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Make an Instagram carousel with AI

To make an Instagram carousel with AI in Blackbox (blackbox.plus), start from an idea: clicking Make this opens its brief. On the Brief tab, read the Social hook — the first line people see — and the Outcome, pick or type a better hook, and click Approve brief. On the Create tab, switch on Carousel under Formats (Post is on by default; keep it for a single-image post as well) and pick 5, 6, 7 or 8 slides. Choose a Shape, such as Problem and solution or Before and after, and what it Ends on: one of your brand's asks, or Just the website. Click Create carousel. Writing takes about 30 seconds, then the slides are drawn in your brand's colours and fonts, using only facts from its fact sheet. Click Review and edit to open it with its three steps: Caption, Check and Post. There is a daily limit on how many you can create.

You'll need
Time
About 5 minutes 6 steps Updated
You'll end with
A 5–8 slide carousel in your brand’s look, with a caption, ready to check
Do it in Blackbox Open Brands, after you sign in
Example
A carousel written from an approved brief, in the brand’s colours

How to make an Instagram carousel with AI in Blackbox

  1. Step 1:Check the hook

    On the Brief tab, read the Social hook and the Outcome. Pick a better hook from the list under it, or type your own.

    You'll see: The hook you want in Social hook, saved when you click away.

  2. Step 2:Approve the brief

    Click Approve brief.

    You'll see: The Create tab, with Formats, Slides and Shape.

  3. Step 3:Choose Carousel and the slide count

    Under Formats, switch on Carousel, then pick 5, 6, 7 or 8 under Slides.

    You'll see: The button reads Create carousel + post while Post is still on.

  4. Step 4:Choose the shape and the ending

    Pick a Shape, like Problem and solution, and what it Ends on — one of your asks, or Just the website.

    You'll see: Your shape and ending picked, with the create button below.

  5. Step 5:Create it

    Click Create carousel (it reads Create carousel + post while Post is also ticked).

    You'll see: The slides being written, then drawn in your colours — about 30 seconds.

  6. Step 6:Open it

    Under the preview, click Review and edit next to Carousel.

    You'll see: The post, with Caption, Check and Post beside the slides.

Good to know

  • Post is on by default. Leave it on to get a single-image post as well, or switch it off.
  • Approve brief needs a social hook and an outcome. You can still edit the brief afterwards.
  • Studio writes 5 to 8 slides. A carousel in Blackbox holds 2 to 10 — Instagram allows 20, but 10 is the most a Meta ad can run — and you can add or remove slides in the editor within that.
  • There is a daily limit on how many you can create; the count shows under the Create button.
  • Rewrite brief replaces every field with a fresh draft, including anything you edited. It asks before it does.
  • If the brand has pictures turned on, pick a picture style too. Without them, slides are words on your brand colours.

Official docs

If something doesn't work

I want to change the words on a slide

Click Edit slide on the post. Every slide, the caption and the alt text can change — see Edit slides, captions and alt text.

A slide says something about my business that is wrong

Slides use only your brand’s fact sheet and the page or idea they came from. Fix the fact sheet on the brand page, then fix that slide in the editor.

I only want a single-image post

Under Formats, keep Post on and switch Carousel off, then click Create post.

My slides are just words, with no pictures

The brand has pictures turned off. Turn them on from the brand page under Pictures, or from the link on the Create tab, and each slide gets a picture behind the words.

I want to use my own photos instead

Upload them: up to 10 pictures become a carousel in the order you set. Pick Photos into a carousel, free, to put them in your brand’s fonts and colours. See Upload your own photos or video and post them.

Stuck at any step? Send us a message and we'll do it with you on a call. All of Level 2: Make your first post