The Best Online Poster Maker for Your Next Workshop Event

Whether you're hosting a candle-making class, leading a watercolor workshop, or teaching a DIY home decor series, your poster sets the tone for the event. With BeFunky’s Poster Maker, you can design professional-quality promotional posters with ease. You don’t need any prior design experience, and you don’t have to start from scratch! Our fully customizable workshop poster templates are the easiest way to get the word out while staying true to your brand’s unique aesthetic.

From choosing fonts and colors to uploading your own photos and branding elements, everything in our Poster Maker is editable. Plus, it’s integrated with our Photo Editor, so you can polish your images, remove backgrounds, and enhance portraits right in the same space.

Whether you’re promoting your event on Instagram, pinning it up at a local café, or emailing it to your subscribers, you can design one version and easily repurpose it across formats. It’s the fastest, most flexible way to create a creative workshop poster that actually stands out.

We’ll walk you through how to design a standout workshop poster using our tools and templates, while sharing plenty of inspiration along the way.

How Can a Poster Fit Into Your Marketing Strategy?

A well-designed poster does more than share your event’s “what, where, and when.” It helps people connect with your brand and get excited about what’s to come. That’s why using our workshop Poster Maker alongside your other marketing efforts can make a huge difference.

Here’s how posters can work with your existing marketing and promotional strategies:

• Social media teasers: Resize your poster into a story or feed post to generate interest.
• Email newsletters: Include the design in your announcement emails.
• Print-ready handouts: Turn your poster into a flyer to display around local shops, studios, or community boards.
• Event registration: Add a QR code or website link to lead people to sign up fast.

Posters are especially powerful for smaller or more creative events, where your visual style is part of your brand’s appeal. A beautifully designed poster reflects the vibe of your workshop – whether it’s cozy and handmade, modern and minimal, or playful and bright.

How to Make a Creative Workshop Poster With BeFunky

Ready to design your own workshop poster using one of our premade, professionally designed poster templates? Head to the Poster Maker, then select a workshop template to get started.

Step 1: Add Your Photo

The first thing you’ll need to do is to change the template’s existing photo (or photos) for one that represents what your workshop is all about. To do this, navigate to the Image Manager in the main menu on the left. From here, you can upload a file from your computer or click Search Stock Images to use a stock photo from our library.

Then, just drag and drop your new image onto the existing image to replace it.

Step 2: Customize the Text

Next, you’ll need to edit your poster template’s existing text to include your own workshop’s information. Double-click any text box you wish to change, and you can simply type what you want it to say. From the Text Properties panel which appears when you click on a text box, you can also adjust things such as the font, text size, text color, spacing, and more.

Want to add a new text box to your design? Just navigate to the Text tab.

Step 3: Add or Adjust Graphics

Want to change the colors of any graphics that appear on your workshop poster design? Just click the graphic or shape you wish to change, and a Graphic Properties panel will appear. From here, you can adjust the color overlay, tint, drop shadow, and more.

You can also add more graphics by clicking on Graphics in the main menu on the left. You can add some basic shapes to your poster design, or click Search Graphics to access our huge library of clip art, symbols, illustrations, and more. Once selected, drag and drop the new graphics onto your canvas and adjust accordingly.

Step 4: Change the Background Color

To change the background color of your workshop poster design and make it more in-line with your branding, navigate to Customize in the main menu. Then, select a new shade from the color swatches. Clicking the first swatch will open the Color Picker, from which you can choose any shade you had in mind.

Step 5: Save and Print Your Poster

Once you’ve finished designing your workshop poster, all that’s left to do is to save it so it’s ready to print. Click Save at the top of the screen, then select Computer. 

To maintain the highest quality for printing, we recommend saving your workshop poster as a PDF file in Print Quality.

You can then choose to print your poster at home or have it printed by a professional printing company. This is especially beneficial if you need to ensure the size, colors, paper quality, and paper finish is just-right. You can also share your workshop poster digitally, if you’d prefer. Simply upload the image file to your social media, website, or anywhere else you wish to promote it.

Before and After: A Promotional Poster That Pops

All it took was a few simple tweaks to completely change the design of this poster template. It’s amazing what swapping out the imagery, text, and colors can do!

More Ways to Elevate Your Workshop Poster Design

You can also utilize many of our other tools and features to transform your poster designs. Here are three more ideas to inspire your next project:

1. Create a Mixed Media Collage

If your workshop is all about creative chaos, like scrapbooking, mixed media, or journaling, try layering multiple cutout images over a patterned background. You can find textured stock images in our Stock Image Library, as well as fun clip art in our Graphics Library. To remove the background from any photo, simply use our Background Eraser tool.

2. Add Artsy Photo Effects

Your photo plays a huge role in setting the vibe of your workshop poster, so why not give it an artistic twist? After placing it into your poster layout, try adding one of our revolutionary Artsy effects. These painterly filters instantly transform your photo into a work of art, helping your poster feel more handmade and visually cohesive.

3. Perfect Your Portraits & Headshots

If your event poster includes a portrait, like a headshot of the instructor or host, be sure to apply the Portrait Enhancer to make them look their best. It subtly smooths skin, brightens eyes, and adds a polished look that’s still natural. It’s a game-changer for touching up portraits!

Design Your Workshop Poster Today!

No matter what kind of workshop you’re hosting, BeFunky’s online poster maker gives you everything you need to create a poster that looks professional and in-line with your brand. With easy-to-edit templates, built-in photo editing tools, and endless customization options, it’s never been simpler to promote your upcoming event.

Ready to see what all of the fuss is about? Try the Poster Maker for yourself today! 

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