Add a gradient background

Available on the following Venngage subscription plans: Free, Premium, Business and Enterprise.

There are two ways to add a gradient background to your design: with Venngage's pre-generated gradients or with a gradient stock photo.

Add a pre-generated gradient background

Click "Background" in the left sidebar.

A close-up of the left sidebar in the Venngage Editor, with the Background heading highlighted in a dark red box.

Scroll down to the "Gradients" heading and click on any gradient to change the background of your design. There are dozens of preset gradients to choose from!

In the Venngage Editor, a design canvas with the heading 'Top Social Media Platforms for Marketing' appears. The user clicks on 'Backgrounds' in the left sidebar and opens the background menu. They scroll down the tiles of different background colors under the heading 'Gradient' and click the gradient tiles, changing the background of the design.

Find a stock gradient image using Photos search

Click Photos on the left menu.

A close-up of the left sidebar in the Venngage Editor, with the Photos heading highlighted in a dark red box.

Type “gradient” into the Photo Search bar. You can narrow your search by including more specific descriptors, like "purple gradient" or "rainbow gradient".

Click or drag your gradient image onto the page. Resize the image so that it fits your design canvas, by dragging the image handles at the corners and edges.

In the Venngage Editor, a design canvas with the heading 'Top Social Media Platforms for Marketing' appears. There is a photo of a rainbow-colored gradient overlaying the design canvas. The user selects the photo and expands the gradient photo, covering the entirety of the design canvas. The user then clicks the 'Move to Back' button in the top toolbar, which moves the gradient photo to the background of the design.

Use the Move to Back button in the top toolbar to set the photo as the background layer of the design.

From here you can also set the opacity of the image to make it appear lighter or more vibrant. Use the Opacity menu in the top toolbar (a drop-down menu with the image of an eye in it).

A close-up of the top toolbar in the Venngage Editor, with the Opacity tool highlighted by a red box. The menu appears as a drop-down menu with an eye icon that appears with a stroke through it.

Select the number you want to change the opacity of the image.

Replace a background image with a gradient

Select the background image. Clicking it once will select it and bring up the Replace tool in the top toolbar; double-clicking it will open the Replace modal automatically. Click "Replace" on the top toolbar if you selected the background image with one click.

From the Replace Menu modal, select the Photos tab.

Type “gradient” into the Photo Search bar. You can narrow your search by including more specific descriptors, like "purple gradient" or "rainbow gradient". Click on the photo you want to use to replace the one in your design.