Create your first product banner

In this guide you will build a simple product banner from scratch using PixelFiddler’s template editor. By the end, you will have a finished 800x800 product card with a product photo, a title, and a price — ready to use on your store or social media.

The whole process takes about five minutes. No design software, no Photoshop, no code.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you have at least one product photo in your media library.

Upload your first product photo

Step 1 — Open the template editor

In the left sidebar, click Templates. This opens the template library where all your designs are stored.

Click Create template in the upper-right corner.

Step 2 — Name your template

Give your template a name. For this walkthrough, type sale-banner.

Naming rules

Template names must use only lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens (kebab-case). For example, sale-banner, product-card-v2, or summer-promo are all valid. Spaces, uppercase letters, and special characters are not allowed.

Step 3 — Pick a canvas preset

The canvas is the background of your design — it sets the overall size and shape of the final image.

Click the Canvas preset dropdown and select Product Card (800x800). This gives you a square canvas that works well for most marketplaces and social platforms.

Tip

If you need a specific size later, you can also choose Instagram Post (1080x1080), Amazon Main Image, or set a custom width and height. For your first banner, 800x800 is a great starting point.

Step 4 — Set a background color

With the canvas selected, look at the Properties panel on the right side of the editor. Find the Background color field and set it to white (ffffff). A white background keeps the focus on your product and looks clean on any platform.

You now have a blank 800x800 white canvas ready for your first layers.

Step 5 — Add your product image

Time to bring in your product photo. You can add an image layer in two ways:

• Press I on your keyboard, or
• Click the image icon in the toolbar at the top of the canvas

A media browser will open showing your uploaded photos. Select the product photo you want to feature and click Add.

Your image appears as a new layer on the canvas. Use the handles around the image to resize it, and drag it to position it where you want — center it on the canvas with some breathing room at the top and bottom for text.

Tip

Hold Shift while dragging a corner handle to keep the image proportions locked. This prevents your product photo from looking stretched or squished.

Step 6 — Add a product name

Now add a text layer for your product title. You can do this in two ways:

• Press T on your keyboard, or
• Click the text icon in the toolbar

A text layer appears on the canvas. Type your product name — for example, Summer Collection.

With the text layer selected, use the Properties panel on the right to style it:

• Font — pick a clean, readable font that matches your brand
• Size — try 36px as a starting point and adjust to taste
• Color — set it to a dark color like black (000000) or your brand color

Drag the text layer above or below your product image. For a classic product card layout, position the product name above the image near the top of the canvas.

Step 7 — Add a price

Add a second text layer for the price using the same method — press T or click the text icon.

Type your price, for example $49.99.

Style it in the Properties panel:

• Font — use the same font as your product name for consistency
• Size — make it slightly larger or bolder than the product name to draw attention (try 42px with bold weight)
• Color — consider using a brand accent color or a bold red for sale prices

Position the price below the product image, toward the bottom of the canvas.

Step 8 — Review your layout

Take a moment to check the overall layout. The editor has three panels to help you fine-tune your design:

• Layers panel (left) — shows all your layers stacked in order. Drag layers up or down to change which elements appear in front
• Canvas (center) — your live preview where you can drag and resize layers visually
• Properties panel (right) — detailed controls for the currently selected layer, including exact position coordinates, size values, opacity, and more

Tip

If a layer is hard to click on the canvas, select it from the Layers panel on the left instead. This is especially helpful when layers overlap.

Tweak positions, font sizes, and colors until the banner looks the way you want. There is no right or wrong here — you are building something that represents your brand.

Step 9 — Save the template

When you are happy with the design, click Save in the top toolbar. Your template is now stored in your template library and ready to use.

You can come back and edit it anytime by clicking on the template name in the Templates section.

Step 10 — Generate your product banner

Now for the rewarding part — turning your template into a finished image.

1. Go to Media Management in the sidebar
2. Click the From template button in the header
3. Select the template you just created
4. Fill in any variable values (if you used dynamic variables)
5. Choose the output location and filename
6. Click Generate

PixelFiddler composites all your layers together and produces a polished product banner. After a moment, the generated image appears in your media library, ready to download or use wherever you need it.

Congratulations — you just created your first product banner without opening any design software. The template you built is saved and reusable, so you can generate more banners anytime from the From template button in your Media Library.

Note

Want to create banners for your entire product catalog without repeating this process for each item? That is where dynamic variables come in. You can turn your product name, price, and photo into variables, then swap them out automatically for every product. The next steps below will show you how.

Next steps

Now that you know the basics of the template editor, explore these topics to get even more out of your designs:

Explore all layer types Learn about shapes, QR codes, SVG icons, AI-generated images, and other layer types you can add to your templates.

Make templates reusable with dynamic variables Turn text and images into swappable variables so one template can generate hundreds of unique product images.

Platform-specific canvas sizes Find the exact image dimensions required by Amazon, Shopify, Instagram, eBay, and other platforms.

Create marketplace-ready images end to end The full workflow from product photo to polished, platform-compliant listing images.