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Instagram Carousel Cover Template

The first slide decides whether anyone swipes. This 4:5 carousel cover leads with an oversized number and a promise-driven headline, then nudges people forward with a slide counter and a swipe arrow. It is designed for educational posts — tips, frameworks, mistakes to avoid — which tend to be saved and shared.

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Opens your own copy in the Liena editor — the original stays untouched. Free with a Liena account; downloads on the free plan include a small watermark.

Format: Portrait post (4:5)
Size: 1080 × 1350 px (4:5)
Fonts: DM Sans
Colours
Editable layers: 11
Export: PNG, full resolution

Design details

Everything is set in DM Sans so the slide feels like one confident voice. The giant electric-blue numeral is the visual hook; the headline sits underneath at a size that stays readable in the grid preview. A thin rule separates the content from the footer, where your handle and the swipe prompt live, so the cover still makes sense when it is cropped to a square in your profile grid.

Best for

Educational “5 ways to…” or “3 mistakes…” carousels
Turning a blog post or newsletter into a swipeable summary
Step-by-step guides and checklists
Coaching, consulting and agency thought leadership

How to customise it

Change the numeral and headline together — “7 ways…”, “3 mistakes…” — and update the counter to match your slide count.
Swap the blue for your brand colour on the top bar, numeral, eyebrow and arrow button.
Each “Use template” click creates a fresh copy, so open it again for every inside slide and keep the same header and footer.
Replace @northstarstudio with your own handle.

Everything in this template is editable

This isn’t a flat image. The design opens as 11 separate layers you can select and change individually.

7 text layers

Double-click to rewrite. Change font (DM Sans by default), size, weight, line height, letter spacing, alignment, case, colour and shadow.

3 shapes

Recolour fills with any hex or brand colour, change opacity and corner radius, or resize and rotate decorative elements.

1 icon

Recolour, resize or delete icons, and add new ones from the built-in Iconify icon search.

Layers & layout

Drag to move, resize from any handle, rotate, nudge with arrow keys, reorder or hide layers, duplicate and delete — with undo and redo.

Background & brand

Change the background colour or add a background image, and apply colours and logos from your Liena brand kit.

How to use this template

Click “Use this template”. If you’re new to Liena, create a free account first — you’ll come straight back to this design.
Edit the text, replace images and adjust colours. Changes save automatically every 30 seconds, or press Save at any time.
Export a PNG at 1080 × 1350 px. Your design stays in your dashboard to edit again later.

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