How to Create Free Images for Social Media – Tools

1. Canva – A start-to-finish design program perfect for non-designers Probably our most-used image tool at Buffer, Canva makes image creation super easy (especially for non-designers) with their pre-made templates, custom image sizes for every social media channel, drag-and-drop interface, cool fonts, and more. Most every original image you see shared from our social accounts was made in Canva. 2. Skitch – Screen capture and annotation Our go-to screenshot tool, Skitch pops up with a quick keyboard shortcut (Cmd+Shift+5 on Macs), then you can click and drag over the area you want to snip. We keep coming back to this tool because of the awesome and easy annotation features. You can circle things, point to things, blur things, and add text with just a couple quick clicks. A product of Evernote, Skitch lets you save and store all screengrabs into an Evernote folder of your choosing. 3. CloudApp – Fast and easy screencast GIFs We use this tool a ton for our internal image sh...