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Making ads, reels, logos, posters and thumbnails with AI
Half of selling online is showing: the page's ad, the first three seconds of a reel, the shop's logo, the offer poster, the video thumbnail. For these you used to need either a designer or hours of your own time, and the result was still a guess.
The posts on this page take those jobs one by one: which kinds of ads people actually look at on Facebook and why, how a reel ad is made from one product photo, six kinds of hook, the rules for making a logo and a poster yourself, the thumbnail people click on, and the limits of making images with AI.
The ad post is the hub, because everything else ends up being used there. One thing will keep coming up in the design posts: fewer things, bigger, one colour.
Every post on this subject
- The Facebook ads that actually work (hub): Why a product photo on a white background no longer stops the scroll, and exactly what a 15-second video needs to hold.
- How to remove a photo background: free, on your phone: Remove a product photo's background in one tap in chat, or give it a new scene. Which one when, rules for taking the photo, and where to stop.
- How to write an invitation (daoat) card: wedding, boubhat, aqiqah and milad: Which five details cause a stream of phone calls when missing, and the three things to check before sending to the printer so the cards are not wasted.
- Making a video from photos: a reel ad from a product photo: Script, image, voice, video. Four steps, and at each one you can stop or change things.
- The first three seconds of a reel: six kinds of hook and eight formats: The viewer decides in three seconds. Which hook suits whom, and which format to build the whole ad in.
- Design a logo from your shop's name, without a designer: Tell it the name and business in your own words, look at a few looks and choose. 20 pictures a day are free.
- How to make a thumbnail: size, text and colour: One face, three words, and text that can be read on a phone. The rest is testing and looking.
- Making posters and banners yourself: size, and what to write: What the poster is for, what it says, where it goes. Say these three and the image is useful.
- Making images with AI: describe it in plain words, get images for free: How AI images are made, the rules for writing a good description, and where you still cannot trust it.
- Making videos with AI: how, and how much you can do for free: Scripts, thumbnails, voice, subtitles and the real limits of AI video, plus a straight answer to the question of telling your viewers.
Questions and answers
Can you really get a good logo or poster without a designer?
For a small shop, yes, if you follow the rules: one colour, one font, few words and big letters. Ask the AI in plain words to make a few versions and keep the simplest one. Big brand work is different, and there a designer is the right choice.
What should be in the first three seconds of a reel ad?
One reason for people to stop scrolling: a question, a scene of a problem, an unbelievable price, or someone talking with the product in hand. If you start with the logo or the shop's name, most people leave.
Can images made with AI be used in ads?
Yes, but it is better if the product photo is one you took yourself. You can have the AI make the background, a poster or a scene. AI often gets human faces and hands wrong, so zoom in and check before you post.