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Create Your Poster It’s free and easy to use.

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  • Easy-to-use poster maker to bring your design ideas to life.
  • Choose from a vast library of beautiful pre-designed templates.
  • Download your poster as a printable PDF or share it online.

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Chosen by brands large and small

Our poster maker is used by over 25,525,288 marketers, communicators, executives and educators from over 133 countries that include:

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EASY TO EDIT

Poster Templates

Create professional posters with the library of beautifully designed poster templates ready and waiting for you to customize and add your personal touch. Visme’s poster creator allows you to fully customize each and every part of our templates. Start browsing our selection below.

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Features of the Poster Maker

Check out everything that Visme’s online poster maker has to offer. From professionally designed templates to stunning design assets, you’ll have everything you need right at your fingertips to design your own posters.

Beautiful poster templates

Browse Visme’s selection of art and event posters to choose the premade template that fits your poster needs. Fully customize each part of the template until your poster design matches your event or branding and you’re ready to display it.

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Build your poster

Whether you’re promoting an event or simply decorating your home office space, you want to have as much flexibility as possible to build the perfect poster. With Visme, you can easily add in high-quality stock photos, icons, text blocks and more to build your poster.

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Customize your poster to fit your needs

Add your own images to the poster maker or search for some in the graphics panel on the left. Adjust the size and position of your images easily. Apply image filters by clicking on the Filters tab found in the top menu that appears when an image is clicked. Customize the fonts and colors to match your color palette and brand identity.

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More Great Features of the Poster Maker

  • Free Online Poster Maker - Design Stunning Posters | Visme (152)Hundreds of stunning poster templates to jumpstart your design
  • Free Online Poster Maker - Design Stunning Posters | Visme (153)Searchable library of high-quality icons and stock photos
  • Free Online Poster Maker - Design Stunning Posters | Visme (154)Add in your own branded fonts and colors to make it your own
  • Free Online Poster Maker - Design Stunning Posters | Visme (155)Easy drag-and-drop design tools, made with the non-designer in mind
  • Free Online Poster Maker - Design Stunning Posters | Visme (156)Add more slides to create multiple posters at the same time
  • Free Online Poster Maker - Design Stunning Posters | Visme (157)Download as a PDF with bleed marks to print off and hang up

Share Your Poster

Create the perfect poster design, and you’re ready to share it with the world! Visme helps make poster design easy, and sharing your finished product is no different. Download as a PDF with bleed marks to send off to a printer, or download as a high-resolution image and share online.

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LEARN ABOUT POSTERS

What is a Poster?

A poster is a large, printed piece of paper that many people use to decorate their rooms and offices. Posters can also be used to hang up at venues to promote upcoming events or specials.

Posters tend to be brightly colored and eye-catching to stand out to people in the room.

Create Your Poster

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Use an online poster maker to design stunning posters.

Start a new project in the Visme dashboard and select the Printables tab. Click on the Posters icon and browse the available templates for events or wall art. Choose the template which best fits your vision. If you change your mind, the free poster maker will let you change to another template from inside the editor.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED + MORE

More Than a Poster Maker

Visme’s easy-to-use poster maker helps you to design custom posters that you and your audience will love in minutes. Customize your poster and work with your team to create the perfect design for your poster.

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BEAUTIFY YOUR POSTER

Images & Graphics

Choose from millions of high-quality images, free for commercial or editorial use.

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VISUALIZE NUMBERS

Charts & Graphs

Easily display numbers and statistics on your poster with Visme’s professional infographics, charts and graphs.

MAKE IT ENGAGING

Animation & Interactivity

Draw attention to your online poster by adding custom animation and interactive features.

HOW IT WORKS

How to Make Posters in 5 Steps

Design stunning posters that will wow your audience quickly and easily with Visme’s free online poster maker.

Learn more about how to use our design software to create posters in five easy steps.

  • Start a new Visme project, click on the Printables tab and select the Posters icon.
  • Select from one of the templates; there are event posters and art posters to choose from.
  • Add your own images or find suitable ones in the graphics tab on the left-hand panel.
  • Customize the text and change the color scheme to fit your vision or your event.
  • Download the finished poster as a PDF with bleed marks and print on poster paper.

QUICK TIPS

How to Use the Poster Maker

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Log in to Visme and enter the dashboard. Click on the Printables tab within the poster maker and then the poster icon on the far left.

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Browse through the templates in the poster creator to find the one that best fits your vision. If you change your mind, you can select another template inside the editor.

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Add your own images to the poster maker or use the ones provided in the graphics tab on the left-hand panel. Use an image for a background, or just a color and the images on top. Arrange it all to fit the space and add photo filters if you want.

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Change the text to what you need it to be. If using the poster creator for an event poster, make sure all the information is correct.

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Customize the fonts and colors to match your color palette and brand. If you have a Visme Brand Kit, your branded colors and fonts will be readily available.

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Add icons and graphics from the left-hand panel within the poster creator to add some added visual value to your poster. Use the search bar or browse categories to find what you want.

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Proofread everything and double check the quality of your images. If you are printing the poster, the photos must not be pixelated or blurry.

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Download the finished design from the poster maker as a high-quality image file or printable PDF. Send the file to a printer to be printed on poster paper and hang it up for everyone to see!

Questions About the Poster Maker

How much does it cost to create a poster with the poster designer?

It’s 100% free to make a poster with Visme and download it as an image file. If you want to download as a high-resolution PDF file with crop marks, you’ll need to upgrade to a Standard plan.

Does the poster maker have templates for me to use?

Yes! There are templates for event posters as well as wall art posters. If you can’t find the template you need, you can also create from a blank canvas and use suggested content blocks.

Is it easy to print my poster once it’s done?

It sure is! As long as you download the poster as a high quality image file or PDF with bleed marks, your poster will look great printed. Also, you must make sure that the photos are good quality so that they don’t print blurry or pixelated.

Can I share my poster on social media as well?

Absolutely. You might have to shrink it though for optimal sharing. Download it and then shrink it on your computer’s image viewer to make it a little smaller. A great place to share your poster is on Pinterest or via email.

Can I use the poster maker to create quote posters to sell?

Yes, you can. If you regularly make posters to sell on Etsy or Society6, you can now make them in Visme too!

Can I use any photo in the image library in my poster?

You sure can! All the images are available for both personal and commercial use, so feel free to use any photo from the stock photo library within your poster.

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FAQs

How can I make an attractive poster online? ›

Open up Canva and search for "Poster" to start designing.
  1. Choose a template. ...
  2. Personalize your poster design. ...
  3. Get even more creative with more design features. ...
  4. Order your prints.

Which AI can generate posters for free? ›

With the Piktochart AI poster generator, you can turn any prompt into a gorgeous poster in seconds.

How can I make my poster prettier? ›

15 creative poster design ideas to make your posters stand out
  1. Use bold color overlays and contrasting colors to create energy and elicit a mood. ...
  2. Establish visual hierarchy for more eye-catching designs. ...
  3. Remove unnecessary elements. ...
  4. Try interesting shapes to create visual interest.

How do you make stunning designs? ›

25 graphic design tips for non-designers and beginners
  1. Limit your typefaces. Remix this design. ...
  2. Don't be scared of scale. ...
  3. Respect the space of other elements. ...
  4. Use a small color scheme. ...
  5. Create Clean, crisp and clear imagery. ...
  6. Use fonts to help inform the mood of your design. ...
  7. Create order with alignment. ...
  8. Keep your designs simple.

What makes a perfect poster? ›

At its core, a poster is made up of four key features: a title, graphic(s), text, and white space. Layout, flow, and color affect the order and style of these four key features.

What is the AI tool for creating posters? ›

Snappa. Snappa is another AI art designing tool that lets anyone create professional posters, banners, flyers, and any creative art. Its user-friendly interface makes the work process easy and quick. Snappa library has a huge template stock from which you can create ads, emailers, social media posts, and more.

What is the AI tool to create posters? ›

Canva AI Magic Design is an innovative feature of the Canva graphic design platform. It enhances the poster-making process by using artificial intelligence. It analyzes your content and offers design suggestions, including suitable fonts, colors, and layouts, to create visually appealing AI-generated posters.

Is there a completely free AI image generator? ›

Fy! Studio is a free to use AI Image generator that allows users to create their own art using a simple text input.

What's the best free AI image generator? ›

Pixlr Image Generator

With a user-friendly interface and a wide range of customisable options, Pixlr empowers users to generate lifelike images tailored to their specific needs. Regarding finding one of the best AI image generators for lifelike portraits, Pixlr is one of the top on the list.

What is the most advanced free AI image generator? ›

  • Craiyon | Best no-frills AI image generator. Craiyon. ...
  • Midjourney | Best AI image generator for highest quality photos. Midjourney. ...
  • Adobe Firefly | Best AI Image Generator if you have a reference photo. Adobe Firefly. ...
  • Generative AI by Getty Images | Best AI Image Generator for businesses. ...
  • Nightcafe. ...
  • Canva.
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What are 6 important things that must be on a poster? ›

Remember that when it comes to posters, style, format, color, readability, attractiveness, and showmanship all count. Take the time to get things right.

How do you make a poster look like real art? ›

To make your paper print look like a real oil painting, you'll just need matte mod podge and a paint brush or two. Coat the paper in mod podge, tracing over the brush strokes of the original artwork as best as you can.

What are the 5 things that make a good poster? ›

If you're serious about designing a great poster, it's important to keep the following tips in mind:
  • Make sure your poster is eye-catching and visually appealing. ...
  • Keep the design clear and concise. ...
  • Use high-quality images. ...
  • Put yourself in the viewer's shoes. ...
  • Get creative!

How do you make a visually pleasing poster? ›

Avoid overcrowding text, graphs, and pictures. Approximately 40% of your poster should be white space—it your poster visually appealing and easy to read from a 4-6 foot distance. Professional posters are typically read from left to right or up to down.

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