent theme, accent and handle across all slides
Auto-fitting headings, progress dots, page numbers and a swipe cue
🔒Privacy & Security
Local Export Paths and Privacy
Three export paths are produced entirely on-device: the current slide as a PNG; all slides as a ZIP of numbered PNGs (packaged in the browser with a lazily-imported JSZip) to upload to Instagram as a carousel; and a combined multi-page PDF with one page per slide, built with pdf-lib by embedding each slide’s rendered PNG, which is the format LinkedIn document posts use. Because everything is drawn and exported locally, the headlines, body copy, handle and brand colours are never uploaded, logged or stored, and the page works offline once cached. The tool is explicit that it is a design tool, not a copywriter — the user supplies the hook, value and CTA — and that because the canvas uses the device’s own fonts the exact type can vary between machines, so the user should check that text fits on every slide before posting.
PNG, ZIP-of-PNGs (JSZip) and combined PDF (pdf-lib) all built on-device
PNGs for Instagram; the combined PDF is for a LinkedIn document post
Content and brand are never uploaded, logged or stored; works offline once cached
A design tool, not a copywriter — the user supplies the words
Uses device fonts, so type can vary; check text fits before posting
Carousel design: in-browser (AnyTool) vs typical online carousel makers
Capability
AnyTool
Typical online makers
Processing
Runs entirely in your browser
Often server-side or account-bound
Structure
Hook → value → CTA with five layouts
Generic templates or blank canvas
Sizes
1080×1080 (1:1) and 1080×1350 (4:5)
Varies; sometimes paywalled
Slide control
Add, reorder, duplicate, delete
Often limited on free tiers
Export
Slide PNG, ZIP of PNGs, combined PDF — free
Export often gated, watermarked or paid
LinkedIn PDF
One page per slide for document posts
Sometimes images only
Privacy
Content never uploaded; built on-device
May store your designs on their servers
Honesty
States it designs, not writes, your posts
Often implies it creates the content
AnyTool draws and exports every slide locally in the browser and uploads nothing.
