We’ve tested many online ad mockup generators, and put together a list of the best ones to make it easy for you to find the one that has what you’re looking for.

All the tools in this list are 100% free to use.

Let’s get into it.

You can jump to a specific product if you want:

• AdMockups
• Media Modifier
• InBeat
• Smart Mockups
• Social-Mockup.app
• Honorable mention: Placeit
• More options

Quick comparisons table:

#1 AdMockups

In at number one is Admockups.com which, in our opinion, is the best free option when it comes to quickly and easily creating ad mockups online.

Their tool has mockup templates for all the major platforms including Google search ads, Facebook ads, Instagram ads, and more.

All you need to is select the platform that you want to create the ad mockup for, choose the device type, ad type (e.g. for Facebook you get the option of a news feed, lead form, and messenger placement), and the ad format.

In seconds you’ll have your ad mockup ready to go.

Platforms covered:

• Google ads
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Snapchat
• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Snapchat
• TikTok

Pricing:

• 100% free

#2 Media Modifier

Next up is Media Modifier which is another user-friendly online mockup tool. Like AdMockups, Media Modifier has templates for all the major platforms that you can utlize to quickly create professional-looking ad mockups.

Their ad mockups are 100% free to use, and are super easy to customize. You can choose different devices, ad types, and formats to create your ideal ad mockup.

Media Modifier also offer a range of other mockup templates that you can use all within browser and these cover many categories including t-shirt mockups, iPhone mockups, branding mockups, and many more.

These also offer design templates such as book covers, Instagram posts, posters, and more than you can customize very easily.

Platforms covered:

• Facebook
• Instagram
• TikTok
• Twitter
• Google ads
• LinkedIn
• Snapchat
• Pinterest

Pricing:

• Ad mockups are 100% free to use
• Free plan: 100+ templates
• Pro plan: $19 /month or $108 /year

#3 InBeat

InBeat is a TikTok and Instagram influencer search engine but they offer some useful online free tools including an ad mockup generator.

They have templates for all the major platforms including Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn and all their ad mockups are 100% free to use.

The ad mockup generator is incredibly sleek and easy to use. You simply need to select your platform, choose the ad type and format and input your details and images. You can then download your mockup templates as PNG files or share them online.

Platforms covered:

• Instagram
• Facebook
• TikTok
• Snapchat
• LinkedIn
• Twitter

Pricing:

• Ad mockups are 100% free to use
• Paid plans: $2.91 – $33.33 /month or $23 – $267 /year

#4 Smart Mockups

Smart Mockups is another fantastic online mockup generator that allows you to create a range of ad mockups all within your browser.

Their ad mockup range isn’t quite as good as Media Modifier or AdMockups but there are several quality templates that you can utilize.

They have ad mockup templates for Facebook and Instagram including carousel ads, and a range of mockups for various other platforms which aren’t necessarily ad mockups, more so profile and post mockups. These include platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, and Twitch.

There are plenty of other mockup categories covered on Smart Mockups including apparel, technology, packaging, and much more.

Platforms covered:

• Facebook
• Instagram

Pricing:

• Free templates
• Pro plan: $14 /month or $108 /year

#5 Social-Mockup.app

Last up we have Social-mockup.app which is another 100% free to use online ad mockup tool.

At them moment they only have templates for Facebook and Instagram but these include Sponsored posts, carousel ads, and sponsored stories.

As with all the other tools in this list, it’s very easy to use. You just need to put in the starter information (client name, website, and profile image), select the ad type, and customize the mockup template to your liking.

The tool was created by Grabarz & Partner which a marketing agency based in Germany.

Platforms covered:

• Facebook
• Instagram

Pricing:

• 100% free to use

Honorable mention: Placeit

Placeit doesn’t actually offer ad mockups such as the ones found in the tools mentioned above, however, they are our top rated online mockup generator so we thought they’re worth highlighting.

You can create almost any type of mockup with Placeit, and if you are planning on creating ads for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or any other similar platform you can use their templates to create the visuals for your ads.

They also have mockups for physical ad placements such as billboards, signage, posters, merchandise and so much more. So, they’re definitely worth checking out!

More options

There were a few tools that didn’t quite make our top 5 but we think are still worth a mention:

Google ad mockup tools

• NordicClick
• PPC Ad Editor (includes youtube ad mockups too)
• Andrew.Marketing
• Karooya
• Primal

Social media ad mockup tools

• MockupBro
• Influencer Marketing Hub
• Grey Metrics

Related articles

• Social media mockup generators
• iPhone mockup generators
• Billboard mockup generators
• Video mockup generators
• Book mockup generators
• Vinyl mockup generators
• How to make a mockup without Photoshop

Wrapping things up

So there you have it. 5 tried and tested ad mockup generators.   

We’re sure there’s a tool in this list that offers what you need. Plus they’re all completely free to use so you can’t go wrong!

Enjoy creating! If you have any questions, comments or suggestions for other awesome online ad mockup generators that we might have missed, leave a comment below.

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Lucky for you, we’ve put together a list of the 14 best free stock photo websites that literally have millions of completely free photos for you to choose from. You can also find even more stock photo sources at the end of the article.

So, even if you need to find copyright-free photos or plan to use them commercially you’re bound to find plenty of amazing options in the sources below.

Let’s dive right on in.

#1 Unsplash

Unsplash has a huge library of free stock photos (well over 3 million and counting). These photos are submitted to the site by their talented global community of photographers.

All images from the site are completely free and more are added on a daily basis, so no matter what niche you’re in it’s very likely you’ll have plenty of quality photos that you can utilize from Unsplash.

The site is also very user-friendly and allows you to easily find relevant categories or search for specific photos. They even have a few apps that you can use on various devices and platforms to give you even easier access to their free photo library.

Notes:

• Searchable: Yes
• Attribution required: No
• Unsplash license
• Several Unsplash apps and plugins
• Free photo library size: 3,000,000+

#2 Pexels

Pexels is a free stock image site with a huge range of photos and a library that is growing on a daily basis. Their 3 million+ stock photo offering is licensed under the ‘Pexels license’ which gives users full usage rights of any photos downloaded from the site.

They have a very useful discovery section with their most popular searches on the site such as ‘nature’, ‘house’, ‘technology’, ‘food’, and many others. If you’re looking for photos in any of those categories it’s a real time-saver. You can also search for specific topics to quickly find photos that fit your needs.

Similar to Unsplash, Pexels offers a couple of apps so you can utilize their library via the device of your choice.

Notes:

• Searchable: Yes
• Attribution required: No
• Pexels license
• Pexels iOS app and Android app
• Free photo library size: 3,000,000+

#3 Pixabay

Pixabay is another fantastic stock photo website that also has a great range of videos, illustrations, and music clips that users can also download for free.

At the moment they have around 1.6 million stock photos that you can download completely for free and utilize as you like without needing to do any attribution.

The Pixabay library is constantly growing, and they allow users to easily search through various categories and niches so you should be able to find the perfect photo very quickly.

Notes:

• Searchable: Yes
• Attribution required: No
• Pixabay license
• Free photo library size: 1,600,000+

#4 Canva

Next up we have Canva, an online graphic design software that lets users quickly create stunning designs with ease.

Canva has plenty to offer users looking to create graphic designs and this includes a huge library of stock photos, plus the ability for Canva users to add the Pexels and Pixabay apps to their Canva editor giving them access to millions upon million of photos.

Whatever you’re trying to create with Canva you’ll have no shortage of stock photos to use for your design. Much of Canva’s photo library (over 1 million) is available to use for Canva’s free users.

Notes:

• Searchable: Yes
• Attribution required: No
• Canva free media license
• Canva iOS app and Android app
• Free photo library size: 1,000,000+ (+ Pexels & Pixabay)

#5 FreePik

FreePik is an online platform where users can buy a whole range of design assets and templates including stock photos, illustrations, logo designs, fonts and much more.

FreePik has a huge library of stock photos (2 million+) and they have even sorted them into ‘collections‘ so you can easily find group of photos that will have what you need for your project. You can also simply search and utilize the search filters if you have a specific photo in mind.

For the majority of FreePik’s photo library, you’ll need to provide attribution for commercial and personal use.

Notes:

• Searchable: Yes
• Attribution required: Sometimes
• FreePik license
• Free photo library size: 2,000,000+

#6 MorgueFile

If you’e searching for a simple and navigable stock photo website then you should definitely check out MorgueFile.

One of the original stock photo sites, it has been around quite a while and amassed a sizeable collection of photos that can completely for free.

There are some more amateur looking photos on MorgueFile compared with some of the other sites in this list but there is plenty there, particularly for those looking for everyday life kind of photos.

Notes:

• Searchable: Yes
• Attribution required: Sometimes
• MorgueFile license
• Free photo library size: 400,000+

#7 FreeImages

Regardless of the project you’re working on, you’re bound to find plenty of stock photos to fit your needs via FreeImages.

The site has photos spanning a diverse range of categories including food & drink, science, animals, celebrities, and many others.

Attribution may be required when using some of the photos in FreeImages sizeable library (over 400,000 at the time of writing).

Notes:

• Searchable: Yes
• Attribution required: Sometimes
• FreeImages license
• Free photo library size: 400,000+

#8 Stockvault

Stockvault is another great site to search if you’re looking for stock photos. It’s not quite as big as some of the other sites in this list but they have offer over 130,000 stock photos at the time of writing, which is plenty.

The guys behind Stockvault have made it very easy to navigate. They’ve created many categories and subcategories for their photo library and their search engine is very useful too.

Stockvault has several different licenses so you may have to provide attribution when using an image from the site. Be sure to check before you download any photos.

Notes:

• Searchable: Yes
• Attribution required: Sometimes
• Stockvault license
• Free photo library size: 130,000+

#9 Raw Pixel

Another site with a diverse collection of stock photos is Raw Pixel. The site has over 300,000 free stock photos plus vectors, PSD mockups, and public domain content for those searching for even more.

As a free user it’s possible to download an unlimited amount of the free templates and photos on Raw Pixel, you can also subscribe for as little as $3 per month to access even more and part of this paid subscription goes to Hope for Children. So it’s a worthy investment.

To be able to use a lot of the photos from Raw Pixel for commercial purposes you’ll need to pay $6 per month to access their Business plan. Be sure to check out their licensing page for more information.

Notes:

• Searchable: Yes
• Attribution required: Sometimes
• Raw Pixel license
• Free photo library size: 300,000+

#10 Burst (By Shopify)

Burst is a fairly new free stock image site from Shopify which has thousands of quality photos that can be used 100% for free when it comes to commercial and non-commercial use.

Like most of the sites in this list it’s very easy to navigate Burst to search for or find a category of photos that fits with what you’re looking for.

They claim to have a worldwide community of photographers and contributors so we’re sure their quality library will continue to grow and grow over time.

Notes:

• Searchable: Yes
• Attribution required: No
• Burst license
• Free photo library size: 10,000+

#11 KaboomPics

KaboomPics is another quality free stock photo resource with over 24,000 free photos at the time of writing.

The site has ‘photoshoots‘ which are collections of photos with the same model, landscape, setting, etc. and very useful if you need multiple photos that are very similar.

You can also easily jump into the various categories or do a search on the site to find the photo you’re after. All the photos downloaded via KaboomPics are free for personal and commercial use.

Notes:

• Searchable: Yes
• Attribution required: No
• KaboomPics license
• Free photo library size: 24,000+

#12 Vecteezy

Vecteezy is another site with a good-sized library of stock photos, many of which are free to download. However, the vast majority of photos on the site require you to have a Pro membership for you to access them.

It’s super easy to navigate Vecteezy to find the photo you’re after, including offering users the ability to filter their searches by orientation, style, color, number of people, and much more.

If you do want access to the full stock photo range on Vecteezy you’ll need to pay least $9 per month for their Pro membership.

Notes:

• Searchable: Yes
• Attribution required: Sometimes
• Vecteezy licensing agreement
• Free photo library size: 20,000+

#13 Picjumbo

In at #13 we have Picjumbo which another free stock photo site offering high-resolution photos that has been around for quite a while.

The site has plenty of good-quality stock photos (although nowhere near as many as some of the other sites such as Pexels or Unsplash).

The best parts about using photos from Picjumbo is that no attribution is required and the site is super clean and organized so you can quickly find the photo or set of photos that you’re looking for.

Notes:

• Searchable: Yes
• Attribution required: No
• Picjumbo FAQs
• Free photo library size: 4,000+

#14 Foodiesfeed

Last but not least we have Foodiesfeed which an ideal place for those of you looking for visually stunning food imagery.

Their library of images isn’t quite as large as some of the sites in this list (around 1,700 at the time of writing) but what’s on offer is very high-quality and everything on the site can be used for free for personal and commercial projects.

Finding the right photo for your project is also a breeze as Foodiesfeed have organized their photos into specific categories such as Pizza, meat, etc. and you can also easily search or something specific too.

Notes:

• Searchable: Yes
• Attribution required: No
• FoodiesFeed license
• Free photo library size: 1,700+

Other free stock photo resources

Here are even more websites where you find plenty of amazing free stock photos:

• Stocksnap
• Picography
• Libreshot
• PikWizard
• LovePik
• Gratisography
• Vintage Stock Photos
• FocaStock
• Finda.Photo
• Magdeleine
• Split Shire
• Life of Pix
• Negative Space
• SkitterPhoto
• Cupcake
• Shotstash
• MoveEast
• Little Visuals
• New Old Stock
• Jay Mantri
• Public Domain Archive
• Adobe Stock
• Good Stock Photos
• Startup Stock Photos
• Styled Stock
• ISO Republic

Licenses and attribution

If you’re after quality free stock photos to use for blog, social posts, videos, presentations or any other reason you’re going to want to ensure that you have permission to use the images.

Thankfully most of the photos you’ll find from the sources mentioned above allow you to use the photos you download from them however you’d like.

Here are two main license types the majority of the free stock photos will fall under:

• Creative Commons Zero: you can use the photos in any way you’d like, no permission needed
• Creative Commons with attribution: use the photo in any way you want, just be sure to credit the photographer

Still, make sure to always double check the license and permissions for any stock photo you download. If you’re more information, you can check out the Creative Commons website.

Wrapping things up…

So, there you have 14+ amazing free stock photo websites that you can browse to find the perfect stock image (or images) for you project, completely free of charge.  

There are so many free stock photo options, so you’re bound to spoilt for choice.

Good luck with your free stock photo search! Oh, and if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for other free stock photo resources, leave a comment below!

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While it’s true that some of the more complex editors have a steeper learning curve, there are several great in-browser video editing options that will have you posting videos to YouTube or your social platform of choice in no time at all!

We scoured the internet and tested all the editors we could find, pulling together a list of the very best for you to explore. Don’t mention it!

These in-browser editor options are all very user-friendly and many have deeper functions you can explore as you grow more confident to create even more high-level videos for your audience to enjoy.

Jump to a specific product below

On to the list…

Timeline Style Editors

#1 WeVideo

Set up in the style of a professional video editor, WeVideo gives you amazing control over all aspects of your edit. WeVideo represents the best of the in-browser programs compared to professional editing programs like Adobe Premiere Pro

One of the most impressive things about this editor is that they are able to make it so intuitive and easy to understand but still give you such specific control.

Some of the features available are simply mind-blowing, so if you’re looking to add some real polish to your projects, WeVideo could be the editor for you!

Ease of use:

Though it’s not as simple as a drag and drop system like other video creators on this list, WeVideo is still very easy to navigate. The interface consists of three key sections, a media browser at the top next to the video preview window and a timeline running across the bottom of the screen.

To get started, you’re able to upload your own media, video clips, audio and images or browse the good selection of stock media available in the paid plans.

There’s also a great recording function that will let you record via your webcam directly into the editor, or record your screen and the actions you perform there.

All your assets appear in the media browser and whether recorded or imported are easy to manage by creating folders. Once you’ve got all your media sorted, you simply drag clips down onto the timeline where you can then easily trim clip lengths, change audio levels and apply effects.

It’s possible to add multiple videos and audio layers all of which can be renamed, so you can easily manage the different types of footage on each layer in the timeline.

This also means the audio can be stacked so music tracks can accompany sound effects or voiceover with the audio levels of each track easily visually managed on each clip.

Support for WeVideo comes in the form of a great video academy that will take you from beginner to advanced levels and a well-organized series of step-by-step articles that address various issues that might arise with supporting pictures.

If these two resources don’t answer your questions you can also contact the team through their inquiry form.

• Amazing video Academy
• Simple step by step articles
• Email enquiry form
• Great YouTube channel with lots of other resources

Features:

But a step beyond that, the color keying function is an amazing addition to an online video creator. If you have access to a blue or green screen, you can remove the background with just the click of a mouse.

This is an extremely useful feature for creators wanting to have their image feature over screen recordings or game clips without a background distracting from the action.

It’s even possible to speed ramp your footage, a technique favored by many top YouTubers that speeds up and slows down video for dramatic effect. A feature they manage to make very easy with the simple use of sliders.

Other great features include but are not limited to…

• Multiple video formats
• Direct export to social media
• GIF creator
• Voiceover
• Motion tiles and templates
• Set brand elements
• Create your own templates

Publishing:

Once you have your video looking the way you want it to, the next step is to navigate to the top right of the screen where you click finish. A simple export screen loads which give you the option to download the video in HD or 4k depending on your subscription.

There’s also the option to download the audio-only or create a GIF. And the ability to publish directly to a number of linked social accounts including YouTube and Vimeo, with an added extra that you can preset the default thumbnail from three available options.

After clicking export, the render and download process begins, with a handy timer that lets you know how long the process will take. One final click to download or share to other connected social platforms like Facebook and Twitter and the video is ready to go.

Pricing:

• Free – Free access to try the tool out, can only export a low res watermarked video
• $4.99/mo USD – Power package lets you export at 720p with no watermark and gives you access to templates and greenscreen function
• $7.99/mo USD – Unlimited package gives you full HD exporting, unlimited storage and extra features.
• $17.99/mo USD – Professional package lets you export in 4k, gives you unlimited stock footage access and lets you create a brand kit among other features.

All prices are monthly based on an annual subscription. Month-to-month prices are also available.

Room for improvement

We are extremely impressed with WeVideo and in terms of the functionality and can find very little room for improvement. However, the background and overlays templates could be better and more abundant.

The stock library, though it seems quite extensive relies on you searching for footage, with no way to browse categories for inspiration, so a better-organized library would be of benefit. That being said, this editor is really best suited for creators who are bringing their own footage to edit.

Also, If you have a subscription to Envato elements, for example, you’ll have all the stock footage, music, sound effects, and templates you could need. The strength of WeVideo is in the editor itself.

Overall:

WeVideo delivers a top-quality video editor that does all the technical things right. Almost everything you would expect from professional editing software is there but with the impressive feat of it being completely in-browser, no software to install and update!

Footage upload is fast and final film download is equally speedy. Unless you need 4k exports, the $7.99 unlimited price point delivers everything you should need at a cost much less than some other far inferior editing platforms.

In short, we can’t recommend it highly enough!

#2 Kapwing

Kapwing is unique in this list as you can get access to a very good online editor completely free! There are paid plans that are worth considering for various reasons we’ll get into but it’s possible to create and upload great videos for free without a watermark. Not a bad start!

One thing to understand about Kawping is that there’s no big stock video library of hundreds of video templates to choose from to get you started, it’s basically just the editor. But don’t let that put you off! Kapwing is actually one of the best editors on this list.

By focussing on creating a great editor, without all the extra integration, they’ve managed to create a tool that runs super-fast and is very easy to use and navigate.

Ease of use:

The layout of Kapwing is excellent. The timeline stretches the bottom of the screen and is clear and easy to read, even when full of different assets.

The media menu on the left houses all your uploaded clips, music, and sound effects, but also has a handy scene tab for sectioning out longer videos and a layers tab that shows the stacking order of the assets in that scene.

This can be slightly confusing at first as the hierarchy of assets in the timeline doesn’t translate to the stacking order they will show in the playback window, that order is displayed in the layers panel.

The playback window takes a good bit of space in the middle with a context properties tab on the right that changes options depending on what asset you have selected in the timeline.

As we said before, the editor is very simple to navigate and use. In the timeline, clips are shown with their audio attached. When adjusting the audio volume this reflects in real-time on the size of the audio track, handy for quickly visually checking the levels.

The effects and transitions are simple but easy to access from the properties panel on the right of the screen. For clips, simple color adjustments and a small array of filters are available to punch up the look of your clips.

The included elements are a small number of shapes, an image search function, and the ability to record a screencast, your own webcam, and record audio at once.

The support available on Kapwing isn’t extensive. There is a fairly well-stocked help center that may answer your questions. If not, the resources library and Kapwing YouTube channel have plenty of articles and tutorials to help you get started.  

Features:

One of the biggest virtues of Kapwing is its no-frills workspace and lack of potentially unnecessary addons. However, that’s not to say that they don’t have some useful and interesting extras at your disposal.

Where the free version only lets you export videos up to 7 minutes long, the pro lets you export videos up to an hour. There are faster exporting times and an ability to upload custom fonts and larger video files too.

The subtitle editor is one of the best we’ve seen. A really intuitive slider-controlled layout lets you place subtitles easily over the video exactly where you need them.

You’re also able to export the subtitle file as a .srt so you could load them directly into YouTube if you don’t want subtitles ‘baked in’ to your video.

A good remove background tool lets you use green and bluescreen video in your projects and a very clever meme generator is perfect for punching up your social media presence.

Kapwing’s other great features include…

• Video converter
• Collage Maker
• GIF Maker
• MP3 Editor
• Stop Motion Maker
• Translate video tool

Publishing:

Once you’ve completed your edit you simply hit export and are taken to the render window. Your video should render very quickly before giving you the option to download or share the project to one of Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram

Pricing:

• Free – A great free offering, not to be overlooked!
• $17/mo USD (year contract) – The Pro package lets you export up to hour long videos in full HD
• $20/mo USD – The pro package on a month to month subscription

Room for improvement:

While it’s a great platform, a couple of little issues jumped out. A folder structure for your media would be helpful. Currently, everything is just lumped in together which can make your media browser very cluttered in larger projects.

The layer stacking order not being reflected in the timeline is a little confusing and we’re not exactly sure why one doesn’t inform the other. Assets can also only be moved up and down in the stacking order using the layer buttons in the context properties tab which seems counterintuitive.

Overall:

We are blown away by the quality of the platform at such a reasonable price. And the usability of the free version shouldn’t be overlooked. You can create great videos just by testing the product out for free. So stop reading and get editing!

#3 Moovly

Coming in at number 3 on the timeline editor list we have Moovly. With a dashboard similar to WeVideo, Moovly gives you amazing control over all aspects of your edit.

The editor allows you far greater control than the simpler drag and drop options, but still remains easy to navigate and create.

For anyone worried about approaching a more sophisticated editor, Moovly makes the jump comfortable with a great overview video and a 46-point walkthrough that takes you through all the various options available in a quick and easy-to-follow way.

Ease of use:

Despite having many more options available to you, Moovly manages to keep its interface easy to navigate.

When you have clicked to create a project, the editor opens in a new stand-alone browser window which helps to focus on the edit without other tabs distracting you.

The timeline where you edit your clips stretches the width of the window at the bottom. Above that from left to right run the media browser, the playback window (which Moovly refers to as the stage), and then a properties window that updates customizable options based on your selection in the timeline.

You can begin by uploading video, audio, or images to your personal library. Moovly comes with free access to Storyblocks with over a million assets for you to use in your projects.

There’s also an integrated iStock button that gives you access to use their video and image library on a pay-per-clip basis.

There’s an interesting text-to-speech function with multiple different voices available if you’d like to include a voiceover but don’t want to record it yourself. As well as screen, webcam and microphone recording options. These clips are then saved in your personal library, ready for you to add to your project.

The timeline is where your project comes together and Moovly doesn’t disappoint with the number and variety of editing options it provides.

A click of the add animation button below the timeline reveals a host of transitions and effects you can apply to your layers. A handy split button also lets you cut the selected clip at the playhead, a quick and useful tool to speed up your edits.

Support using Moovly isn’t quite as extensive as some other platforms. They have the initial overview and walkthrough, but the next stop is a more generic search term-based help center.

Their YouTube channel has some useful resources, however, the only solution to an insurmountable problem is to raise a ticket with their help team and wait for a reply.

Features:

Moovly has a big list of customizable features for you to add some flair and your own style to your videos. A variety of animation options used creatively can elevate your videos to a professional level.

The library functions in Moovly are particularly impressive. Not only is there a big selection of graphic and stock media options, but the expanded library view also allows you to focus on navigating through the various options available and helpfully preview the clip or graphic you are viewing before inserting it into your timeline with one click.

A useful stage properties tab at the top of the Properties panel lets you set up your document for whatever purpose you need at the beginning of your project.

However unfortunately if you decide to change video formats mid edit, maybe intending a video for Instagram rather than YouTube, your video assets aren’t auto-resize for you, so a little tinkering will be needed.

Moovly’s great features include…

• A well-stocked content library
• Handy expanded library feature
• Integrated screen, webcam and voice recorder
• Clever text to speech option
• Nice collection of ready to use templates
• Big list of social and other integration options

Publishing:

Once you’ve completed your edit you simply save your project and close the editor window down. Back in the main Moovly site, your project will be saved in the ‘My Projects’ folder of your account.

From here you can preview an HD render of your video, reopen the editor to make any amendments, and download or publish your project to any of the integrated platforms, including YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, and Instagram.

Pricing:

• Free – Publish watermarked videos to social up to 30 seconds long.
• $24.92/mo USD – The Pro package lets you download or publish 25 HD videos per month.
• $49.92/mo USD – The Max subscription doubles the videos you can publish to 50 per month and activates many extra features like the text-to-speech and screen recording functions.

Room for improvement:

Whilst it’s a great addition to get users started, it would be helpful if the walkthrough would allow you to jump to the next point without having to perform the action it describes.

As it stands, if you need a quick reminder you need to cycle through the whole thing again or consult the help center.

Some actions take a while to implement and the interface can be a little buggy. Footage upload and placement on the timeline can also take quite a long time depending on the length and file size of the clip.

Overall:

Moovly is a great option for creators looking to start using an editor that gives them more complete control over their edits.

With the Storyblocks and iStock integration, it’s a particularly good option for creators who rely more heavily on using stock video and assets.

In the free trial version, creators have access to all the Pro and Max features to test out, so why not dive in and see what the platform can do for you.

#4 Veed

Like Kapwing, Veed is a stripped-back timeline editor without any of the template and stock frills that other editors on this list have. But again it’s the quality of the editor that has won it a spot.

The project window is extremely stripped back. The all-white interface has only a handful of menu options to deal with and the settings menu is always self-explanatory.

For this reason, Veed feels like the perfect bridge for creators looking to move from storyboard editors to timeline editors. The process looks and feels similar but ultimately delivers you the far greater control that all timeline editing offers.

Ease of use:

Once you open a new project, you’re prompted to upload some footage. A simple drag and drop and our footage uploaded extremely quickly. Very impressive!

With footage loaded into the timeline, which stretches the width of the browser window, we can begin to explore the stripped-back interface.

Seven different menu options are available down the left-hand side of the window, each of which has a small, easy-to-navigate settings menu that opens when you click it. A playback monitor and that’s it!

But that’s really all we need to start creating great videos. Once we click on the clip in our timeline we’re given all the options we would need. Some limited transform options, a way to set the volume, change the clip speed, or replace the clip with another from the library.

Some simple color correction options are also available alongside a small number of effect overlays. But those are all the tools you have to work on your clips.

There are limited elements features which include simple shapes that you either click and drag onto the monitor or simply click and let the editor place on the timeline at your playhead.

Support for Veed comes in the form of a very well-stocked YouTube channel with loads of different tips and tutorials on the various ways you can use the platform. If you don’t find an answer there we’d be surprised. Their blog is also well stocked with tips and tutorials. A chat function is available for those on the paid plans who need a bit of help.

Features:

Veed’s biggest selling point is its stripped-back, straightforward workspace. We think this makes it the perfect platform for users moving from storyboard editors into the more complex world of timeline editors.

The simplicity of navigating the interface and quickly finding what you need is also particularly helpful as you can spend your energies concentrating on the edit rather than remembering where everything is.

The Chroma Key function (greenscreen remover) is impressive and also available for use in the free version which seems very generous!

It also has an excellent inbuilt auto subtitle feature which can save hours of work scrolling through and adding them manually.

Other features include…

• 4k exporting
• 100gb storage
• Subtitle translation
• Brand kit
• Custom fonts
• Custom watermarks

Publishing:

Once you’ve finished your edit, a quick click of the export button takes you to a rendered screen that prepares your video extremely quickly. You can then share the render using a link they provide with other people to comment and review.

Or simply download your HD or even 4K footage (depending on your plan) and upload to any social media channels you wish.

Pricing:

• Free – Export a watermarked video up to 10 minutes in length.
• £10/mo GBP – The Basic package lets you export up to 25 minute long videos in full HD
• £18/mo GBP – The Pro package will let you export up to 2 hour long videos in 4k!

These prices are monthly based on a year subscription. Month to month options are also available.

Room for improvement:

Though the editor is very impressive, one key thing that jumped out to us was the lack of any transitions or even fade in or out options for video or audio. Just a couple of simple additions would vastly improve an already impressive platform.

Also, there’s no storage area for your clips. Once uploaded they only exist on the timeline. While this definitely saves on space, it means you have less freedom to cut and change without having a solid idea of how you want your video structured in advance.

Overall:

A really great editor and the perfect halfway house for creators moving from storyboard editors to timeline editors. While it’s maybe not best suited to more experienced creators, it would definitely prove a good learning ground.

#5 Clipchamp

Clipchamp has maybe the most stylish interface of all the editors on this list. Sleek and well laid out the editor really has the feel of a professional product. But it’s not all style and no substance.

The editor is packed with a host of templates, tools, stock, and graphics to punch up your edits, and the effects and filters available when editing your clips is impressive.

It might prove to be a little overwhelming for beginners, but if you’re willing to spend a little time exploring how to use it, you’re bound to be impressed with the results.

Ease of use:

With all the options available with Clipchamp, it could have been easy for the interface to become cluttered. But the menu system is well structured, laid out the full height of the browser on the left are all the relevant sections.

The timeline looks great, all different types of assets are color-coded so you can easily identify them, and options like the split clip and undo are easily accessible at the top.

The playback window takes up the top half of the screen above the timeline with clip transform properties appearing above that when an item on the timeline is selected.

The upload function is the first stop on the top left and lets you import media from multiple different sources. It also handily gives you the option to record your webcam or screen from this pop-out menu. This gathers all your footage importing functions in one easy-to-access place.

Templates are available in their own menu and as well as offering a lot of useful options, they are all tagged under a range of categories to help you pin down what you need. It’s also possible to keyword search the library.

The music, SFX, and stock video libraries are all split into categories too which helps when you’re searching for some inspiration. A well-stocked graphics section and click to apply filters and transitions round out the user focussed experience.

Support for Clipchamp comes in the form of a chat option, in which you can chat to one of their help team or search their articles for an answer to a question. There’s also an excellent YouTube channel that is completely packed with useful tips, tricks, and inspiration.

Features:

Clipchamp has a number of great features that we haven’t found anywhere else. In the import section, for example, you’re given the option to import directly from google drive and pictures, zoom, dropbox, and one drive. There’s also a really great feature that means you can import files from a phone using a browser link and custom pin.

We love a well-categorized stock library and Clipchamp’s doesn’t disappoint. They also have a great ‘free forever’ category in each of the stock video, music, and template libraries. Very helpful for creators trying the software out on the free plan.

Another awesome addition is access to the GIPHY gif library via the graphics menu. This function would be really useful for creators wanting to use popular gifs and memes in their videos.

Clipchamp’s great features include…

• Webcam recording
• Screen recording
• Premium templates
• Custom branding
• Video compression
• Video converter
• Cloud media backup
• Downloadable desktop version

Publishing:

When you’re ready, the export button is found at the top right of the screen and will take you to a new page where your clip will render.

From there you can download your video directly to your computer, save it to a number of online file management systems including google drive and OneDrive. Or you can publish straight to a linked YouTube or Pinterest account.

Pricing:

• Free – Basic plan is free to use but limits you to 480p exports
• $6/mo – Creator plan, lots of available tools, 720p exports
• $27/mo – Business Platinum, access all tools and stock, full HD exports

All prices are monthly costs on a year subscription. Rolling month-to-month plans are also available.

Room for improvement:

We have very little negative to say about Clipchamp, all round it’s a great platform. However, if pressed, compared to others in this list, we felt the timeline is a little floaty, there doesn’t seem to be a snapping option we could find, which means it can sometimes be tricky to place and maneuver your clips.

The ‘my media’ folder could also use a better file management system. They split it into video audio and image sections, but it would be really helpful if you could create subfolders as the menu can quickly become overwhelming the more clips you add.

Another small gripe is that the render process can take quite a while when exporting. Not a killer but something to watch out for if you’re on a tight deadline!

Overall

Clipchamp is a great timeline editing option for creators of all stripes. The variety of stock, template, graphic, and gif options available means the platform could cater to just about anyone.

The $6 per month Creator plan is an absolute steal, though we wish there was a cheaper option that allowed full HD exports. Still, a great entry and definitely worth checking out!

Storyboard Style Editors

#1 InVideo

In their own words, InVideo helps you – transform your content into great videos – and it really does!

In a well-rounded, easy-to-navigate interface that lets you create great videos in a simple scene-by-scene window, or if you’re feeling more adventurous it even lets you dig down a little deeper.

InVideo is a very robust system that gives you some great options to get creative whilst still managing to be easy enough to quickly log on and use, no training necessary. 

Ease of use:

As with many editors in the storyboard style editor list, the user interface is simply laid out and very easy to navigate.

The timeline at the bottom shows each of your clips or ‘scenes’ as they are called here, with the playback window above and an editing categories menu to the left.

This menu holds all the options you’ll need, from uploading your own video and audio assets to accessing InVideo’s vast array of stock video and images, music, and text options. As well as a multitude of templates to use as a starting point for your edit.

As you load elements into the scenes, various options to edit the scene contents appear on the right-hand menu, these include things like volume, clip trimming, blurring etc. All very easy to navigate and adjust.

The addition of the timeline view lets you more clearly view all of the elements in each scene, video audio, and graphics, and easily click on each to then edit the various options in the right-hand menu.

Though very easy to find your feet on your own, InVideo also comes equipped with 24hour live chat support, a series of very useful tutorials, and an active Facebook community you can always ask for help and advice.

• Email/helpdesk
• FAQs/Formus
• Phone support
• 24/7 live chat
• In depth tutorial section

Features:

InVideo comes packed with a whole host of useful features. One of our favorites was the remove image background feature, a great addition for stills that can isolate a subject so you can change the background behind them!

Though not flashy, a well-designed folders menu lets you create folders to group all your assets, very useful as you create more projects and want to reuse different elements multiple times.

Simply store them in a well-named folder and you’ll be able to quickly find them without having to scroll through all your past uploads.

A really great addition for YouTube content creators is the many end screen templates InVideo has available.

With some really eye-catching designs and animations, you can brand these with your own channel colors and add them to the end of a project to encourage viewers to subscribe and keep watching your channel.

Other features include…

• Live audio capture
• Collaboration tools
• Content library
• Well designed intro and outro templates
• Great stock library
• Social media integration
• Video stabilisation
• Great text options

Publishing:

After you have finished your video, you hit the download and share button and are taken to a screen where your video is ready to watch as a full HD render.

This process varies depending on the length of your video and the quality of your internet connection but the test projects we made, went very fast.

From this screen, you then have the option to download the video directly to your computer, or if you prefer you can share it directly to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram among others.

So either download or click the right button to share to the platform of your choice. Job done!

Pricing:

• Free – Videos export with a small invideo watermark
• $10/m USD – for a years subscription
• $20/mo USD – for a month to month plan

Room for improvement:

One great feature that InVideo has is a ‘voiceover’ track, separate from the music track for your project. What’s not made clear is this voiceover track can be used for other audio assets you upload like sound effects, not just voiceovers.

It would be good if this option were made not only clearer but also if users could use the inbuilt sound effects library on this track, that would be a game-changer! But unfortunately for now, only uploaded files can be dropped there.

Overall:

InVideo is one of, if not the best storyboard-style video editors out there.

It’s as easy as other programs to learn but offers access to your video on a slightly deeper level that making it that little bit easier to get truly creative with your edits.

When you couple that with the fact that you can get started using it and publishing videos for free from the platform, there’s no reason not to give it a try.

#2 FlexClip

FlexClip’s aim is to create straightforward tools that make professional video production accessible to everyone.

With their video editor, they’ve managed to do just that, creating a simple drag and drop system that lets you build great videos very easily.

They’ve created a user-focused platform where creators can effortlessly produce very high-quality work.

Ease of use:

Similar to InVideo and others on this list, FlexClip is a drag and drop ‘storyboard’ system with an uncluttered, easy-to-navigate user interface.

Clips are arranged side by side along the bottom, with a categories menu on the left and some refinement tools along the top.

The left-hand menu covers everything you should need access to, from templates through to the text, music, and animated elements. An impressive assortment of templates and stock media means you should have no trouble getting started.

Once you’ve either uploaded your own media or selected the stock clips of your choosing, you simply drag the clip to the bottom timeline.

A pop-out lets you trim the clip to the correct length and then once you’re happy, you simply hit trim video and the portion you’ve selected will appear in the timeline.

FlexClip is one of the easiest editors to log on and start using, however, they do have a well-rounded step-by-step ‘getting started’ tutorial document that guides you through the whole process.

You’d also be wise to take a look at their learning center which has a number of video editing resources and articles to help improve your projects.

• Getting started guide
• Learning centre
• Help centre
• Contact form

It’s also worth noting that at the time of writing, FlexClip is in beta on a more expansive timeline editor option. Users will be able to choose between that and the storyboard editor option.

Features:

The video maker platform from FlexClip isn’t overstuffed with unnecessary features. In fact, the simple approach is probably its biggest strength.

It has everything you need and expect, clip trimming, music text, and voiceover recording. The most technical it gets is allowing you to adjust the brightness, contrast, or saturation of each clip.

Its free additional tools also help set it apart from the competition. A good online video compressor lets you shrink a video’s file size without loss of quality. An ideal tool for faster uploads and simpler storage.

You can also convert any video to a number of different formats with just the click of a button.

Other great additions like the screen recorder let you record any active window on your computer through your browser. The free GIF maker and Make a Meme tools are also very useful for social posting.

Other features include…

• Add logo to video
• Add music to video
• Merge videos
• GIF maker
• Meme Maker
• Create a Gif from Photo
• Convert video to gif

Publishing:

When you’re ready, you hit the export button on the top right of the screen and are brought to a page that lets you choose what resolution to export in. (HD resolutions are only available in the paid plans) or gives you the option to export your project as a GIF.

Once you’ve selected your option, after a quick render, a download will start automatically. You are also given the opportunity to share it directly to your social channels through direct links to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram among others.

Pricing:

• Free – Limits on exports and the number of assets you can use but a good way to try out the editor.
• $4.99/mo USD – The Basic plan on a year subscription
• $7.99/mo USD – The Plus plan on a year subscription

Room for improvement:

FlexClip’s strength is that it’s very simple to use and navigate, with a no-frills approach to their video editor.

One of the things that we found a little frustrating was is you make changes to the style of graphics or background, the colors you have selected don’t translate to the next selection. To save some time, this seems like an easy fix!

Overall:

FlexClip is an excellent storyboard editor with a great array of stock options and some interesting extra features. The screen and webcam recorder were particularly useful.

With some good artistic options available, creators will be able to produce videos that entertain and engage their audiences.

#3 Wave.video

Wave.Video is actually a tool that lets you do much more than just edit your video.

By letting you post directly to your social media platforms and even host your videos on the platform itself, ready to embed in a website, for example, Wave.Video can become a hub for your content creation and distribution. 

But lets talk about the video editor itself. Wave.Video has managed to create a very easy-to-navigate interface that’s simple to understand even for absolute beginners.

With template options for every social platform, the beginnings of a professional-looking video are only ever a click away.

Ease of use:

The interface for the program is extremely intuitive and easy to navigate. A simple menu on the left side of the screen lets you jump between broad categories like the size of the video, templates, stock footage, and the actual edit among others.

Any selections you make will translate into the edit tab onto a simple two-track ‘timeline’ layout below the video where you can see all your clips laid out in sequence with any music or voiceover audio you have recorded below.

Simply hit the big blue play button to play from the beginning of your video or the small play button above the current time marker in the timeline to play from that point in time.

A particularly useful feature of Wave.Video is that graphics and templates automatically resize to fit different video styles, so a horizontal video you create for YouTube can quickly be changed to a vertical video for Instagram at the touch of a button.

Though the browser application is simple and intuitive, for anyone struggling with any specific issues, or need a quick introduction to the editor, Wave.Video has a free, short introduction academy as well as 24hour customer support.

• 24/7 customer support: web-widget, email, social media
• Free academy course: https://academy.wave.video/
• Knowledgebase: https://kb.wave.video/
• Video tutorials: https://wave.video/tutorial

Features:

There are a number of extremely useful features that come with Wave.Video but one of our favorites has to be its extensive video and image library, one of the biggest available in online video makers

Professionally shot b-roll can really set a video apart and with a selection as extensive as Wave.Video offers, you’ll be able to find footage that works as part of any project you need it to.

Another great addition to Wave.Video is its branding function. Save a preset of your brand colors, fonts, and logo, and then access and apply your settings to a project quickly and easily.

This means you don’t always need to be searching for the right colors for any graphics you add or scrolling through huge lists of fonts. The right branding is only a click away, saving you time better spent on recording and editing your videos.

Other great features include…

• Auto-captions with customizable styles
• Auto-resizing for 30+ video formats
• Multiple customizable video layouts
• Animated logo creation
• A huge royalty-free audio library
• Inbuilt voice-over tool
• Saving your branded style to ensure consistency
• Inspirational calendar to never run out of content ideas
• Folders to organize your work

Publishing:

Once you’ve created your masterpiece, a quick click to render your project and you are able to share it directly to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram among others.

Or if you prefer, you can download your video directly to your computer to share and upload however you like.

The rendering process is very quick and provides you with a full quality render to watch before you move forward with sharing, so you can see exactly how your video will look and sound.

Then simply click the relevant button to share to the platform of your choice. Easy as that!

Pricing:

• Free – Limited access to clip library and 15second edit limit.
• $20/mo USD for a creator subscription
• $40/mo USD for a business subscription with added features.

Room for improvement:

The area that could use the most improvement in Wave.Video is the audio functions. Only one audio track means there’s no opportunity to add any sound effects or other audio.

Also, the volume levels can be a bit fiddly, with low-volume music tracks sometimes drowning out the full volume audio from your video clips.

Overall?

Wave.Video is an excellent choice for creators who want to quickly turn around high-quality edits on their browser with no need for an additional software program that’s very easy to learn.

The quality of clips it’s possible to create with this program is incredible and the ease of publishing through the site makes it a great one-stop creative shop.

A great place to start for video makers at the beginning of their creator journey.

#4 Wibbitz

Wibbitz is a simple storyboard generator but that might make it the perfect platform for beginners.

Its super pared-back interface and drag-and-drop functions make it incredibly easy to turn out high-quality video clips in no time at all!

Ease of use:

When you log in you’re invited to either create a video from scratch or use one of the many and varied templates available.

Once selected, this brings you to the main editing interface. Four sections are available on a menu down the left side of the browser window: Text, Media, Style, and Music. The first option you are prompted to is to enter text.

Here you can easily enter the words you want to appear on screen but also specify the number of scenes with the simple click of a button. Thumbnails for each of your new scenes appear below the playback window which takes up a big portion of the screen to the right.

When you’ve added in whatever text you want, the next step is to add media to your scenes. Wibbitz has a huge library of stock videos and images that should cover any of your needs. You’re also able to add your own clips by dropping them into the ‘My Media’ section of the media tab.

A small number of tools are available above the playback window to make changes to the clip in each scene. These include a crop and trim function, filters, and audio controls. These too are simple one-click options to achieve the desired result!

Support for Wibbitz is available through a chat popup at the bottom left of the browser. From here you can talk to a member of the team (if you’re on an upper tier plan) or search their vast array of articles or tutorial videos.

Their YouTube channel is also very well stocked, including playlists with all their video tutorials, plus Pro tips and some general interest and inspiring content!

Features:

For such a simple-to-use editor, Wibbitz has some great features to take your videos to the next level.

Their branding option is a great addition that allows you to set your own brand colors and upload both a corner logo and the main logo for your intros and outros.

The trim feature is a huge benefit that some other editors on this list don’t have. You can set the length of time you want your asset to display in the scene at the bottom of the playback window.

By hitting trim, you can then select the exact portion of the clip that you want to be shown, so you’re not stuck with whatever Wibbitz has defaulted for you. You can also select and easily control the clip and music volume with the handy audio slider above.

Another feature we really appreciated was in the media library. When you select a clip, either stock footage or your own uploads, a small preview window pops out so you can watch and listen to the clip before adding it to your project. Very useful!

Other great features include…

• Full HD downloads on all plans
• Photo and video library
• Premium soundtrack library
• Custom templates
• Filter tools
• Animated transitions
• Crop and move tool

Publishing:

At any time during the edit, you are able to preview the final video before finally hitting done and letting the video render. This takes you back to the home screen where you can see a progress thumbnail as the video renders.

Once your video has been rendered, you simply click the download button, from here you can save to the video your computer is ready to upload to the social channel of your choice or share a link for others in your team to preview and feedback on your work.

Pricing:

• $19/mo USD – The starter plan lets you export 5 watermarked videos per month
• $39/mo USD – The creator plan lets you export 10 videos a month and gives you access to their stock video library
• $119/mo USD – The Business plan lets you export 15 videos per month

The prices shown are monthly based on an annual subscription. Month-to-month prices are also available.

Room for improvement:

Wibbitz is an excellent platform for video creators looking to turn out high-quality videos in a short space of time. We really struggled to find areas to improve, but a small thing did stand out.

If you change video layout, say from landscape to square, the editor doesn’t readjust video or images to fit the new frame. This means if you want to make a video for Instagram then wish to change it to a vertical format for YouTube, a little work might be required to alter the framing of your scene contents.

Overall:

Wibbitz is a great system, no doubt about it. You can create something high quality, quickly and easily but are also given the freedom to tweak and make more detailed changes scene by scene as you need.

The only thing to be careful of is the amount of content you want to publish. Depending on the plan you choose, you might hit your video limit before the month is over.

#5 Vidnami

Vidnami is a simple scene-by-scene editor that is especially useful to creators coming to edit with little to no footage of their own. All you need is a script and Vidnami will create a high-quality video for you!

It’s also very simple and easy to navigate what is almost a step-by-step process. So it’s perfect for new creators!

Ease of use:

The first step in using Vidnami is to select a video template. They have a huge amount of choices, all divided into categories as well as different video formats, so you can find the right template for you and your platform of choice.

The next step is to upload a script. It’s a simple matter of copy-pasting the text into the script box and then hitting create a scene. What could be easier?!

Vidnami then searches its library of stock video to find clips that best represent the lines in your script. Once it has, normally very quickly, it will separate your script into scenes and combine the text and video for you. All you need to do is scroll through to see the choices.

If you’re not happy with the clips they have auto-selected, there’s also an option to change it based on several related keyword searches on offer or by manually typing in your own keyword phrases. You also have the option to upload your own videos if you wish.

Next, you can add or record a voice track or use their auto voice feature. It’s also possible to have an option with no voice track, that plays music only.

Then finally your video is ready to preview. You can choose or upload your own music as well as add your own watermark in this section.

All that’s left to do is click continue and after a quick render your video is ready to download. The whole process is just a simple series of clicks, afterwards, you have a high-quality video ready to go!

Vidnami is such a simple step-by-step process that it’s very likely you’ll not run into any problems. But if you do, they have a good help section with training videos, general questions, and a link to their active Facebook group.

Features:

The main selling point of Vidnami is that it practically builds the video for you! However, it also comes with a few options for customizing your video along the way.

The script function is a very useful tool if you know what you want to say but aren’t sure how to go about saying it. And from there, it’s auto-generate scenes function is very impressive.

The sheer number of templates is also impressive, as is the variety of different formats of templates available. You’re covered whether no matter what social channel you want to create video for.

The categories are also pointed and a useful way of narrowing down the template that’s best for your project

Other great features include…

• Hundreds of thousands of stock video clips
• Over 100million stock images
• Premium music tracks
• Custom templates
• Custom branding.

Publishing:

At the bottom of the menu list and the final step in the quick creation process is the download button. Once clicked, Vidnami optimizes the audio and the scenes, encodes your video, and saves it to the Vidnami cloud.

All that’s left to do is click download and you’ll have a copy of your video ready to share to the social platform of your choice.

Pricing:

• Free – Try all functions but export with a watermark
• $47 USD – for a month-to-month plan
• $397 USD – for a full year subscription

Room for improvement:

Vidnami is a very good product. That you’re able to create a high-quality video in literally minutes is great. However, there were a couple of small issues we picked up on.

If you set your scene length to 5 seconds and select a clip that’s 10 seconds long, there doesn’t seem to be a way to trim which 5 seconds of the clip will play. For us, that’s a small tweak that would give creators a far greater feeling of control over their edit.

Final rendering and output can take a bit of time. Depending on the length of your project, you might be waiting a while for all the various parts to render. It’s not ridiculously long, but something to keep in mind if you ever need to turn around projects very quickly!

Overall:

Vidnami feels like a tool best suited to creators at the beginning of their journey or those less interested in hands-on video editing who are simply wanting to quickly create content that they can share.

The auto-generated outputs are very impressive though and we’re sure will be exactly what many of you are looking for!

Wrapping things up…

That wraps our rundown of the 10 best online video editors

No matter your video editing skill level, we are positive there will be an editor on this list that’s right for your needs.

Enjoy creating! Oh, and if you have any questions, comments, or have suggestions for other great online video editors, leave a comment below!

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One of those is LogoDesign.net which has a large variety of pre-designed logo templates that you can customize to make your own.

We decided to give their logo maker a full review to see if it can compete with the top online logo generators currently on the market.

This article will take you through the main features of LogoDesign.net’s logo maker, and also show you how to create your own logo on the platform step by step.

Jump to a specific section:

• Overview
• Creating a logo with LogoDesign.net
• Review
• Pricing
• Licensing
• What else does LogoDesign.net offer?
• Alternative logo makers

Section 1: Overview

If you haven’t come across LogoDesign.net before, here’s a little bit about them:

What is LogoDesign.net?

LogoDesign.net started life out solely as a logo maker and the company has since broadened its offering to include custom logo designs, a website builder, business card design maker, and much more.

The main part of the business is still their logo maker which is a templated-based logo generator much like Placeit, BrandCrowd, and Canva.

They have a good-sized library of logo templates (although we couldn’t see exactly how many in total there were on the platform), and these span various niches and industries.

As mentioned, LogoDesign.net has also recently expanded its offering to include a broader range of online creation tools and templates including:

• Custom logo designs
• Website builder
• Business card generator
• Mockup generator
• T-shirt design maker
• And even more.

Section 2: How to make a logo with LogoDesign.net

Here’s a step-by-step breakdown of how to create a logo with LogoDesign.net:

Step 1: Enter your brand name or choose a category

To start your logo creation journey with LogoDesign.net, go to their logo maker main page and enter your brand name and your niche/industry:

You’ll see a results page with various logo templates with your brand name already included and the templates should match the niche you chose.

Alternatively, you can simply select one of the template categories from the main dropdown menu in the top navigation bar:

From here you can filter the results by the logo style you’re after (Symbol, Alphabet, or Text). The default results will be ‘Symbol’ logos, and these are simply logos that include a main logo graphic in the design:

The ‘Alphabet’ logo templates are essentially lettermarks, and these will be the first letter of your brand name (in our case ‘D’).

These designs are fairly generic and likely won’t have a design style that matches the initial niche or industry you put (e.g. ‘hiking’ or ‘music’):

The ‘Text’ logos are simply your brand name (with a slogan below), and like the Alphabet logo templates, these are mostly generic and not industry-specific.

So, if you want a logo that’s related to your industry you’ll need to select the ‘Symbol’ option:

If you’re looking to create a logo for free with LogoDesign.net you can, although it’s not obvious which templates are free, and also there’s no option to filter the templates to show only the free ones on the platform.

To create a high-quality completely free logo design we’d recommend checking out our free logo makers article, there are some great tools listed there (in particular Placeit and Canva have some great free templates).

Step 2: Choose your template

The next step is to choose your template.

There’s plenty of templates on LogoDesign.net, so to make things easier when you’re browsing the designs you can save the ones you like to your favorites list.

To add templates to your favorites list simply click on the heart icon on a template:

To navigate to your favorites, simply click on the heart icon at the top right of the screen:

Once you’ve chosen the logo templates your going to use, all you have to do is click on the thumbnail image of the logo or the ‘Select’ button to navigate to the logo editor.

Step 3: Customize your logo

Depending on the logo template you choose on LogoDesign.net you’ll have slightly different customization options.

A lot of the gamine logo templates with the logo text sitting over the main graphic have a fairly limited editor.

With these templates, you can’t add additional elements or change the size, layout, or position of the existing logo elements. You can only change the colors, font type, and text content:

With other templates (the ones where the text and graphic elements are separate) you have more customization options:

These templates allow you to customize most aspects of the logo design, as well as give you the ability to add additional text and graphic elements.

When it comes to customizing the logo text, like with most logo makers it’s very simple.

You can easily change the text content, size, color, font, rotation, curve, and more. The majority of the text customization options are on the right side of the toolbar (after you select a text element on the canvas):

The text color and font options can be found on the left side of the toolbar, and above them is also a button for adding additional text fields to the canvas:

You can easily scroll through the different fonts styles (Serif, Sans Serif, Handwriting) and options to find one that works best for your logo.

At the moment, LogoDesign.net doesn’t appear to offer users the ability to upload their own fonts to the platform (probably for licensing reasons).

You can also select the text elements on the canvas and easily resize, rotate, or move them around to where you want them on the canvas.

To delete, or change the layering of a text element you need to click on the ellipsis next to the element:

Customizing the main logo graphic/symbol is just as simple.

When you select the main graphic, you can move it around the canvas, resize, rotate, etc. plus a few customization options appear in the toolbar. You can also alter the color palette on the left side of the toolbar:

You can also easily switch your main graphic if you want to try a different symbol. You simply need to click on the ‘Replace Symbol’ button above the toolbar on the left side, and then a popup appears where you can search for a new symbol:

Other customizations that you can make to your logo design include being able to change the background color (to either a solid color or gradient) by clicking the ‘BG Color’ button:

You can quickly adjust the alignment of the logo text (to either above, below, to the left, or right of the logo symbol).

However, this feature isn’t all that helpful as whenever we tried it shrunk all the design elements down to a much smaller size, and the text was aligned strangely to the symbol:

You can also add ‘shields’ and additional shapes to your logo design – these include Animals, Basic shapes, Lines, badges, and even more:

Just click the ‘Add more shapes’ button and a popup will appear with a library of shapes that you can browse through:

You can customize the additional shapes in the same way you customize the other logo elements – color, size, rotation, position, etc.:

When you’ve finished customizing your logo design, the next step is to download (purchase) your logo.

You can also leave the website and come back to buy your logo later, and your logo design should be automatically saved in the ‘My Design’ area of your account:

And that’s you almost done, you’ve created a logo with LogoDesign.net and you can hit that ‘Download this logo’ button to make your purchase.

When you buy a logo from LogoDesign.net, no matter what package you buy, you’ll get a JPG, PNG, and PDF version of your logo design.

We’re not sure if you get a version of your design with a transparent background, but if not you can use a tool like Kapwing to easily remove the background.

You also get free unlimited edits of your logo design for one month after your purchase (then charged $5 per month after that), so can go back and create different variations of your logo design (e.g. text to the side, or symbol only, etc.).

Here are three versions of the logo we created:

Section 3: Logo maker review

To review LogoDesign.net’s logo maker we looked at how it performed in these areas:

• Logo templates & graphics
• Usability & functionality
• Support
• Verdict

Let’s see how it went.

3.1 Templates & Graphics

LogoDesign.net has a good-sized library of premade logo templates, many of which are well designed.

We’re not sure exactly how many logo templates LogoDesign.net has to offer but it doesn’t appear to be as many as some other logo makers such as BrandCrowd, Placeit, and Canva.

This is especially the case when it comes to the number of high-quality and unique-looking logo designs.

The templates on LogoDesign.net cover various categories including animals & pets, entertainment, technology, fitness, beauty, and many more.

Most of the logo design categories have plenty of templates to browse through, so whatever your niche there’s a good chance you’ll have a few quality templates to choose from.

LogoDesign.net has a good range of gaming templates too, making the tool a solid option when it comes to gaming logo makers.

Here are some of the best categories for logos on LogoDesign.net:

Animal & Pet logos:

Beauty logos:

Entertainment & Music logos:

Sports logos:

Travel & Hotel logos:

The design quality of the logo templates on LogoDesign.net is decent but not amazing. In some of the categories, the designs are definitely a mixed bag but with enough browsing, you can find some good-quality templates.

If you’re looking for online logo makers that have genuinely high-quality logo templates and a huge variety of unique designs that you can customize we’d recommend checking out Placeit’s logo maker, BrandCrowd’s logo maker, or Canva’s logo maker.

Additional graphics & icons

The quality of the additional shapes, badges, and graphics on LogoDesign.net are fairly average.

They’re the kind of simple graphics you’ll find on most design platforms, and the range they have is hardly extensive either.

It would be great if they could add more unique extra graphic designs, and broaden the number of options too.

3.2 Ease of use & functionality

As it is with most online logo generators, there’s really no learning curve with LogoDesign.net. You can jump onto the tool and easily customize your chosen logo template in a very short amount of time.

Although it is very simple and easy to get to grips with, there are several areas that we feel LogoDesign.net could improve in and we’ll cover them in this section, including:

• Resizing & repositioning
• Altering the colors
• Text & font options
• Download options
• Collaborations options

Resizing & repositioning

It’s easy to select a logo design element and move it around to where you want it on the canvas or resize, change the layering, etc.

However, one important feature that we feel is missing is guidelines that show you how the element you’ve selected lines up in relation to other elements of the design.

Other logo makers have this feature, and it makes it so much easier to make sure your logo design is properly aligned.

You also can’t select multiple elements at the same time which is quite frustrating, particularly if you want to resize multiple elements at the size time to keep the same ratios or move them around together.

Finally, the last main issue we had with resizing and repositioning logo elements was the ‘Align’ feature which only actually applies to the text elements but is still active when you click on a graphic element:

Whatever alignment option you choose, your logo will be resized and the text alignment is often slightly off what it should be:

So, we feel there’s plenty for LogoDesign.net to improve on here.

Altering the colors

Again, when it comes to customizing the logo design colors things are very straightforward and intuitive.

You simply select an element of the design and the color options appear on the left side of the editor.

If you have a specific color in mind you can input the hex code for that, and you can also utilize the gradient feature which you can use to create some great looking color combinations:

Text & font options

The text and font options on LogoDesign.net are okay. Their range of fonts is fairly standard for most logo makers, so it would be great if they could add some more unique and custom fonts to the platform.

You currently can’t upload your own fonts either, and this is likely due to licensing reasons.

There are also no options to preview how a font will look with your logo design (something that’s available on BrandCrowd’s logo maker and a few others too), and you can’t save fonts (e.g. create a favorites list), which would be a very useful feature:

Customizing the text is very easy with LogoDesign.net. You can quickly resize, reposition, change the text color, etc. All the basics that you would expect.

You can also add additional text fields to your design (it would be great to be able to duplicate a text field too!).

There are some useful additional text customization features such as being able to add a text outline, adjust the text spacing, curve the text, and more. However, we ran into issues with a couple of these additional features.

For example, we’ve already mentioned the text alignment feature above but there are also issues with the ‘offset’ and ‘shadow’ features, which allow you to add a shadow to the left or right side of the text.

The main problem with these is that you can adjust their color (it uses the same color as your text is already using):

With online logo makers, there’s never going to be unlimited possibilities when it comes to customizations (including the text elements) with the text elements.

However, with LogoDesign.net there is enough there to help you create some decent-looking designs (albeit not as many options as some other logo generators).

Here’s what we feel is missing from the LogoDesign.net toolkit in regards to font and text options:

• You can’t change the color of individual letter or words within the same text field
• You can’t upload your own fonts (this is likely due to licensing reasons)
• The range of fonts is fairly standard (some more unique fonts would be great)
• You can’t quickly change the text to uppercase/lowercase (a button for this would be useful)
• No guidelines to help you align the text elements with other elements
• The alignment feature doesn’t work all that well
• You can’t select multiple text elements (or other elements) at the same time
• You can’t duplicate text elements

Download options

When you download a free logo design from LogoDesign.net you’ll only get a JPG version of your design. However, when you pay for a design you get more download options.

You get access to a JPG, PNG, and PDF file version of your design.

It would be great if they made transparent background versions standard with any logo design purchase and also provided multiple variations of your design e.g. text below, to the side, text only, logo graphic only, etc.

It would also be useful if they provided buyers with an EPS version of their design.

After purchasing a logo from LogoDesin.net you get unlimited edits of your design for the first month for free, however, it will cost you $10 per month after that if you want to maintain your ability to edit your design. That price is far too steep in our opinion.

Collaboration options

As far as we can tell there are no collaboration features with LogoDesign.net. So, it would be useful if they could add features where you could share your design, and get feedback on it.

3.3 Customer Support

If you need any customer support there are a few areas you can go on LogoDesign.net:

• FAQ section – They answer some of the most common questions
• Contact Us form – You can reach them via the contact form
• Twitter – You can also reach out to them via Twitter
• Live chat widget

3.4 Our Verdict

After reviewing LogoDesign.net’s logo maker we’d say that it’s a decent online logo maker, but far from the best available.

In terms of the design quality of the logo templates, Canva, Placeit, and BrandCrowd are way ahead of them.

The customization features and flow are also okay but there are quite a few improvements that could be made there too.

That being said, their logo maker is very easy to use, so anyone should be able to jump onto the platform and create their own logo.

Here’s what we feel are the main pros and cons with LogoDesign.net’s logo maker:

Section 4: Pricing

Here are the logo design pricing options:

• Basic package: $39
• Standard package: $57
• Pro package: $97

You’ll also have to pay between $5 – $10 per month after the first month if you want to continue to be able to edit your logo design.

Free logos on LogoDesign.net

There are some free logo templates on LogoDesign.net but it’s hard to know which ones are free.

Certainly, if you go to this page it seems that all of the gaming logos there are free to customize and download (as JPG files).

You can only download your logo once though, and the free templates aren’t saved in the ‘My Design’ area:

Section 5: Licensing

You can use your logo on your website, social platforms, etc. but if you’re looking to trademark or copyright your logo, you might run into some issues.

You can find more information here.

Section 6: What else does LogoDesign.net offer?

LogoDesign.net has a few other services and design tools including the following:

• Custom logo design – get a designer to create a bespoke logo design for you
• Website builder – create your own website using their online website builder
• Business card design maker – create business card designs with your logo
• Mockup generator – mockup your logo designs on products (e.g. t-shirt)
• Other design makers – create other designs e.g. social media headers
• Print services – printing services for t-shirts, letterheads, etc.

Section 7: Alternative logo makers & options

When it comes to online logo generators there are several tools that we would say are better alternatives to LogoDesign.net:

• Placeit
• Canva
• BrandCrowd
• Wix logo maker

Placeit and Canva are fantastic online design tools that allow you do a lot more than simply create logo designs, and BrandCrowd has a huge library of quality logo templates that you can customize.

If you plan to use a logo maker we’d highly recommend those three tools.

Alternatively, you could hire a designer to create a logo for you, we did that for Design Hub and used a designer via Fiverr.

It’s an incredible option if you’re looking for completely bespoke logo designs at great prices.

Final thoughts

LogoDesign.net is a decent logo maker that has some really good logo templates that you can customize to make your own.

However, if you’re dead set on using a logo maker for your designs we’d recommend using some of the other logo generators that we’ve mentioned in this article.

So, do you agree? What do you think of LogoDesign.net’s logo maker?

Let us know in the comments, we’d love to hear about your experience.

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We decided to give their logo maker a full run-through to see if that kind of score was justified.

In this article, we’ll take you through the ins and outs of BrandCrowd’s logo maker and we’ll also walk you through the steps needed to create your own logo on the platform.

Will it be worth the time and money? Read on to find out.

Jump to a specific section:

• Overview
• Creating a logo with BrandCrowd
• Review
• Pricing
• Licensing
• What else does BrandCrowd offer?
• Alternative logo makers

Section 1: Overview

If you haven’t come across BrandCrowd before, here’s a little bit about them:

What is BrandCrowd?

Launched around 3 years ago, BrandCrowd is primarily an online logo maker that helps users create good quality logos as quickly and as easily as possible.

Unlike AI-based logo makers like Wix, BrandCrowd’s logo maker is template-based. Each logo template has been custom designed (and categorized) and users can choose a template they like and customize it to make their own unique version.

They have a huge library of logo templates with around 65,000 designs at the time of writing.

BrandCrowd has also recently expanded its offering to include even more online design tools and templates including:

• Business cards
• YouTube banners
• Facebook covers
• Social media posts
• Posters
• And much more.

Section 2: How to make a logo with BrandCrowd

Here’s a step-by-step breakdown of how to create a logo with BrandCrowd:

Step 1: Enter your brand name or choose a category

To start creating your logo with BrandCrowd, go to their logo maker main page and enter your brand name:

You should see a results page with a range of logo templates with your brand name as the logo text.

From here you can narrow down your search by putting in a keyword, something that describes your niche (e.g. gaming, fashion, art, etc.).

Alternatively, instead of just inputting your brand name to get the process started you can select a relevant ‘popular keyword’ or a ‘top industry’ from the logo maker drop-down menu in the main navigation:

Whatever option you take, you should get to a results page with logo templates that are relevant to your niche.

From here you can select even more filters to narrow the results down to templates that have the look and feel that you’re after:

The extra filters are:

• Logo styles – Icon and Text or Icon-only
• Font styles – Traditional (Serif), Bold, Vintage, etc.
• Color – Grayscale, Blue, Purple, etc.

When we filtered by color we got some fairly irrelevant results (we were looking for ‘food’ logos) so we’re not sure if that part of the filtering system works that well.

If you’re a bit strapped for cash you create a logo for free with BrandCrowd (we mention them in our 100% free logo makers article).

There’s no filter to view only the 100% free logo templates but if you put in a keyword into the search filters, the first few templates will be the free options, and as you scroll down you’ll see more free templates every few lines:

If you’re after really high-quality completely free logo designs we’d recommend taking a look at what Placeit or Canva has on offer.

Step 2: Choose your template

Now it’s time to choose your template.

You’re going to have pages and pages of templates to browse through so to make your life easier you can save designs to your ‘favorites shortlist’ to come back to later to make your final decision.

To do that you simply hover over a template and click the heart icon:

To see all the logo templates you’ve favorited, click on the ‘Shortlisted Logos’ tab at the bottom right of the screen and then ‘View Shortlist’. This will take you to a page with all the templates you’ve saved.

You’ll need to be logged in to a BrandCrowd account to do this.

Once you’ve made your final decision all you have to do is click on the thumbnail image of the logo or the ‘Edit’ button to go to the editor and begin customizing your logo.

Step 3: Customize your logo

Customizing your chosen logo template on BrandCrowd couldn’t be simpler.

When you get to the editor you’ll see a screen similar to the image below with the majority of the customization options on the right side of the screen:

Customizing the logo text is very simple, there aren’t too many options.

You can change the text content, font, color, size, rotation, and a few extra options including curving the text, text outline, and also text-shadow:

A nice feature that BrandCrowd offers when it comes to the logo text is that you can easily preview how your text looks in different fonts styles.

When you click on the ‘See Options’ button next to the font you’re currently using for your logo, a popup appears with a preview of alternative fonts:

You can filter click through the different fonts styles (Traditional, Bold, Modern, etc.) to find a style and font that works best for your logo design.

At the moment, BrandCrowd doesn’t appear to offer users the option to upload their own fonts (probably for licensing reasons).

You can also select the text elements on the canvas and easily resize them using the toggles or move them around to where you want them:

When it comes to your main logo graphic, you can only use the graphic of the logo template that you selected initially.

This is different from some other logo generators that give you the option to add additional graphics or replace the main graphic with a new one.

The alterations you can make to the main graphic are to change its size, position on the canvas, the opacity, and alter the color palette:

Other customizations that you can make to your logo design include being able to change the background color – solid color or gradient (you also get a transparent version of the logo design when you finalize your order):

You can also easily adjust the layout of your logo design by utilizing one of the four layout presets in the Layout tab:

You can also add shapes to your logo design – these include badges, banners, lines, basics shapes (circles, squares, etc.), and much more:

All you need to do is go to the shapes tab, click the ‘Add Shape’ button and a popup will appear with a library of shapes that you can browse through:

Customizing the shapes is simple. You can modify the size, position, color, rotation, opacity, duplicate, and add multiple shapes to your design:

BrandCrowd uses a layering system, so if you have several shapes or text elements on the canvas you can select one and change what order it sits in the layers by clicking the layers button above the canvas and bringing it to the front or sending it to the back:

When you’ve finished customizing your logo design you have a few options.

You can save it in your account to come back to later, and you can also preview it to see how it looks on different items and platforms:

And that’s you almost done, you’ve created a logo with BrandCrowd, and you’re ready to hit that download button to make your purchase!

When you purchase a logo from BrandCrowd, they automatically give you several versions of your logo design which is super useful! This includes a full logo, icon only, text only, and grayscale versions.

The package includes JPG, PNG, PDF, SVG, and EPS files, as well as transparent versions of all the logo variations.

Here are three versions of the logo we created from our logo package:

Section 3: Logo maker review

To review BrandCrowd’s logo maker we looked at a few different areas:

• Logo templates & graphics
• Usability & functionality
• Support
• Verdict

Let’s go.

3.1 Templates & Graphics

BrandCrowd has a huge library of pre-designed logo templates, more than any other online logo maker as far as we know, many of which are really good quality.

Unlike some logo makers, BrandCrowd doesn’t utilize the Noun Project’s icon library for its logo designs. Each template on the platform is custom designed, so you won’t find it anywhere else.

At the time of writing, BrandCrowd has around 65,000 premade logo templates that you can use as the starting point for your logo design.

The designs span many niches including gaming, fitness, music, tech, beauty, and many more.

Most of the logo design categories on BrandCrowd have hundreds of templates to browse through, so whatever industry you’re in it’s likely you’ll have plenty to choose from.

We especially liked their gaming logo templates, making them one of the best gaming logo makers in our opinion.

Here are some of the best categories for logos on BrandCrowd:

Technology logos (7,400+ templates):

Gaming logos (4,200+ templates):

Food logos (3,700+ templates):

Travel logos (3,300+ templates):

Beauty logos (2,600+ templates):

The design quality of the logo templates on BrandCrowd is really good. Not all of the designs in every category are great but the vast majority are high-quality.

If you browse through the templates for your industry you’re bound to find plenty of great options.

At the moment, the only other online logo makers that can match BrandCrowd in terms of the design quality and uniqueness of the logo templates are Placeit’s logo maker and Canva’s logo maker.

Additional graphics & icons

The quality of the additional shapes on BrandCrowd that you can add to your logo designs is okay, albeit a little bit basic. You’re likely to find similar icons on most of the other online logo makers.

It seems that you can only use one main logo graphic when you’re creating a logo on BrandCrowd. So, whatever template you choose you can only use that main graphic in your design.

It would be great if it was possible to switch out the main graphic for similar designs whilst you’re in the editor and also if there was the option to add additional graphics.

We’re guessing that option isn’t available due to licensing reasons.

3.2 Ease of use & functionality

Creating a logo with BrandCrowd is extremely easy, anyone can jump on and create a logo in no time. Similar to most online logo generators, there’s no learning curve with BrandCrowd.

There are some improvement areas that we feel could make BrandCrowd even better, we’ll go over them in this section.

We cover the good and not so good elements, and improvements areas below, including:

• Resizing & repositioning
• Altering the colors
• Text & font options
• Download options
• Collaborations options

Resizing & repositioning

Resizing and repositioning logo design elements couldn’t be easier. You simply need to select an element and drag it to where you want it on the canvas or use the handles to easily resize or rotate an element.

You can also quickly change the layering of elements, and also select multiple elements at the same to reposition or resize together.

Like with most logo makers, you also have guidelines to help you line elements in relation to other parts of the design which make the process that much simpler:

The option to switch the logo design through preset layouts is a great feature, and one that we haven’t seen with too many other online logo makers:

The only real issue we had with the editor was not being able to delete an item by pressing the delete button on your keyboard.

You have to select an element and then press the delete button above the canvas. It’s not the end of the world but just a slight nuisance.

Altering the colors

Customizing the colors of the design elements (graphics and text) is also super easy with BrandCrowd.

You just need to select the element you want to customize, go to the color options on the right side of the editor and choose the color(s) you want.

You can also put in a hex code if you have a specific color in mind.

BrandCrowd has some color gradients that you can utilize for the graphic elements of your logo design, which is a great feature. Unfortunately, you can’t customize these though, you can only use the preset color gradients that they offer:

Text & font options

The font options on BrandCrowd are quite good. With a mix of fonts that are similar to what’s available on other logo makers and some unique fonts too.

Hopefully, they continue to add more unique and bespoke font options to the platform.

You currently don’t have the ability to upload your own fonts as far as we could tell, presumably for licensing reasons.

Users also can’t save their favorite fonts, which would be a handy feature to add.

However, being able to preview how your text looks in various fonts is a great feature of BrandCrowd and makes it incredibly easy to get a sense of what fonts work best for your design:

When it comes to customizing the text, things are super easy. You can resize, reposition, change the text color, add outlines, drop shadows, and curve the text with ease.

It’s also possible to duplicate or add additional text to the design to create more custom designs.

As is the case with most logo makers, there aren’t endless possibilities with the text elements but there’s enough there to help you create unique and good-looking designs:

Here’s what we feel is missing from the BrandCrowd toolkit in regards to font and text options:

• You can’t change the color of individual letter or words within the same text field so they have to be all the same color or style
• You can’t upload your own fonts (this is likely due to licensing reasons)
• The range of fonts is fairly standard, it would be great to have some more unique font options on the platform
• There’s no unique text customization options such as adding texture or glowing effects

Download options

When you get a free logo from BrandCrowd or purchase one you get access to plenty of download options.

You get multiple variations of your logo design (e.g. icon + text, icon only, text only, etc.) plus you can download all the variations with a solid or transparent background.

You also have several file type options including JPG, PNG, PDF, SVG, EPS files.

If you get a premium BrandCrowd you also get access to unlimited edits of your logo designs.

Collaboration options

If you’re looking for feedback on your logo designs, BrandCrowd gives the opportunity to create a ‘poll’.

You simply choose which designs you want feedback on (you need at least 2 designs) and then you can share them via a link, social media, or via email:

People can then give each design a star rating (between 1 and 5) and leave comments too, it’s a great way to get feedback on your designs:

3.3 Customer Support

If you need any customer support there are a few areas you can go on BrandCrowd:

• FAQ section – BrandCrowd answers FAQs at the bottom of their contact page
• Contact Us form – You can reach them via the contact form
• Email – support@brandcrowd.com
• Twitter – You can also reach out to them via Twitter

3.4 Our Verdict

After reviewing BrandCrowd’s logo maker we’d say that it’s one of the top logo makers around at the moment.

In terms of the design quality of the logo templates, we think Canva and Placeit are just slightly ahead of BrandCrowd at the moment, however, there’s very little between them, and the templates on BrandCrowd certainly have their own attractive and unique style too.

There’s also a huge range of templates on offer on BrandCrowd, way more than any other platform. So, if you like having plenty to choose from then it’s definitely a logo maker that you’ll want to check out.

Their logo maker is also incredibly easy to use, so you should have no problems jumping on the platform and creating your very own logo.

In terms of usability and design quality, we’d say that the TrustPilot rating is fair. We’ll look at the pricing in the next section.

Here’s what we feel are the main pros and cons with BrandCrowd’s logo maker:

Section 4: Pricing

It seems that depending on the logo template you used as the base of your design your pricing might be slightly different from the image below.

But regardless, there will be two options when it comes to premium logo templates:

• Monthly plan: $9 – $15 /month
• Annual plan: $36 – $60 /year

You can cancel your plan at any time and retain access to your logo design.

‘Free trial’ option

BrandCrowd has a decent size library of free logo templates (it features in our completely free online logo makers article).

You can download some of the logo designs completely for free, and you get all the same logo design files as you do in the premium packages.

You can only download your logo once though, and you can’t go back and do further edits to the design once you’ve downloaded your design:

Section 5: Licensing

There are several license options:

• Free license: Non-exclusive rights to use your logo design (free logo templates only)
• Standard license: Non-exclusive rights to use your logo design
• Exclusive license: Full intelluctual property rights to the logo design (and that logo icon will be taken off of BrandCrowd)

Click here for more information regarding licenses.

If you want exclusive rights to your logo design, this is how much it will cost you:

Section 6: What else does BrandCrowd offer?

BrandCrowd offers several additional features and services to their logo maker. When you get a premium subscription you also get access to their other graphic design tools.

This includes social media banners (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.), social media posts (Instagram, Facebook, etc.), business card designs, and even more – all of which automatically add your logo to the design template making it super easy and quick for users to use them:

You can also utilize BrandCrowd’s printing service that allows you to print your logo design on several products including t-shirts, mousepads, mugs, and more:

BrandCrowd also has a sister site called DesignCrowd, where you can create a project and multiple designers will create designs for it, and all you have to do is choose your favorite design.

It’s also a great option for logo designs.

Section 7: Alternative logo makers & options

When it comes to online logo makers there are a few tools that we would say are the best alternatives to BrandCrowd:

• Placeit
• Canva
• Wix logo maker

We think Placeit and Canva are fantastic online design tools that allow you do so much more than simply create a logo. So they’re both good options.

If you want to hire a designer to create a logo for you, we’d highly recommend checking out Fiverr.

We had our website logo created through Fiverr, and have gone back to Fiverr several more times for other design projects.

It’s a great option if you’re looking for more bespoke designs at great prices.

Final thoughts

BrandCrowd has a really good product, and if you’re planning to use a logo maker to create your own logo it’s certainly one of the best options out there at the moment.

They have an insanely huge library of logo templates so no matter what your niche you’re very likely to find some high-quality logo designs that you can easily customize to make your own.

So, do you agree? What do you think of BrandCrowd’s logo maker?

Let us know in the comments, we’d love to hear about your experience.

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YouTube thumbnails are the equivalent of book covers. Someone’s decision whether to click on your video and view it often comes down to how effective your thumbnail is.

Eye-catching and intriguing thumbnails will draw in viewers, while dull, blurry, or simply boring-looking thumbnails will have them overlooking your videos.

So, what’s the answer? How do you create impactful thumbnails?

We’ll answer all that and more in this article.

Jump to a specific section:

• Why are thumbnails so important?
• The basics
• Thumbnail elements
• Tactics
• Competitive research
• Testing & tracking
• Online tools

Why are thumbnails so important?

Put simply, you’re competing for eyeballs on YouTube at all times, and not only with videos on the same topic but with essentially every other video on YouTube.

As an example, you can see the suggested videos in the sidebar in the image below. There’s a range of topics covered, and they’re all competing for the clicks.

It’s vital to create eye-catching thumbnails because in reality you’re not just competing with similar videos, you’re competing with any video on the platform.

Your thumbnails appear in many different places:

• YouTube search results
• YouTube homepage
• Your own channel page (including playlists)
• suggested videos (sidebar)
• Search engine results pages
• Video embeds
• Curated playlists on YouTube

So with all that potential real estate for your thumbnails, it’s key to get them right (along with your video title) to drive clicks.

Lastly, click-through rate (CTR) is also a significant ranking factor on YouTube.

The Basics

We’ll cover all the steps and tactics to create high-performing thumbnails below but first, it’s important to cover the very basics for your thumbnails:

• Get the sizing right: 1280×720 pixels is ideal (with a minimum width of 640 pixels)
• Aspect ratio: Use a 16:9 aspect ratio
• Use the right formats: JPG, PNG, or GIF file type
• File size: Make sure it’s under 2MB
• Default thumbnails: Don’t just use the default thumbnail YouTube gives your video when you upload one, add a custom thumbnail every time
• Test first: Before you ever go live with your video, test it out to see how it looks on YouTube (particularly when it’s sized down). A good place to check how things look is on a mobile device.
• YouTube policies: Make sure your thumbnail content meets YouTube’s guidelines and policies
• Be efficient – Take photos as you are shooting your videos or use frames from your videos. This saves you so much time as you can use the same setup you have whilst filming and (if your face/body are in the thumbnail) how you look will match the video.
• Foreground stands out – make the forground easily stand out from the background

Thumbnail Elements

There is a lot more to do with your thumbnails than simply creating an image that looks cool and uploading it. You need to do the research and come up with a strategy.

It doesn’t matter how good your video content is if nobody is encouraged to click on your videos. So put effort into your thumbnails (and video titles).

Here are the different elements of effective thumbnails:

Color

The color palette of your thumbnails is very important. Obviously, you want to use a color scheme that stands out, fits your brand, and also helps differentiate you from the competition.

When it comes to how many main colors you should have in your thumbnails, a good rule of thumb is between 2 and 5. Any more than that and things can start to look a bit messy.

Color contrast is also crucial, particularly for the elements that you want to stand out in your thumbnail.

You can see in the image below that the thumbnail and the text in the ‘How to potty train your puppy’ video really stands out because of the color contrast:

Canva has a handy color palette generator that can help with finding colors that work well together. Check it out!

We recommend utilizing vibrant colors to make your thumbnails as eye-catching as possible.

Graphics

Adding quality graphics to your thumbnail can help people understand what your video is about.

For example, the thumbnail below includes an image of a phone with a graph going up and to the right, a green upwards pointing arrow, and the Instagram icon so it’s easy to glance at this thumbnail and get a clear understanding of what the video is going to cover:

Like color, graphics also help make your videos stand out.

For example, the tick boxes, dollar sign, and YouTube play a big part in helping this thumbnail catch the eye:

It’s definitely possible to overuse graphics so try and keep a nice balance between a clean-looking and digestible thumbnail, and the number of graphics you use.

Also, don’t mislead potential viewers with the graphics you use (e.g. lots of dollar signs implying that the viewer will learn how to make tons of money).

Make them eye-catching but set realistic expectations with your thumbnails so when viewers watch your video you can deliver on what your thumbnail promises (or hints at).

Text & Fonts

When it comes to the text in your thumbnails it’s very important that you choose the right fonts.

Fonts that are big and bold work best because they are more easily read. Oftentimes having the text in all caps helps with readability too.

Remember, thumbnails are often quite small (especially on mobile devices) so make your text large so that it is very easy to read.

You can see in the image above that YouTuber heyDominik uses large text in very clear and attractive fonts in his thumbnails (as well as a great choice of colors for contrast).

What he also does really well is to often include a keyword(s) in his thumbnails e.g. “SEO”, “Reels Hack”, “New hashtag” so if someone searches for that topic and see his thumbnail they’ll see that there’s a good chance it will answer their query well.

You can also use text in thumbnails to create emotions or anticipation with potential viewers e.g. tension, mystery, intrigue, etc.:

You can see good examples in the image above. For example, with Nick Nimmin’s video thumbnail you might be thinking “Why wouldn’t it be my fault?” or with the second video, you might be intrigued to find out what you should stop doing as a small YouTuber.

Test to see what works best with your niche and audience but creating these emotions in viewers can help your videos get more clicks.

Structure and layout

In general, you should keep your thumbnails simple and clean. If there are too many elements then people won’t know where to look.

Even super minimalist thumbnails can work.

For example, Matt D’Avella uses no text in his thumbnails but gets plenty of views, partly because he creates emotional responses with the imagery in his thumbnails.

However, it’s worth keeping in mind that he had already built an audience up when he went to this strategy but nevertheless it might be something you could test on your channel.

Whatever approach you take with your thumbnails, make sure they are clean, readable, and easily digestible, and you’ll be off to a good start.

Going back to heyDominik, his thumbnails are great examples of how to structure them for a clean and digestible (and eye-catching) look:

Overall Message

The final element of your YouTube thumbnails is the overall message. Essentially you want your thumbnail to encapsulate the story of your video.

Obviously, if there’s a mismatch between your thumbnail and your video content people will not stick around very long (and they definitely won’t subscribe either).

So catch their attention, entice them, get them to click on your video but make sure you meet their expectations with your video content too.

Here’s a couple of good examples:

These thumbnails do a great job of getting the idea across, they could easily be described in one sentence. So aim for a similar setup with your thumbnails make sure they tell a story that you can outline with one sentence and you should be on to a winner.

Thumbnail Tactics

Here are some things you can try out with your thumbnails.

Depending on your brand, niche, competition, and other factors they won’t all be feasible or relevant to your channel.

But some of these might be worth testing out to see if you can make your thumbnails stand out even more.

Faces

You don’t have to show your face in your videos or your thumbnails but if you can it really can help improve your thumbnail performance.

People connect with other people (there’s a part of the brain that is hardwired for facial recognition).

So if you’re comfortable doing it, we recommend getting on camera in your videos and using your beautiful face in your thumbnails too.

This can help you connect with your target audience but it also means competitors can’t copy you exactly (unless they have a clone of you).

Typically most YouTubers use classic facial expressions e.g. happy, sad, surprised, fear, anger, disgusted, etc. and these expressions will naturally match the theme or the feeling in the video content itself.

The facial expressions that YouTubers use in their thumbnails are often a bit over-the-top and depending on the style of your channel (or if it’s a business YouTube account) you might not want to represent yourself this way.

However, if you think it could work for your channel and content it’s definitely worth testing out.

Once viewers have seen your videos a few times (and hopefully enjoyed them), seeing your face again will likely improve your click-through rate.

Remember, if you are going to use faces in your thumbnails, go with close-ups.

Pointing

This tactic is pretty simple (and often used by top YouTubers).

You simply point (with a finger or an arrow) to an important element in your thumbnail image. Usually, this is the YouTuber pointing to something that they’re going to cover a lot in the video.

It’s a commonly used tactic because it grabs people’s attention.

Split images

A great way to clearly represent your video content with your thumbnails is to use split images.

This works best when your video topic is a:

• Before and after
• Versus
• Has 2 subjects (e.g. interview)

For example, the thumbnails below clearly show what the video is all about and what the viewer will learn by watching them:

Dividing your thumbnails into two different sections can naturally give it a look of progression which can be a clear and powerful way to tell the story of the video.

If this is the type of video you’re producing then these thumbnails explain everything very quickly to the viewer and get them to click on your video.

Consistency

A good tactic to establish your brand and recognition for your videos is to have consistency in your video thumbnails.

This can be in the colors, the structure, or even something as simple as always having your logo on a specific spot in your thumbnails.

Some big brands like Vice consistently use their logo in their video thumbnails. Obviously, they’ve built up significant brand recognition over the years so when people see their logo they instantly know who created the content.

But this is something you can do with your videos too, consistently use your logo (or even your brand colors) and overtime as your brand recognition builds this could become a significant driver of clicks to your videos.

Keep in mind that the downside of always using a logo in your thumbnails is that it takes up valuable space. So you’ll need to decide whether it makes sense for your channel or not.

Research the competition

Now that you know some awesome YouTube thumbnail tactics, it’s time to research the competition (assuming you have a topic chosen).

Look at channels that are targeting the same audience as you.

What kind of thumbnails do they use, what are the typical features of their thumbnails?

Take notes, and then think of ways you can improve on them, and also differentiate yourself.

Let’s go through an example, with three channels in the dog training niche:

Notes:

• Dog is the primary focus in every thumbnail (no surprise)
• Dog doing relevant action in some thumbnails (e.g. being on the leash or chewing)
• Person’s face often in thumbnail, showing relevant emotion
• Bright colors and pretty clear text
• Use of arrows to focus on main subject
• Typically between 3 and 5 words used in thumbnail
• All thumbnails contain text
• Text typically to the right or left side of thumbnail

Notes:

• Dog is the primary focus in every thumbnail
• Dog doing relevant action in some thumbnails
• Person’s face only in a couple of thumbnails
• Bright colors and clear text
• Typically between 3 and 4 words used in thumbnail
• All thumbnails contain text
• Tex on left, right, and middle of thumbnail

Notes:

• Dog is the primary focus in every thumbnail
• Dog doing relevant action in some thumbnails
• Person’s face only in some thumbnails with relevant emotion or pose
• Very clear text
• Typically between 3 and 5 words used in thumbnail
• All thumbnails contain text
• Text typically to the left or right of thumbnail
• Branding used in every thumbnail
• Consistent color palette

So based on those 3 channels, here’s where you could start with your thumbnails:

• Use an image of a dog in all thumbnails
• Have the dog doing a relevant action or sitting in a relevant pose
• Use between 3 – 4 words
• Use bright colors
• Make the text and font very clear
• Use text on the left or right side
• Show a human face (with emotion) where relevant

The next step is to test and see what works.

Testing & Tracking

If you’re going to test out different variations of your thumbnails the best approach is to do an AB split test.

This is simply testing the performance of a new version of a thumbnail versus the original version to see which one gets the best click-through rate.

You can take two approaches to this.

Either test out a completely different version of the thumbnail (which will make it difficult to understand what made the biggest difference if the performance improves or declines).

Or simply change one element of the thumbnail (e.g. the text) to see how that impacts the performance. This approach will give you clearer insights into what makes the difference.

The easiest way to AB test your thumbnails at the moment is to use a tool like TubeBuddy.

Doing AB tests this way allows you to create a consistent feedback loop.

This simply means you can consistently get new learnings on what works best in your thumbnails, keep conducting tests over time, and you’ll see constant improvements and feedback.

Apply those learnings to your next video thumbnail, test, learn, and so on.

If you’re getting upwards of 400 clicks per video, this is a good enough starting point for an AB test.

Anything less than this, and you’ll likely have to wait until you get a bit more video views before you start testing.

If you don’t want to invest in a premium TubeBuddy account (to get the AB test functionality) you can simply track the CTR performance in YouTube Creator Studio.

The “impressions click-through rate” in the dashboard tells you the CTR performance.

If one of your videos has a low CTR compared to your typical performance it could be a good opportunity to test out a different version of the thumbnail to see if you can improve things.

AB tests you could do

If you’re not sure what elements of your thumbnails you could test, here are some ideas for you:

• Main thumbnail element – Every thumbnail should have a main element, and you can test the positioning of it. Typically left, right, or centred. You can also test different ways of highlightign it such as circles, arrows, pointing to it, etc.
• Color scheme – brighter vs duller colors, different color palettes, etc.
• Fonts – test out different fonts that might be more distinct and readable
• Background – images, solid color, gradients, blurred, etc.
• Text amount – test out how much text you’re using in the thumbnails – more vs less, less vs more, some vs none, etc.
• Text content – blunt text vs teasing text e.g. what your video is about vs leaving a bit of mystery to what your video is about. A great thing to test is also by asking a question in the thumbnail (implies you know something the viewer doesn’t).
• Facial expressions – very expressive vs not so expressive, etc.
• Number of main elements – test out having between 1 to 3 main elements in your thubmnail

Tools to create YouTube thumbnails

There are plenty of tools you can use (here are some of the best) but you can’t go wrong with Canva, Placeit, or Snappa.

If you know how to use Photoshop or any other graphic design software, that’s great! But online tools can be just as useful, albeit they don’t give you as much freedom.

They do offer templates though, so they can make it incredibly quick and easy! And if you save templates on those platforms of your designs, you can reuse them, again and again, to ensure you have the same filters, colors, fonts, layouts, etc.

Wrapping things up

So, there you have it, that’s how you create good YouTube thumbnails.

Stick to the basics, understand who you are targeting, test, refine, and keep improving the quality of the thumbnails and over time you will see success.

Enjoy creating! Oh, and if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for creating awesome YouTube thumbnails, leave a comment below!

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You’ve come to the right place.

We’re going to take you through our journey on Fiverr so you can see if the platform is the right fit for you.

We went through the process of working with not just one, but six Twitch logo designers on Fiverr.

Read on to find out how it all went for us.

Let’s go.

Jump to a specific section:

• Overview
• How to choose a designer
• Briefing the designers
• Final logo designs
• Quickfire tips
• Pros, Cons, and alternatives
• How we found it overall

Section 1: Overview

Before we dive into the meaty details. Here’s the answer to the fundamental question you’ll likely have:

Do you recommend streamers use Fiverr to get their Twitch logo designed?

The answer to that is: most definitely.

There are plenty of other incredible options when it comes to getting Twitch logos, but we’ve used Fiverr plenty of times (including for our own brand logo) and we’ve almost always loved the end results.

That being said, there are pros and cons of using Fiverr, and other things you need to keep in mind. So read on to make sure it’s the right option for you.

What is Fiverr?

If you’ve searched for information about the platform you likely know all about it.

But for those of you who aren’t sure, here’s a quick run-through of what Fiverr is.

Put simply it’s a marketplace that matches people looking for help with a one-off or ongoing project (e.g. getting a Twitch logo designed) and freelancers who can work on that project for them.

You can find freelancers for almost any task, see the details of the ‘gigs’ that they offer (pricing, reviews, delivery times, etc.), and hire them to help you with a couple of clicks.

If you’re on a seriously tight budget, you can easily filter the Fiverr gig results to ensure they all fit within your price range. There are plenty of great designers at insanely affordable prices on the platform.

When it comes to Twitch logo design there are plenty of good designers on Fiverr, with prices ranging from $5 and skyrocketing up to $1,050 (although that gig includes a full stream package)!

Why did we do this?

We wanted to get some great-looking Twitch stream designs that we could give away completely for free on Design Hub, and we’ve used Fiverr in the past so it was no brainer to go back and tap into the wealth of design talent there.

It also gave us a great excuse to write up a review of our experience getting Twitch logo designs via the platform to help you make an informed choice when it comes to getting your Twitch logo design made.

We hope this review and guide help you out!

Section 2: How to choose the right Fiverr designer for your Twitch logo

How you go about finding a logo designer to work with on Fiverr depends on what kind of logo you’re after.

For example, if you want a classic mascot logo that’s popular amongst gamers on Twitch all you really have to do is search “twitch logo” and you’ll have plenty of options to browse through:

As you can from the image above, the vast majority of the gigs on the first page of results for the search “twitch logo” (filtered to logo designs only) are for mascot-style logos, which is awesome if you want that kind of logo.

If you want something slightly different you’ve got to get a bit more creative with your searches (or use search filters – more on that a bit further down).

Have a play around with different searches to see what you can find e.g. use search terms like “minimalist twitch logo” or “initial gaming logo” or whatever describes what you’re looking for and you should be able to find some logo designers that are a good match.

You can see the search results above for the term “minimalist twitch logo” (again filtered to logo designs only). There were quite a lot fewer gigs in the search results but the ones that were there were very different from the initial search for “Twitch logo” search.

Try different searches to find your ideal logo designer.

You can also search for non-Twitch or gaming-focused logo designers to see if you can some that have the style that you’re looking for.

We’ve worked with logo designers on Fiverr in the past and have found plenty of great designers at affordable prices that have adaptable styles no matter what niche you’re in.

Use filters

This one should be fairly obvious, but you should make sure to take advantage of the filtering options on Fiverr to narrow down your searches.

You can filter by price, logo style, file formats provided, if you get the logo source files, seller details (e.g. they’re rating, and if they speak fluent English), etc.

Input and select all your filters and this should really narrow down the number of gigs and designers in the results.

When it comes to pricing, a word of warning. Cheaper isn’t always better. Be aware that a good amount (not all) of the cheapest gigs don’t actually design logos themselves. They use online tools like Canva to create the logo e.g.:

You can see from the image above that two of the gigs are using Canva logo templates as their gigs featured image. You can actually get these logos for free on Canva.

So keep that in mind, but still obviously filter the results to show gigs within your budget range.

At this stage we recommend browsing through the results, taking note of any featured images that catch your eye, and adding any interesting gigs to a favorites list.

The way to do that is to create a new list (you can go to your list section via the link in the main navigation area) and then simply click the heart icon on a gig to add it to your list, so you can keep browsing and come back to all your saved gigs later on:

Check the logo designers gig page and seller profile

Now that you’ve some logo designer candidates it’s time to take a closer look at their gig pages and seller profiles.

This is all pretty straightforward again, you need to look through the images of their past work and their portfolio to see if their style really matches up to what you’re looking for.

Check the gig details and compare the gig packages on offer to make sure they include everything you need

Pro tip: make sure to get a good amount of revisions with your gig purchase, and we’d also recommend you get a few logo concepts included as part of the gig, in case the designer doesn’t nail the first one:

If you need something specific (e.g. the logo design source files or the copyright for the design) make sure that’s included. If it’s not you can do two things.

First, you can check the gig extras (when you click on ‘Continue’ you’ll be taken to an order details page – no purchase made yet) where you can sometimes see gig extras that you can add to your order:

Second, you can talk to the designer before you purchase the gig (we recommend you do this before you make any purchase anyway to get to a better feel for the designer).

They might be able to create a custom gig offer for you that includes everything you need.

Also, be sure to check that the seller has delivered on a fair amount of projects (at least 25 plus). If a Fiverr logo designer has done plenty of gigs then you can be more confident that they can deliver on what they say they will.

Look at their positive and negative reviews (if they have any)

Be sure to look at a logo designer’s negative reviews (not just the positive).

Everyone can have the occasional off day or a project that simply does not go well for whatever reason, but if there are common patterns with their poor reviews, they might be someone to avoid working with.

We’ve done this before in the past, saw that there was a bit of a pattern in the negative reviews a seller was getting but decided to give them a chance anyway. Unfortunately, the same negative experience happened to us too.

But that’s a lesson learned the hard way.

Here’s an example of some negative reviews that seem to have a common theme (delayed delivery time). Although to be fair some of these might just be the buyers not reading the gig details closely enough:

Once you’ve done all that you should be ready to choose the perfect logo designer on Fiverr for your project.

Here are the designers and gigs we chose to create our Twitch logos:

• Massam_artwork
• Raastudio
• Gc_fresh_ideas
• Mynameiismud
• Digituscreat1ve
• Aiadesign

Luckily, all of these guys were really good to work with for our logo designs!

Section 3: Briefing the designers

Once you’ve confirmed your order on Fiverr it’s time to put in the requirements for the job. This is a really important step.

If you give your chosen logo designer a vague and limited brief then it’s going to be tough for them to deliver exactly what you had in mind.

Usually, your best bet is to go with a fairly detailed brief unless you’ve spoken with the designer beforehand and they are happy to work with a small brief to come up with concepts themselves.

We gave each of the six Twitch logo designers a very similar brief that we felt gave them a pretty clear direction for the design but also left a bit of room for them to use their own initiative and get creative with the concepts.

One important element that we gave to all the designers was to provide examples and visual inspiration for what we’re after:

Some designers have a questionnaire for the brief whilst others just have a section for you to describe what you’re after but you should essentially be able to give each the same brief.

Just be sure to give as much detail for your requirements as you can.

Section 4: Final logo designs

After some revisions and edits, here are the final Twitch logos designs we ended up with:

Designer 1: Massam artwork

Designer 2: Raastudio

Designer 3: Gc_fresh_ideas

Designer 4: Mynameiismud

Designer 5: Digituscreat1ve

Designer 6: Aiadesign

We thought all the designers did a great job.

Section 5: Tips for hiring a Twitch logo designer via Fiverr

If you’re simply after quick-fire tips on hiring Twitch logo designers on Fiverr, here they are:

More expensive doesn’t always mean better quality – just because you pay more doesn’t mean the quality will be higher. Shop around, and you’ll find some great logo designers at incredible price points.

Do a thorough search – take your time, have a good look through designers (there’s going to be a lot!) but this searching time is worth it. Don’t just pick the first designer you see. You can thank us later.

Talk to the designer before you put in the order – your Twitch logo is an important part of your brand you want to make sure the logo designer you’re working with is a good fit. Message them before you order, discuss what you’re looking for with your Twitch logo, and see if they can deliver on it.

Have examples of what you’re looking for – be sure to provide plenty of examples for what you’re looking for with your Twitch logo. Not for the designer to copy but so they get a good sense of what you want your logo to look and feel like

Add extras where needed – e.g. source files, commercial rights, more revisions, etc.

Get designers to create custom offers if you need – If you don’t see everything you want in a Twitch logo design gig you can either look at the options in the gig extras or talk to the designer and see if they can create a custom offer for you based on your needs. Most will be open to doing this.

Make sure it’s clear that you want unique designs – some designers will use templates, make it clear that you don’t want this if you’re looking for a completely unique design. Templates are useful for designers, but when it comes to a Twitch logo design, you want it to be completely bespoke.

So make it clear that you do not want any templates to form the basis of your logo design or copies of any other logo for that matter!

See if the designer provides concept drawings – some of the designers we worked with provided sketches of the logo before we committed to that design, some designs simply created the first version of the design without showing any sketches.

We’d always recommend working with designs that do provide sketches so you’re not committed to a design.

Don’t assume the logo designer will get ‘creative’ – some of the logo designers you work with will bring their own ideas and generate concepts for your logo design based on your initial request while others will simply do the bare minimum and not really bring fresh ideas.

It’s hard to know what kind of designer you’ll get but at least talking to them before, checking out their portfolio, and reviews will give you a good sense. You can also ask them if they’re happy to get creative and create unique concepts for your logo design.

Make sure you have revisions included in your gig purchase – We’ve mentioned it before, but it’s worth having as its own point. Make sure you have revisions included in your logo design package!! It’s very unlikely the designer will nail the logo the first time, so be on the safe side and ensure you have revisions to utilize.

Don’t be afraid to ask for revisions – If you have 2,3 or possibly unlimited revisions (which you should definitely make sure to get), don’t be afraid to ask for them. It’s not a criticism of the logo designer’s skills, you’ve paid for a service and you should get what you want.

It can be hard to give feedback and ask for changes but do it. You want to be completely satisfied with what you paid for.

Section 6: Pros and Cons, and alternative options

There are pros and cons to most things in life, and Fiverr is no different.

Here’s what we feel are the main pros and cons of working with logo designers on Fiverr:

Alternative Options

If Fiverr isn’t a route you want to go down for your Twitch logo design, you have a few alternative options.

Logo Makers:

We’ve reviewed several logo makers, including gaming logo makers and there are quite a few good options out there. Particularly if you’re looking for a mascot-style logo.

You won’t get the most bespoke design or have full control over the logo customization but it’s an affordable option that allows you to create some good Twitch logo designs.

Design contest websites

There are design contest websites such as 99Designs and DesignCrowd where you can create a design competition.

You simply outline the requirements and the prize and a whole host of designers will submit designs to the competition.

All you have to do then is pick your favorite.

Work with Twich niche-specialists

You could also work with Twitch design specialists and companies. These will likely be a bit more expensive than your average Fiverr designer.

However, you pay for what you get and the experience these companies and designers have with working with Twitch streamers and the platform means you’ll more than likely get some incredible designs for your brand.

Some great examples are Visuals By Impulse and Tactical Lion Designs.

Do it yourself

If you have the design skills or the will to learn them you could create your own Twitch logo using graphic design software such as Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator!

Section 7: How we found it and do we recommend it?

We really enjoyed using Fiverr to get our Twitch logos designed, and we’re happy with the end results.

No option when it comes to getting designs made for your brand is going to be 100% perfect but we spent a good amount of time selecting the designers we wanted to work with which we think resulted in a smooth and successful experience.

If you have a modest budget but still want high-quality bespoke logo designs you should definitely give Fiverr a shot.

For those of you who can spend a little bit more, you can certainly find great designers to work with on Fiverr or potentially using a niche-specialist company or designer as we mentioned in the previous section.

Final thoughts

So there you have it, that’s our experience and advice with working with Twitch logo designers on Fiverr. We hope this helps you out!

If you want to get a fantastic logo for your brand we’d recommend checking out the logo designers on Fiverr. There’s plenty of talent there.

Let us know your thoughts, we’d love to hear about your experience with getting your Twitch logo designed via Fiverr!

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Whatever your goals, there are quite a few high-quality social media mockup generators that can help you easily see (or show) how your designs look on all the popular social media platforms.

We’ve tried out all the major social media mockup generators and put together a list of the best ones to make it easy for you. 

Use the links below to jump to a specific mockup generator:

• Media Modifier
• Smart Mockups
• Adparlor
• Admockups
• IMH Facebook ad maker
• Facebook Creative Hub
• WoFox
• MockupBro

How we tested the tools

To properly review each social mockup generator we scored them in four main categories:

• The volume of mockup templates
• Tool usability and features
• Quality of the final images
• Overall value for money

To have a fair comparison of the different tools we used the same design with every social media mockup generator:

Mockup Generators

If you’ve never heard of or used a mockup generator before, here’s a quick explanation. 

It’s a tool that lets you quickly and easily put one of your designs or images onto an existing scene or product so you can see how it looks in a ‘real life’ setting – some of the most popular ones are t-shirt mockup generators and book mockup generators.

Most online mockup generators are very easy to use and this is the case with the social media mockup generators in this list. The only downside is that you lose out on some of the customization options you would get if you used a tool like Adobe Photoshop. 

However, there are plenty of tools providing quality mockup templates and they’re always getting better, so you’re bound to find some quality mockups that have what you’re looking for. 

#1 Media Modifier

Media Modifier is the best social media mockup generator around at the moment. They have the biggest and most varied range of templates, the product is extremely easy to use, and it’s great value for money (or free if you use their free templates).

They have templates for all the major social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and more recently TikTok.

So, if you’re looking to mockup a Facebook ad design, see how your Instagram post design will look, or showcase how your YouTube branding designs make a client’s channel and videos look awesome you can do all that and more with Media Modifier.

Customizing the social media mockup templates is very simple, within a few clicks you can have your mockup ready to go.

Media Modifier also offers users the ability to download mockups as PSD files. So, if you have some knowledge of Photoshop that might be of interest to you.

Social media mockup we made with Media Modifier:

Pricing:

• Free (images have a watermark)
• $19: Monthly subscription with unlimited downloads
• $108: Annual subscription with unlimited downloads

#2 Smart Mockups

Next up is Smart Mockups which is another high-quality social media mockup generator. They have a good range of social media mockups, including some free ones too! 

Their social media mockup templates range includes mockups for all the major platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, Twitch, LinkedIn, and a few extra platforms too.

When it comes to customizing the templates, it’s also incredibly easy and user-friendly. You even get the option to import designs directly from Canva. So, if you create some social media designs with Canva you can import them to your Smart Mockups account with one click.

Where Smart Mockups fell short in comparison to Media Modifier was the range and amount of templates they offer. Currently, they only have around 22 social media mockup templates, which is quite a bit than Media Modifier 73 (at the time of writing).

You also get slightly fewer customization options with the templates. For example, you can change the social media name, likes, comment numbers, etc. on Media Modifier and this isn’t possible with Smart Mockups.

That being said, Smart Mockups is still a great option when it comes to social media mockups.

Social media mockup we made with Smart Mockups:

Pricing:

• Some free templates
• $14, $24, or $84 monthly subscription (tiered options) all with unlimited downloads
• $108, $228, or $828 annual subscription (tiered options) all with unlimited downloads

#3 Adparlor

Adparlor is a media buying agency based in Toronto. Presumably to get potential clients to their website they created their very own free social media ad mockup generator, which is actually really good.

Their mockup generator allows you to create mockups for four of the major social media platforms – Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest.

You can choose the specific type of ad you’re creating e.g. Facebook sponsored video post or a sponsored Instagram story, etc., and customize them easily to see how your designs will look on those platforms and in those ad formats.

A great feature of the tool is that it gives you all the placement variations for your ad mockup. For example, if you create a Facebook sponsored image post you can download mockups for the desktop newsfeed, mobile version, and Facebook sidebar placement too.

Overall, for a completely free social media mockup generator, it’s pretty damn good.

Social media mockups we made with Adparlor:

Pricing:

• 100% free

#4 Admockups

Unsurprisingly, Admockups is a website where you can create ad mockups for most of the major social media platforms.

Their templates cover Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Snapchat. They also have a Google search ad mockup generator that you can utilize for free too.

Like Adparlor, Admockups gives you variations of ads or sponsored post placements on various social media platforms.

So you can create mockups for Facebook newsfeed posts, lead forms, even messages. All you need to do is choose the device type, ad type, and ad format. Once you’re done you can download your mockup as a PNG or SVG.

It’s a really simple and easy-to-use tool and it’s also 100% free, so it’s well worth checking out.

Social media mockup we made with Admockups

Pricing:

• 100% free

#5 IMH Facebook Ad Builder

If you’re looking to mockup your designs to see how they will look on Facebook then Influencer Marketing Hub’s Facebook ad generator could is a tool you should check out.

You can create mockups of all the main ad types on Facebook – Website clicks, Video posts, Event ads, Mobile app install ads too.

Their tool also allows you to see how that ad looks on different placements too – in the newsfeed, right side ad placement, or mobile. So it has everything you need to see how your ads and design will look on Facebook.

Like most of the tools in this list, IMH’s mockup generator is really easy to use and you can customize most of the Facebook ad elements.

So if you’re looking for a completely free social media mockup generator, particularly for Facebook, you should give it a try.

Social media mockup we made with IMH:

Pricing:

• 100% free

#6 Facebook Creative Hub

If you’re looking to create Facebook or Instagram ads that stand out then you should take advantage of Facebook’s creative hub which allows you to create mockups of your ads before they go live.

It’s Facebook’s own ad mockup generator and is fairly easy to use, allowing you to create previews, and share ads before you hit the publish button.

The mockup generator allows you to see how your creative will look on all the possible placements on Instagram and Facebook, and you can easily toggle between ad placements for individual videos and images, or carousels too.

Once you’ve generated your mockups you can easily create a link to share them with your team (or clients) so they can give feedback before anything goes live.

Social media mockup we made with Facebook CH:

Pricing:

• 100% free (but you need a Facebook account/page to use it)

#7 WoFox

WoFox is an online design tool that offers plenty of features and templates, including a mockup generator.

They also have a range of ‘UI editing’ tools that allow you to create mockups for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and a few other platforms.

You’ll have to be logged in to a WoFox account to use the mockup tools but they are 100% free to use.

The tool itself is a bit tricky to use sometimes, particularly when it comes to getting your images to be the right dimensions (they don’t tell you what dimensions it should be) but overall for a completely free tool is pretty good.

Social media mockup we made with WoFox:

Pricing:

• Free plan
• Business plan: $10 per month
• Team plan: $30 per month
• Virtual assistant plan: $208 per month

#8 MockupBro

Last up we have MockupBro which is a completely free mockup generator with a really smooth and easy-to-use interface.

All you have to do is select one of their templates, adjust the background color (only available on some templates), upload your design, and download. It takes no time at all.

The main downside with MockupBro is that they only have a couple of social media mockups, so you can only create a couple of Twitter post mockups and that’s it.

However, as mentioned everything there is 100% free to download, so if you need some quality free mockups then you might just find what you’re looking for on MockupBro. Plus they have some other quality free mockups so it’s worth seeing what they have to offer.

Social media mockup we made with MockupBro:

Pricing:

• 100% free

Other Tools

• Search and Social Tools

Related articles

• iPhone mockup generators
• Billboard mockup generators
• Video mockup generators
• Book mockup generators
• Vinyl mockup generators
• Ad mockup generators
• How to make a mockup without Photoshop

Wrapping things up

So there you have 8 tried and tested social media mockup generators.  

Knowing how your social media designs and ads will look on the various platforms can be challenging at times. However, with these social media mockup tools that task is made much easier.

We hope this guide was helpful to you!

Oh, and if you have any questions, comments, or have suggestions for other awesome social media mockup generators, leave a comment below!

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All the Twitch graphic sizes are up to do with Twitch’s latest guidelines. So, if you’re creating or adding new graphics to your Twitch channel and you want to ensure can be uploade without any issues then this guide has everything you need.

Twitch Profile Picture (Avatar) Size

Your Twitch profile picture (also called your avatar) is a vital part of your Twitch stream branding and can also be used across your other social platforms too.

When it comes to getting the right Twitch profile picture size you should have no issues. It’s simply a 1:1 or perfect square ratio. So, whether you’re using a logo or a photo for your icon just make sure it’s a square and you should be fine.

Here’s the right size, dimensions, and formats:

• 256 x 256 pixels
• 10MB max file size
• JPG or PNG

Twitch Profile Banner Size

Twitch profile banners sit at the top of your Twitch channel and offer you another opportunity to keep your branding consistent across your channel.

For your Twitch profile banner size you can stick to Twitch’s guidelines (see below) but keep in mind that your banner will appear on devices with different resolutions, including some big devices.

So, make sure your profile banner is wide enough to scale up depending on the device that is being used. Always test how it looks on mobile, desktop and wide devices.

Here’s the recommend size, dimensions, and format:  

• 1920 x 480 pixels
• 10MB max file size
• JPG or PNG

Twitch Panels Size

Twitch panels are a vital part of your Twitch channel, particularly when it comes to sharing essential information with visitors to your channel.

With your Twitch panel size you can actually make them as tall as you want as long as they are 320px wide. However, bigger isn’t necessarily better so just make sure you’re giving your visits the essential information and keep your panels clean and on brand.

Here are the ideal Twitch panel size, dimensions, and format:

• 320 x 160 pixels
• 2.9MB max file size
• JPG or PNG

Twitch Emote Size

If you’re looking for a great way to encourage visitors to your Twitch channel to subscribe you should consider custom Twitch emotes. They offer a fun and engaging way to encourage people to subscribe to your channel and become part of your community.

When it comes to Twitch emote sizes you need to add 3 size variations for every Twitch emote that you add.

Here are the Twitch emote sizes:

• Three size variations:
  • 28 x 28 pixels for web
  • 56 x 56 pixels for retina display
  • 112 x 112 for larger screens
• 1MB max file size
• PNG (with transparent background)

Twitch Sub Badge Size

A great tactic for encouraging regular viewers of your Twitch channel to stick around and stay as long-term subscribers is to add Twitch subscriber badges.

These are essentially loyalty badges and are a way of thanking a rewarding subscriber for being loyal fans of your channel and significant parts of your community.

Like Twitch emotes, when it comes to your Twitch subscriber badge sizes will have to include three size variations.

Here are the Twitch sub badge sizes:

• Three size variations:
  • 18 x 18 pixels
  • 36 x 36 pixels
  • 72 x 72 pixels
• 25KB max file size
• PNG format

Twitch Offline Screen Size

Twitch offline banners (also known as offline screens) are the graphic that appears over your Twitch stream feed when you’re not online.

They offer you the chance to ‘engage’ with your visitors when you’re not online, and you can relevant information via your offline banner including your social handles and your stream schedule.

Here are the Twitch offline banner size and format details:

• 1920 x 1080 pixels
• 10MB max file size
• GIF, JPG, or PNG

Twitch Overlay Size

When it comes to engaging your live stream viewers no other stream graphic impacts their experience more than Twitch overlays.

Whether you use a simple webcam frame or a more elaborate overlay for your stream it’s vital you focus on ensuring your viewers have the best experience possible.

Here are the Twitch overlay size and format details:

• 1920 x 1080 pixels
• 1600 x 1200 pixels (4:3 webcam frame)
• Around 40MB max file size
• PNG or WEBM

Twitch Alert Size

Twitch alerts are notifications that appear over your live stream feed. Each Twitch alert is triggered when something specific occurs, for example, you get a new follower or subscriber for your channel or someone makes a donation.

These are the ideal Twitch alert sizes:

• 750 x 300 pixels
• 3MB max file size
• PNG or WEBM

Twitch Thumbnail Size

You can add recordings of your live streams to your channel for visitors who missed the live stream to view when your offline, and a way to entice people to watch those recordings is to add a custom thumbnail.

Here is the ideal Twitch thumbnail size and dimensions:

• 1280 x 720 pixels
• 10MB max file size
• JPG or PNG

Final thoughts

If you follow these Twitch size guidelines, you should have no problem at all meeting Twitch’s guidelines and being able to upload all your graphics.

Enjoy creating and making your stream look awesome! Oh, and if you have any questions, comments, or have extra advice around Twitch graphic sizes, leave a comment below!

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We’ve got you covered.

In this article, we’re going to tell you what size your Twitch overlay should be and also answer a few other common questions about Twitch overlays.

Let’s dive right in.

Jump to a specific section:

• Twitch overlay size
• What is a Twitch overlay?
• Why have custom Twitch overlays?
• Where and how to get Twitch overlays?
• How to add overlays to your live stream

Twitch overlay size

The ideal Twitch overlay sizes are the following:

• 1920 x 1080 pixels
• 1600 x 1200 pixels (4:3 webcam frame)

That’s the typical Twitch overlay dimensions but you can actually make slightly different dimensions if you want. Just make sure to check that it looks good on your stream.

Also, when you’re creating your Twitch overlay, keep the following in mind:

• Keep it on brand and consistent – make it the same style as your other Twitch graphics
• Keep it simple and clean
• Make it in PNG or WEBM format
• The maximum file size per overlay is around 40 MB
• Keep the content of your overlay within Twitch’s community guidelines to ensure there are no issues

And that’s it! If you follow those size and formatting guidelines you should be able to add your Twitch overlays with no problems.

What are Twitch overlays?

Twitch overlays are graphics that appear over a live stream feed. They can be static or animated.

The most commonly used stream overlay is a webcam frame. This is where you can show off your webcam feed over gameplay or any other screen. Here’s how it looks:

Your overlays can also have more elements, for example, they could show various things such as a thank you message to new subscribers, the music you’re listening to on your stream, the stream chat, and much more.

Here’s an example of a Twitch overlay with a lot going on (from OWN3D):

Why should you add custom Twitch overlays?

Twitch overlays essentially make your stream more interesting to look at but they can also provide some useful functionality to when it comes to engaging and interacting with your viewers.

They also offer an opportunity to keep things on brand and make sure everything is consistent across your streaming experience.

Think about what you want to display on your live streams and incorporate them into your overlays.

Here’s an awesome video on setting up Twitch overlays and customizing your channel:

Whatever you decide to include in your overlays just make sure that it enhances the live stream experience rather than hinders it.

Too many animations and overlay elements can really clutter up your stream experience so just keep that in mind and put your audience first!

Where and how to get good Twitch overlays?

If you plan to make your own Twitch overlays you can use programs like Photoshop or Pixlr. We’ve put some videos below that show how to create an overlay with those programs.

You can also use an online design tool. We covered the best options for that in our Twitch Overlay Makers article. So check that out if you’re interested.

Alternatively, you can hire a designer from a site like Fiverr or buy premade Twitch overlay designs and packs. Here are some sites to get the best Twitch overlays:

• OWN3D
• Nerd or Die
• Placeit

Create a free Twitch overlay using Pixlr:

Use Photoshop to create your Twitch overlay:

How to add Twitch overlays to your live stream

If you’re not sure how to add a Twitch overlay to your live streams, here’s a quick run-through with Streamlabs:

Or add it with OBS studio:

Final thoughts

So, that’s everything you need to know about ensuring your Twitch overlay is the correct size and format – so you can add it to your live stream with no problems.

Enjoy creating! Oh, and if you have any questions, comments, or extra advice around Twitch overlays, leave a comment below!

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