How to Use Canva App for Creating Instagram Highlight Covers

How to Use Canva App for Creating Instagram Highlight Covers

Instagram highlight covers are a great way to welcome users to your profile. Since these are among the first things a user notices on your Instagram profile, they should be attractive. For this, you can create attractive covers using free tools like Canva and Crello. In this article, we will explain how to create Instagram highlight covers using Canva.

Aesthetics play an important role in Instagram. You must maintain it throughout your profile. Whether in the articles, stories or even the highlighted covers. The theme of your brand should be reflected on your Instagram. And the highlighted covers are one way to do it.

Let’s see how to use Canva to create Instagram snippets. We will explain to you how to make a hedge from scratch.

Create an Instagram Highlight cover on the Canva Android app

Step 1: Launch the Canva application on your phone.

2nd step: Look for Instagram Story in the Explore Canva section. Tap it. If not available, use the search at the top to find Instagram Story.


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Step 3: You will see different models. Tap one of them. Then tap Empty on the next screen.


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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 press Color at the bottom and select the color of your choice.


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Step 5: Tap the plus icon at the bottom to add an image, text or illustration to your cover.


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Pro tip: Keep the item you add in the center of the image.

Step 6: If you want to create more covers with the same background, tap the page icon in the lower left corner. Add your illustrations and create more covers.


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Step 7: After making the covers, tap the record icon at the top


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All images will be saved to 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 mentioned in the Edit Instagram Highlight Covers section.

Point: Want to explore the Canva app? Explore our guide on how to use the Canva app on your Android phone.

Create Instagram Highlight Covers on Canva Web

You can also use the Canva website to create highlight covers. To do this, launch the canva.com site. Use the search to find Instagram Story (if you want to scratch from the start) or Instagram Story Highlight Cover (for pre-made creations).


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Click Empty (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 in the center.


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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 from where you can change the Instagram app cover, as shown below.


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Change Instagram Highlight Cover

When the highlighted cover is ready, it’s time to change it on Instagram. To do this, you don’t need to add it to your story first. Instagram provides a native option to change the highlight coverage.

Point: You can even add a highlight without first adding to the story.

For that, proceed as following:

Step 1: Launch the Instagram app and go to your profile screen.

2nd step: Long press the highlight whose cover you want to change. Select Change highlight from the menu.


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Stage 3: Tap Edit Coverage.


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Step 4: Tap the gallery icon on the far left. You may need to scroll to the right if you were using a cover from an existing story.


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Step 5: If the highlight cover was designed with the element in the center, you do not need to do anything. But if you find that it doesn’t line up well, change its position. You can zoom and move it. Tap Next, then tap Done. Here’s what the end result will look like.


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Tips for creating an Instagram highlight cover

Here are some tips for making exquisite highlight covers.

Change the color of the elements

When you add a symbol or illustration, you can resize it and rotate it using the available border. You can even change its colors by pressing the edit icon at the bottom.


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Point: Learn how to use the Canva app to crop images in different forms.

Avoid adding text

Because the highlight covers are small, the text is not clearly visible. Avoid adding it unless it is necessary.

The cycle of stories

Instagram stories are packed with features, and highlights are among them. Using charming covers for your highlights will draw people to tap on the highlight, increasing the visibility of your stories. This is what we want, right?

Then:

Don’t like the Canva app? Check out these 5 alternatives to the Canva app to create interesting covers for Instagram highlights.

Last updated on February 7, 2020

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