Crello: become a graphic designer with this social media tool

These days, a picture is truly worth a thousand words. Not everyone is born with the gift of being a professional to create images, but anyone can be one. designer with a practical and intuitive tool that makes the creation process much simpler. An example is the Crello.

What is Crello?

O Crello is a visual editing tool for the DepositPhotos which allows the creation of images for social networks, advertising banners, posters, email headers and other visual elements. The advantage is that the use is simple, so that even those who have no experience can use it. At the same time, it is still a resource for those who are already experienced.

With Crello, you can create materials for visual media (post, videos, ads, etc.) in a few minutes. It gives you the option to create other templates as well, such as business cards, presentations, e-books, flyers and more.

In summary, there are more than 300 free fonts, 18.000 ready-to-use templates, 4 video formats (Full HD, video for Instagram Stories, video for cover of Facebook and animated post), multiple photos in the library, stickers, illustrations, borders, animated backgrounds, image upload options, themed templates, resizing options and more. There are several tutorials Crello so you don't get lost. Watch the official introduction of the tool:

How to use Crello

To start using it, you need to register. If your page appears in English and you prefer Portuguese, you can change the language in the upper right corner of the screen.

On the homepage, you can choose which style of publishing you want to do. There are several options and also the “inspiration” option, suitable for those who want ideas. To create an image for the Social media coordinator, for example, just click on the icon and you are redirected to the edit page.

On the edit page there is an instruction guide so you don't get lost. In the side menu you can also choose between using a ready-made design (just choose the category), inserting photographs (there is an option for free and paid photos), choosing a background, inserting texts, objects and more.

You can resize the post by clicking the “Resize” icon in the top right menu. Save, download and share options are also there. When downloading, there are several formats available to save your project. In the case of the image, the options are JPG, PNG, PNG transparent, PDF and PDF print version.

To use a ready-made category, for example, just click on it and start editing. There are free and paid categories, just look at the label that appears in the upper right corner of each one. However, if you click on a paid category (and your plan is the free one), there is a notification that alerts you that you must upgrade the plan to be able to use the template.

You can also edit the text of images and use photo text, basic text, subtitle, icons with text and more.

Besides Social media coordinator e Facebook, the posts can also be used in the Twitter. Just choose the post format of the Twitter, with defined size, choose the template, customize, save and post.

Plans

O Crello offers a number of free features, but there are also subscriber-only features. To gain access to them, you need to go to the home page and click on “Account Settings”. Then, just click on “Subscription” and upgrade the plan. The available plan offers are described below:

Free

The free plan comes with 6.000+ design templates, 4.000 photos, personal storage for your creations, custom font uploads, and 100+ image uploads, all for free. For the image bank, a fee of US$ 0.99 is charged for each one (approximately R$ 3,84).

Advanced

The advanced plan is a little more complete and includes all the benefits of the free plan, which includes over 12.000 premium design templates (which are constantly renewed), free access to 20.000 photos and 20.000 premium design elements, five free images from the image bank of DepositPhotos per month and upload 1.000 images. The monthly fee is US$6.67 (about R$25,89) when billed annually. For monthly billing, the fee is $7.99.

Pro

already the plan Pro includes all features of Free and Advanced, but offers 5.000+ video design templates (with weekly renewal), self uploading videos, access to 2.000+ video files premium, 4.000 animated elements and 10 free stock images from DepositPhotos a month.

Still, the plan Pro allows you to remove watermarks on a video, four video design formats, Full HD quality, animation resizing option and unlimited upload of images and custom fonts. The monthly fee is US$16.67 (approximately R$64,71) when billed annually. For monthly billing, the fee is US$19.99.

O Crello is a great option for those who want to learn how to create arts for social networks and quality graphic pieces. The tool, integrated with DepositPhotos, offers resources, graphics and thousands of video and image templates to optimize your sales and enhance customer interaction.

With that, you could see that not everyone needs to be an editing wizard to have good posts, right? Just create your account on Crello and let creativity run wild – with a little help from what's already there, of course.