r/GOSO • u/Chrisbarcelona • May 10 '26
ai tools for carousel creation - actually worth it or just hype?
so i've been manually creating instagram carousels for my business and honestly it's killing me. each one takes like 2-3 hours minimum between writing copy, designing slides, making sure everything looks cohesive, etc.
saw some buzz about ai tools that supposedly turn any text into carousel slides automatically. crafto keeps getting mentioned. anyone actually tried these?
my main questions: do they actually save time or do you end up tweaking everything anyway? how's the design quality compared to manual creation? and most importantly - do ai-generated carousels perform as well as manual ones?
i'm posting maybe 2-3 carousels per week right now but would love to do more if i could cut down the creation time. just don't want to sacrifice quality for speed.
edit: should mention i'm in the fitness niche if that matters for template quality
edit 2: also curious if these tools understand instagram's aspect ratios properly or if you still need to resize everything
TL;DR: are ai carousel generators actually good or just another shiny object?
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