Canva Tutorial: How to Make a Seamless Instagram Carousel

In this tutorial I'm showing you how to create a seamless, eight-slide product launch carousel in Canva - using a fictional specialty coffee brand as the demo.

The focus isn't carousel strategy. It's how to make your slides feel like one cohesive design, rather than eight separate images posted together using techniques that make a carousel feel intentional and polished.

We cover:
Setting up guides and a planning board before you start
Choosing backgrounds and creating "scenes" across multiple slides
Using Magic Eraser to clean up product images
Flowing images seamlessly across slide edges
Adding texture, depth, and drop shadows
Icons, tasting notes, and product detail slides
Building a clear call-to-action
Exporting as individual PNGs ready to upload to Instagram

I'm also using a 1080 x 1440px (3:4 portrait) format - and I explain exactly why!

Previously I showed a method that involved splitting a single exported image - this approach is cleaner, easier to manage, and much less confusing.

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:52 Canvas setup
1:36 Whiteboard preparation
2:51 Setting background colours
3:57 Building the slides
6:02 Creating seamless transitions
7:28 Final touches & refinements
14:30 Exporting your carousel


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