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- Open the catalogue, pick an occasion in the list, and use the Price filter or the search box to narrow the designs. Each tile shows the whole first page; Preview plays the design with its envelope and effects, and Use this design starts your invitation. 2 min read
- Use this design opens a pop-up with two ways to build the invitation. AI Build writes it from a sentence you type or say, asking only for what is missing. Build from scratch opens the step-by-step form with a live preview beside it. 2 min read
- The Invitation studio is a phone-sized canvas for changing the look of a Signature invitation: the envelope intro, the background effect, the music, and the pages and blocks. It is optional; words and details are changed under Update invitation details. 1 min read
- Every word is yours to change: open the invitation, choose Update invitation details, and edit any line. The typefaces and colours belong to the design, so to change them, change the design or ask Design Genie for your own. 1 min read
- Every photo frame and gallery of the design is listed on the Photos step, page by page, when you create the invitation and under Update invitation details. Upload a photo for each frame you want; a frame left empty is left out, so guests never see a gap. 1 min read
- Type them as they should read. A line that runs longer than the design's sample pushes the lines under it down and the page grows to fit, so long names, venues and addresses never overlap other text. 1 min read
- Choose Background music on the Review & create step, or later under Update invitation details or in the studio's Music panel. Pick a library track, upload your own MP3 or M4A, or paste a YouTube link. Music starts once the envelope opens, and guests can mute it. 1 min read
- The envelope intro is the first thing a guest sees: a wax seal, a petal burst, a gatefold, a painted curtain or the design's own themed opening. Each design includes one. In the studio's Envelope panel you can pick another, customise it, or switch it off. 1 min read
- A background effect is a gentle layer of petals, hearts, leaves, snow, gold dust, confetti or similar that falls over every page. Each design comes with one. In the studio's Effects panel you can pick another, set its density and colour, or turn it off. 1 min read
- Every published premium Signature design offers its opening as a themed intro and its falling art as a themed effect to hosts of that occasion. They come first in the pickers, cost nothing on a premium design and are paid once on a free one unless your plan includes them. 1 min read
- Open the invitation from your dashboard and choose Preview in the Overview header. It shows your current draft exactly as guests will get it, on Desktop or Phone, with Play again for the opening. A reply sent from the preview is only rehearsed and saves nothing. 1 min read
- Yes. Open the invitation from your dashboard and choose Change design under the phone. Pick any design of the same event type and kind; your words, photos, functions, places to stay, registry and music carry over, and guests and replies stay. A paid premium design cannot be changed. 1 min read
- A Simple starter is the plain, free design at the end of every occasion in the catalogue: a cover, when and where with a countdown, the occasion's practical details, the RSVP, the album and sharing. There is no blank canvas for hosts; every invitation starts from a design. 1 min read
- Text in a design is bound to details such as the groom's name, the venue or the dress code. The create form asks only for the details your design prints: required ones first, because the design's sample would print otherwise, then optional lines that simply leave the invitation when blank. 1 min read
- A blank line leaves the invitation, a page of optional details leaves when none of its lines is filled, and photo, Where to stay and Gift registry pages stay hidden until they have content. Pages such as Good to know start switched off; switch them on under Update invitation details. 1 min read
- Each catalogue design has a page of its own: the design playing, its price, what is inside, neighbouring designs and Use this design. Collections are families of designs made together, such as the Signature collection, the Atelier wedding collection, the Homes housewarming designs and the card library. 2 min read
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