Creating an animated swipe-bounce effect for your carousel

The swipe effect is a type of animation that can be inserted directly onto the cover / first slide of a carousel to indicate to the viewer that the post is a carousel and can therefore be scrolled. The effect contains a little bounce, tempting you to scroll through the post.

Take a look at this example to get an idea of what I mean – https://www.instagram.com/p/C1-O2eSvgU4/ – and then follow along with this recipe to create this effect.

Getting ready

Make sure you have created a carousel. However, keep in mind that the swipe effect only works with a slide carousel (not a seamless one).

How to do it...

To create our animated swipe effect for your carousel, do the following:

1. With your slide carousel open, go to the top menu, click Download, and download the second page of the carousel as a .jpg or .png file.
2. Once downloaded, import it into the Uploads section of Canva.
3. Go back to the...