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Create a new template from scratch

  1. Adobe Express User Guide
  2. Introduction
    1. Adobe Express overview
    2. What's new in Adobe Express
    3. Adobe Express system requirements
    4. Adobe Express keyboard shortcuts
    5. Adobe Express FAQ
    6. Known issues in Adobe Express
    7. Adobe Express free trial FAQ
    8. Progressive Web App
    9. Add the Adobe Express browser extension
  3. New Adobe Express mobile app
    1. Overview
    2. Frequently asked questions
    3. Known issues
    4. Migrate files
    5. Create images with generative AI
    6. Create text effects with generative AI
    7. Insert objects using Generative Fill
    8. Remove objects using Generative Fill
    9. Generate editable templates using generative AI
    10. Create and edit videos
    11. Explore templates
    12. Collaborate and comment
    13. Schedule and publish social media posts
    14. Work with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator assets
    15. Create and manage brands
  4. Create and edit graphics, photos, and videos
    1. Import and enhance PDFs in Adobe Express
    2. Getting started with Adobe Express templates
    3. Create a new template from scratch
    4. Save templates and assets to favorites
    5. Share designs as remixable templates
    6. Create a web page using Adobe Express
    7. Add multiple pages in Adobe Express
    8. Create a video using Adobe Express
    9. Find and submit Adobe Stock Content ID
    10. Animate texts and photos using Adobe Express
    11. Import color themes from Adobe Color
    12. Apply color themes
    13. Translate files and templates
    14. Work with layers
    15. Use ChatGPT to discover Adobe Express Templates
    16. Add charts to designs
    17. Design for prints
  5. Presentations
    1. Import a PowerPoint file
    2. Explore presentation templates
    3. Manage pages
    4. Present a design
  6. Work with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator creative assets
    1. Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator files in Adobe Express overview
    2. Add Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator as linked images
    3. Convert Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator assets
    4. Best practices for converting Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator files
    5. Troubleshoot linked assets
  7. Backgrounds
    1. Add a background image to your design
    2. Remove backgrounds for videos with ease
    3. Replace page backgrounds from images          
  8. Generative AI
    1. Generate an image from text using generative AI
    2. Generate text effects using generative AI
    3. Insert or replace objects in an image with Generative fill
    4. Remove objects from an image using Generative fill
    5. Generate editable templates using Text to template
  9. Create and manage brands
    1. Create a brand
    2. Edit roles in brands
    3. Apply your brand colors and fonts to designs
    4. Best practices to apply brand colors and fonts
    5. Manage shared brands
    6. Custom fonts
    7. Creative Cloud Libraries
    8. Lock and unlock elements in designs
    9. Set brand style controls on templates
    10. Create from a shared template
    11. Add a color theme to your brand
  10. Create and manage projects
    1. Create projects
    2. Create new files, folders, brands, and libraries
    3. Copy files, brands, and libraries
    4. Move files, brands, and libraries
    5. Share projects
    6. Projects FAQ
    7. Troubleshooting projects
  11. Content Scheduler
    1. Content Scheduler overview
    2. Connect social media accounts
    3. Schedule and publish social media posts
    4. Generate captions (Beta) for social in AI
    5. Media specifications for social media posts
    6. Content Scheduler FAQ
  12. Quick Actions
    1. Resize image using Quick Actions
    2. Remove background from images using Quick Actions
    3. Convert file format of images using Quick Actions
    4. Crop an image using Quick Actions
    5. Animate a character from audio
    6. Add captions to videos using Quick actions 
    7. Trim videos using Quick Actions
    8. Resize a video using Quick Actions
    9. Convert to GIF from a video using Quick Actions
    10. Convert videos to MP4 using Quick Actions
    11. Crop a video using Quick Actions
    12. Merge videos and images using Quick Actions
    13. Convert to or from PDF using Quick Actions
    14. Edit PDF text and images using Quick Actions
    15. Combine files into a single PDF using Quick Actions
    16. Organize Pages into a single PDF using Quick Actions
    17. Generate QR code using Quick Actions
    18. Quick Actions FAQ
  13. Publish and share
    1. Collaborate and comment in Adobe Express
    2. Host a project using Adobe Express
    3. Copy files between accounts
    4. Privacy and permissions
    5. Create TikTok videos and share them to TikTok Ads Manager
    6. Technical requirements for sharing videos to TikTok Ads Manager
    7. Share large files using WeTransfer
    8. Bulk, create, and generate your designs
    9. Technical requirements for using Bulk Create and Generate
  14. Adobe Express on mobile
    1. Adobe Express for iOS
    2. Adobe Express for Android
    3. Manage Adobe Express subscriptions on iOS
    4. Manage Adobe Express subscriptions on Android
    5. Manage Adobe Express subscriptions on Samsung Galaxy Store
  15. Adobe Express for Education
    1. Draw with brushes
    2. Snap to shape
    3. Adobe Express for Education FAQ
    4. Adobe Express for Education Teachers FAQ
    5. Adobe Express for Education Students FAQ
    6. Adobe Express for Education onboarding FAQ
    7. Missing icons in Adobe Express mobile app FAQ

Use Adobe Express to create unique templates for social graphics, flyers, logos, and more from scratch.

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Try it yourself
Create a new template in a few simple steps.

Create a new template from scratch

  1. On the homepage of Adobe Express, hover over a task in the top row, and select Create from scratch.

  2. Create your unique design using any of the options in the left panel.

    Design

    Description

    Search  

    Select Search to search for the design assets you want to insert in your template. Once you select the photos or videos, you can select it and it'll be on the blank canvas. 

    Your Stuff  

    Select Your stuff to easily apply fonts, colors, and logos to any file from a brand you've created or shared. 

    Templates  

    Select Templates to create and personalize beautiful social posts, videos, carousels, flyers, and presentations that can be added to your blank canvas.

    Media  

    Select Media to add new photos, videos, or audio to the template. Choose from the photo library or select Upload from the device to add. 

    Text  

    Select Text to add text to the template. Type your text in the text box and format it using the available styling options from the left panel. You can also edit and style the existing text on the template.

    Elements  

    Select Elements to add Design AssetsBackgroundsShapes, and Icons.

    Add-ons  

    Select Add-ons to bring the third-party app designs into the template.

  3. Once done, you can Download your design or Share it on different social media platforms.

What's next?

With Adobe Express, you can create engaging and visually appealing Instagram carousels and social graphics by adding multiple pages. It will help you connect with your audience and grow your business.

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