How-to guides
Short, practical walkthroughs for the things people make most often. Each one shows you how to do it in Emaki Studio, free and entirely in your browser.
- How to make an Instagram carousel - Design a multi-slide Instagram carousel in your browser: set the slide size, lay out photos and text across frames, then export each slide. Free, private, no account.
- How to make a photo collage grid - Build a photo grid collage in your browser: drop a grid onto the canvas, link a photo into each cell, then export. Free, private, no upload, no account.
- How to add a watermark to your photos - Add a text or logo watermark to your photos in the browser: position, size and fade it, then export. Free and private - your images stay on your device.
- How to convert HEIC to JPG - Convert iPhone HEIC photos to JPG right in your browser - batch convert, nothing uploaded. Free HEIC to JPG, PNG or WebP converter with no account.
- How to make a GIF from photos - Turn a set of photos into an animated GIF in your browser: upload, reorder the frames, pick a speed and size, then export. Free, private, no account.
- How to compress images for Instagram - Shrink photo file size for Instagram in your browser with a quality slider and a live before/after preview. Free image compressor - no upload, no account.
- How to give your photos a film look - Add a film look to your photos in the browser: one-tap film recipes plus tone, white balance, grain and fade. Works on JPG, HEIC and camera RAW. No upload, no account.
- How to edit just part of a photo - Brighten, darken or colour-grade just one area of a photo in your browser with radial, linear and brush masks - then invert to edit everything else. Works on JPG, HEIC and RAW.
- How to blur a face in a photo - Blur, pixelate or black out a face, name or licence plate in a photo - right in your browser. Free and private, nothing uploaded, no account.
- How to trace a drawing with your phone - Use your phone or tablet as a tracing aid: float a reference image over the live camera at any opacity and copy it onto paper. Free, in your browser, no app to install.
- How to make a QR code with a logo - Create a custom QR code in your browser: type a link, pick your colours and module style, and place your logo in the middle. Private, no upload, no account.
- Carousel size guide: the best dimensions to use - The right size for a swipe-through carousel: square vs portrait, safe margins, and why every slide should match. Set it up and export in your browser - no upload, no account.
- How to add text to a photo - Add text to a photo in your browser: drop your image on the canvas, lay a text layer over it, style it to stay readable, then export. Free and private - no upload, no account.
- How to convert PNG to JPG - Convert PNG to JPG - or JPG to WebP, PNG to WebP and back - right in your browser. Batch-convert a whole folder with nothing uploaded. Free, private, no account.
- How to make pixel art online - Draw pixel art on a grid in your browser: pencil, eraser, fill and colour picker, then export a crisp PNG. Free and private - no install, no upload, no account.
- How to remove a background from a photo - Cut the background out of any photo and save a transparent PNG - people, products, food or objects. Runs on your own device in the browser, so nothing is uploaded and there is no sign-up.
- How to make a LinkedIn carousel PDF - Design a LinkedIn carousel and export it as a PDF document post - one page per slide, the right size, free and entirely in your browser. No upload, no account.
- How to turn photos into a video - Animate your slides and export an MP4 video reel from photos - transitions, entrance animations and per-slide timing, encoded in your browser. No upload, no watermark, no account.
- How to take photos with a film filter - Shoot with a film look applied live in the viewfinder - pick a filter, frame the shot, then save it or keep editing. Runs in your browser on your own device; no app install, no account.
- How to make the pixel stretch effect - Smear a line of pixels across your photo for the stretched-pixel, glitch-style look - bend the streaks, mask your subject, export a PNG. Free and entirely in your browser.
- How to make an SVG online - Draw shapes, text and freehand lines in your browser and export a clean SVG or PNG. A lightweight free vector editor with undo/redo - no install, no upload, no account.
- How to resize a design for every platform - Turn one design into an Instagram post, a Story, a Reel cover, a square and a Pinterest pin without rebuilding it. The layout is rescaled to fit each shape, not cropped. Free, in your browser.
- How to choose a carousel maker - The five things that actually decide it: watermarked exports, whether you need an account, where your files go, which sizes and formats come out, and what the paid tier really sells.
- How to make a carousel with no watermark - Export carousels, PDFs and video with no watermark on any tier - not a trial, not a credit system. Free and private, entirely in your browser, with no account.
- How to edit photos without an account - Edit photos, design carousels and export without creating an account. No email, no password, no profile - open the page and start. Everything stays on your device.
What do you want to make?
Every format has its own shape, its own safe margins and its own way of failing. These pages give you the real dimensions, what separates a good one from a bad one, and the built-in templates that already fit - then hand you the editor.
- Minimalist carousel maker - Make a clean, minimal swipe carousel: one idea per slide, one typeface, a lot of empty space. Free templates and the right size, entirely in your browser.
- Aesthetic carousel maker - Build an aesthetic carousel: one colour grade across every photo, grain and paper texture, and type that sits with the images rather than on them. Free, in your browser.
- TikTok photo carousel maker - Make a TikTok photo carousel at full-screen 9:16: full-bleed images, text kept clear of the interface, exported as one image per slide. Free, nothing uploaded.
- Instagram Story maker - Design an Instagram Story at 1080 x 1920 with the safe areas respected, then export a full-resolution image. Free, private, no account - it all runs in your browser.
- Pinterest pin maker - Design a Pinterest pin at 1000 x 1500 (2:3): tall, readable at thumbnail size, with the text baked in. Free and private - your images never leave the browser.
- YouTube thumbnail maker - Make a YouTube thumbnail at 1280 x 720: big readable type, a cut-out subject, and a file under the 2 MB limit. Free, in your browser, nothing uploaded.
- Quote post maker - Make a quote post: set the words, break the lines where the sentence breathes, credit the source, and export. Free quote card maker that runs in your browser.
- Before and after photo maker - Make a before and after post: two photos matched for crop and exposure, side by side or across two slides, labelled and exported. Free and private, in your browser.
- Photo dump maker - Turn a roll of photos into a photo dump post: a grid on one slide or a set to swipe, graded to match and exported at full size. Free, in your browser, no upload.
- Business card maker - Design a business card at 3.5 x 2 in / 300 DPI and export a print-ready PDF, QR code included. Free and private - it all runs in your browser, with no account.
- Postcard maker - Design a postcard or invitation at 6 x 4 in / 300 DPI and export a print-ready PDF. Free, private and entirely in your browser - no account, nothing uploaded.
- Print several photos on one page - Fit several photos onto one A4 page in an even grid and export a print-ready 300 DPI PDF. Free, in your browser, and your photos are never uploaded anywhere.