Building designs for Social Media in Flexitive is done in exactly the same way as building regular fixed size designs. For more information on how to build standard Fixed Size designs, check out our Video Tutorials.
To start a new design for Social Media, name your design and click Create. In the template selection screen, scroll to the bottom of the templates. From here, you can start your design by either using a template or by clicking the Blank Canvas for social sizes to start from scratch.
When starting with a Blank Canvas, the first thing you will see in the editor is the All Sizes View. As with building any design, you can enter the editor for your first size by clicking on it.
The Sizes panel for Social designs is a little bit different from Fixed or Responsive designs. In the Social Tab of the Sizes panel, resolutions are sorted by Social Media platforms and labeled by their related image in that platform, rather than by their size.
To activate a new size for your project, first click on a Platform and then the '+' button for the size you require. Clicking the '+' button in the Sizes panel activates the resolution for that image.
As with any Flexitive Project, you can activate new sizes by clicking on them in the All Sizes View.
If you need a size that is not included by default, contact a member of the Flexitive Support team at support@flexitive.com and they will activate it for you.
Exporting a Social Design
Most social media platforms do not accept HTML5 design uploads, so when you export your design for social media you should export your design as a static JPEG image, GIF or Video (.MP4).
To export your designs for Social Media, open the Export panel on the right-hand side of the editor and click the Social Tab.
First, select the export format that you'd like. Then, select the sizes that you would like to export and click Export Design.
Static images are exported as a ZIP file containing all of the sizes of design that you selected. GIF and Video (.MP4) exports can be exported one size at a time.
