Make Instagram carousels with Claude: upload product photos, paste one prompt, download each slide as PNG

013 steps

1. Open claude.ai (the free plan works too) and upload your product photos. Upload 3 to 5 at once so it has choices.
2. Paste the all-purpose prompt below and fill in your brand, topic, fonts and colours. Claude builds a web page you can preview in the Artifact panel on the right.
3. If you don't like something, ask for a change: "Make the headline bigger", "Make the price bigger", "Use a different photo on slide 3". Change one thing at a time, and it won't mess up the other slides.

02All-purpose prompt

Use HTML + CSS to make me an Instagram carousel, each slide 1080×1350.
Brand: [name + industry, e.g. coffee shop]
Topic: [e.g. new autumn menu / hydration how-to]
Photos: use the photos I uploaded
Fonts + colours: [your brand]
Structure: slide 1 is the cover and the hook, each middle slide covers one point, the last slide reminds people to save it or gives an offer.
Add a button that downloads each slide as a PNG.

A filled-in example:

Use HTML + CSS to make me an Instagram carousel, each slide 1080×1350.
Brand: Hill Coffee (山丘咖啡), a neighbourhood coffee shop
Topic: 3 new autumn drinks (hojicha latte, brown sugar cinnamon, chestnut cream)
Photos: use the 3 photos I uploaded, one per drink
Fonts + colours: headlines Noto Serif TC, body Noto Sans TC; background #F4E9D8, main colour #C57B3A, text #4A2C1A
Structure: slide 1 is the cover hook ("Three cups of autumn"), slides 2 to 4 each show one drink (name, one line on taste, price), slide 5 is a summary, slide 6 reminds people to save it + "10% off single cups this week".
Add a button that downloads each slide as a PNG.

03Why the carousel is structured this way

1. Slide 1 is the hook: one line that makes people swipe. Don't use your logo and brand name as the cover.
2. Each middle slide covers one point only: one headline, one line of explanation, one image. If there is too much, add a slide.
3. The last slide needs an action: "Save this post", "Comment for a discount code". Give readers one thing to do.
4. 6 to 8 slides is the sweet spot. Too short and there is no swipe, too long and people drop off in the middle.

04Download and upload

1. Press the download button on each slide. It saves as a 1080×1350 PNG.
2. Name the files in order (01, 02, 03) so they don't get mixed up when you upload to Instagram.
3. An Instagram carousel holds up to 20 slides, and the ratio must match. Use 4:5 for all of them.
4. Check it once on your phone before posting, to make sure the text is big enough on a phone.

05Watch out

1. When the Artifact is done, you can press "Publish" to share a link. To edit it later, go back to the same chat.
2. You can only use photos commercially if they are yours. For AI-generated photos, check the tool's terms of use.
3. After each edit, download all the slides again, or one of them will be an old version.