A scanner reads the link inside the code, not its look, so printed copies keep working after you change the design. One change updates every code in the flow at once.
User Permissions | Admins, and Editors with the Flow Editor additional role. |
Note: Available with Flowcode 2. If you don't see it, contact your Flowcode CSM.
Change colors, shape, or logo
In the Flow Editor, click QR codes in the entrypoints box on the canvas.
In the Entry panel, click Edit QR code design.
In the QR code design window, change what you need:
Logo/Image: Upload your logo or an image for the center.
Color model: RGB for screens, CMYK for print.
Colors, shapes, and patterns:
Border color and Data pattern color
Shape (circle or square)
Data pattern
Frame:
Border, Background, and CTA text colors
The frame text font
Top CTA text and Bottom CTA text
Flowcode branding: turn Show Flowcode eye branding on or off.
Click Done.
The design applies to every QR code in the flow.
Go back to the brand kit design
Edits to a brand kit reach every flow on that kit automatically. Revert to brand kit is for a flow whose design you changed away from the kit. See Brand kit - Set up a brand kit so every new code matches your brand.
In the QR code design window, click Revert to brand kit.
Click Done.
Note: Revert to brand kit is greyed out if the flow has no brand kit or the code already matches it. Load template replaces the design with a code template from your brand kits.
Download the new design
Publish first, then:
Click QR codes in the entrypoints box.
Click the code's name.
Click Download.
Select a file type.
Click Download.
RGB codes: PNG, SVG, JPG, PDF, EPS, or TIFF.
CMYK codes: JPG, PDF, EPS, or TIFF. PNG and SVG aren't offered.
For a transparent background, select PNG or SVG, then select Use a transparent background. Leave it off for a white background. JPG, PDF, EPS, and TIFF are never transparent.
Note: EPS files are rasterized at about 100 DPI, so they aren't true vector files.
Reuse a design for a new code
Copy the flow. In Flows, click ⋮ on the flow's row and select Make a copy, then click Make a copy. The copy keeps the code design. It doesn't copy QR codes or short URLs unless you select Include entry points, so add a new code in the copy. See Templates - Reuse a flow, form, or page as a template.
Use the same brand kit. When you create the flow, select the brand kit your other codes use.
Add a code to the same flow. It shares the flow's design and destination.
What happens to printed codes
Printed codes keep scanning to the same place, because a scanner reads the link inside the code, not its colors. A new shape, pattern, or logo redraws the dots, so a new download can look different from your old print but holds the same link and scans the same.
Publish and test
After you click Publish, the new design applies to every QR code in the flow, and you can download the new file.
Best practices
Reprint only when you want the new look. Codes already in print keep scanning to the same place.
For a different look on one code, put it in its own flow, since every code in a flow shares one design.
Troubleshooting
"I chose No brand kit but my code still has a design."
With no brand kit, codes use the default design: black, round, with Flowcode eye branding. Also check the Brand kit field when you create a flow. It starts with your workspace's default brand kit, so select No brand kit on purpose.
"I see 'This is an artist-designed Flowcode…' and can't change the colors."
The design was made by Flowcode's designers and is locked. Contact your Customer Success representative, or click Design a code from scratch to replace it.
"PNG isn't in the file list."
The code uses CMYK. Switch Color model to RGB to get PNG or SVG, or use PDF or EPS for print.
"My logo won't upload."
RGB codes take JPG, PNG, SVG, GIF, or PDF. CMYK codes take JPG, PDF, or EPS, and the logo must use CMYK colors. PDF and EPS files must be under 5 MB.
"My code downloads with a transparent background even with the box unchecked."
Designs from an artist template can force a transparent background, even when the preview shows white. Contact Flowcode Support at [email protected] with the flow name.
FAQs
Will changing the design or brand kit break my printed codes?
No. Changing the design, or switching a flow's brand kit and back, never makes a new code or voids an old one. Only archiving the code or the flow stops it.
If I edit a brand kit, do my existing codes change?
Yes, automatically and immediately, for every flow on that kit. A flow customized away from the kit keeps its own design until you click Revert to brand kit. Page fonts added to a kit apply only to new hubs.
Can each code in one flow have its own design?
No. All QR codes in a flow share one design. Use separate flows for different looks.