Where can I learn about automating image creation?
While there is a wealth of information online about designing good pins, or pins for high CTR. There is limited information about creating large batches of social images on mass that can still be unique, especially for Pinterest.
Here it pays to think outside the box and away from the herd.
Most importantly do some testing or use the information on your best pins you already have to hand.
If you can establish the following before Automation:
- Best Pin sizing to use (i.e 600 x 900 or 2:3 ratio)
- Best Pin designs or templates that work (i.e borders, boxes, graphics)
- Best Pin colors that get clicks (i.e reds, greens, natural colors)
- Best Pin Call To Action locations or designs/style (i.e top of the image, bottom of the image, middle of the image or overlayed)
- Best Pin Image Content (i.e a Motorcycle with Mountain Backdrop)
Now you hold a wealth of information to feed into a tool or automated approach.
Next stop, source some images relating to your findings i.e The "Motorcycle with Mountain Backdrop" example.
(You can get as creative as you like here in terms or commandeering others images, or opt for Royalty Free Images or Free use imagery)
Please note, however, your image sources play a big factor in the longevity of any account you choose to use them under.
It will pay to make images that are not yours inherently yours by a matter of a redesign or making them unrecognizable to the original. i.e you take a commandeered image and rotate this, change colors or its look at feel within the automation.
Lastly, you need tools that can allow automation.
This needs to be a design tool that allows you to freely design templates using the above criteria, save as templates and load in your sourced images in a repeated process to generate a new unique image.
Here is where you will need to consider the options available to you (Trial and Error).
There are plenty of free image creation tools online that allow you to use free macros/chrome extensions or personally developed bots to program and perform repeated actions into a work area, add templates, add modifications and save images locally on your machine or chosen locations.
Here is where it falls on you, there is no simple answer here when it comes to tools or approach you take.
You will need to research the tools and options available to you that will best suit your needs or perhaps even your niche.
My advice, compile a list of possible "free online graphics tools" then test them for the functionality needed by creating templates or draft pins before looking to automate that free image tool specifically.
