Adobe XD: My Favorite Tool in Creating Social Media Templates (Free Templates & Tutorial)

While I specialize in Squarespace Web Design, I am also a brand designer. And I'd like to share as much resources that I can to fellow designers and business owners. On this blog post, I'm going to share why I swear by ADOBE XD in creating social media templates. Also, you may download the free social media template set for IG, IG Stories and Pinterest. And watch the free tutorial on how you can customize this free Adobe XD template.

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As a brand designer, my main dilemma before in taking on branding clients is how to handover brand-consistent templates that they can easily edit and update on their own.

Adobe Photoshop or InDesign weren't options because I didn't want them to pay for Creative Cloud subscription just to edit their social media templates. Canva, while accessible, has limitations too. And then, I discovered ADOBE XD and it made all the difference.

Here’s why I prefer Adobe XD over other tools:

Adobe XD is Free

You may download Adobe XD starter plan for free. Just sign-up for an Adobe account and download the software. On the download page, there’s a disclaimer that “unlimited sharing and collaboration is until April 2020” only. Don’t worry about it, we don’t need this PREMIUM feature. ANYONE can download it anytime and it is FREE even after April 2020. Only the premium features (typically needed for web design) will be gone.

It seamless integrates with Adobe Illustrator

I can easily copy and paste graphics from Adobe Illustrator to Adobe XD. More so, the colors of the graphics are editable via Adobe XD.

You may use any of your desktop fonts

While Canva is free, uploading your custom font would require a Premium Paid Plan. With Adobe XD, you can use any font that’s installed on your website.

It is very easy to edit

Adobe XD is such a breeze to edit. Please download the free template below and watch the tutorial on how you can easily edit and customize the templates using Adobe XD.

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Download the Free

Template Kit

This free social media template kit by Squarestylist comes with the following:

1. Nine (9) Instagram Feed Templates

2. Six (6) Pinterest Templates

3. Three (3) Instagram Stories Templates

Watch this tutorial on how easily you can customize this template kit using Adobe XD

Hope this is helpful! Please let me know of your thoughts via the comment below. If you have requests for other resources, feel free to let me know as well.

PIN TO PINTEREST

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