How to customize your QR code
When generating a QR code it is important that it appeals to your audience, and that it looks professional. Nothing works better than creating your own, customized QR code. This does not have to be complicated. If you’re searching for a free QR code that meets your demands perfectly, you’ve come to the right place.
In short
- For static QR codes, you can customize the color, design, logo, frame, and several other options.
- For dynamic QR codes, it works the same way, and you can additionally customize the link.
- With an account, you can save the formatting of your static and dynamic QR codes, so you don’t have to redo it every time.
Colors
The color and background color can be edited by entering a HTML code, or by clicking on the code, which makes a color palette appear.
When customizing, you also have the option to have color gradient. You can choose 2 colors for this that can overlap. You can also use radial to have gradient from the center to the edges.
Next to that, using a transparent background can make copying your QR code easier. Adding your own background is also one of the options, which can be customized further with ‘masked’ which makes your background less obtrusive.
Colour settings
QR code with transparant background, customized colors, and radial gradient.
Design
The option ‘design’ can be used to change the QR code pattern.
The pattern can be easily changed by clicking on another pattern. The in and outside edges can be changed in the same way. Also, the edges can be given a customized color, which works like described earlier.
QR code with edited in- and outside edges, with a customized pattern.
Here the option which allows you to decide your own colors for the edges of the QR code is active.
Logo
You can upload a logo by clicking on the black upload your logo button, and choosing a file from your library.
Then, the background of your logo can be removed with the corresponding button. The size of your logo can also be edited with the slider from 30 to max. 100%.
QR code with a logo in it.
Frame
A frame can make your QR code more aesthetically pleasing and it allows you to put text above or below your QR code. You can choose from 8 different frames.
Optionally, you can put text inside the frame. The bar on the right can be used to change the letter type. And with the slider the size of the text can be changed from 50-100%. You can also select your own frame color, which works like described earlier.
QR code with customized frame and text.
Options
In this menu the size (pixels) can be chosen from 300-800 using the button size in pixels. A QR code with more pixels will be depicted crisper, but it costs more storage space.
Under options you can also change the quality of the QR code. In this blog (link) you can read what this means precisely. In short, the quality impacts how well the QR code can be scanned in less optimal circumstances.
Low quality QR code
High quality QR code
Dynamic QR code
Dynamic QR codes (link) offer more opportunities for customization. You can generate dynamic QR codes here (link).
Link dynamic QR code
With dynamic QR codes you can customize the link where the QR code leads to. First off, you can choose from qrcode.ly, qrlink.me, scanqr.nl or qr.do.
You can edit the link further by typing in the bar next to customize. You can use numbers, letters and dashes. www. cannot be used. If you customize the link you could for example add your company name to the link of the QR code.
The scan URL options on the website.
The customized link is visible on the screen just after the QR code is scanned.
FAQ
No, this isn’t required. At QRcode.me you can choose all colors you like. The color combination should have enough contrast, as with too little the QR-code can’t be scanned. Want to know more about customization? Click here.
Yes this is possible! At QRcode.me you can put a logo in the centre of the QR code with the button ‘logo’. Now you can upload an image from your library, and then you can optionally edit the size. This is obviously very handy as branding. If you want to customize your QR code further you can read more here.
At QRcode.me you can choose to edit the colors, block patterns, the edges, insert your own logo, add a customized frame, adapt the quality, choose a size, and more. With dynamic QR codes you can even enter a customized link which everyone will see when scanning your QR code. There are a lot of options to make your QR code perfect! Looking for more explanation about all our options and how to use them? Click here.
Yes this is possible! If you’d like to edit the lay-out you can log into your account and then go to the QR code you’d like to edit. You can click on edit style, and if you’ve changed everything you wanted to change, you can click on finish and save.