CANVA

What is Canva?
• Canva is an easy to use graphic design and video editing tool that allows you
to design and publish anything using an intuitive drag-and-drop editor. Canva's
users can choose from thousands of design layouts for any project, including
presentations, social media videos, posters, flyers, invitations and more.
Supplement these templates with your own assets, or use Canva's included
library of free stock imagery, videos, animations, music and fonts.
• Canva is a versatile graphic design tool that runs in your browser and as an
app on Android and iOS: it lets you create brochures, flyers, posters, social media
graphics, invitations, calendars, videos, presentations, cards, logos, infographics,
labels, letterheads, resumes, menus and more. You can start off with a template
or a completely blank slate, and build your design up however you want.
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How to use Canva?
• Step 1: Select Size and Shape
• Head over to Canva.com. If it’s your first time, you’ll have to set up
an account.
• Click the ‘create a design’ button in the top right corner.
• You can pick from ‘custom dimensions’ or a range of pre-selected
sizes. Canva makes it easy to start your design by including
templates for the optimal sizes on many social media platforms.
• We’ll grab an Instagram post for this example.
• You can also select things like a Pinterest image, a Twitter post, a
Facebook post, or more.
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Step 2: Set your Background
• With the blank canvas in front of us, let’s choose a
background.
• You can pick a plain color or pattern. There are abstract
images and even photos to choose from.
• You could also select a photo and add this to the background.
This includes photos you upload.
• Textures like this gradient one are fun. We’ll use this one.
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Step 3: Add Your Text
• Go to ‘text’ on the left-hand menu and there are options to
choose a simple text box. Or some font combinations and
effects.
• Choose a font combination idea to start with. Type in the
quote you want to use.
• Select the one you want and then use the round dots in each
corner to make it bigger
• Little purple lines will appear to help you get it in the center.
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Step 4: Add Your Name or URL
• To add your URL or blog name to the graphic, select a
text box and move it to the bottom.
• You can change the size and also match up the fonts
with the ones used. Just select the font menu or the size
menu along the top.
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Step 5: Finish and Save
• Give your quote a name so you can spot the file on the
computer. It will default to the words on the screen or
sometimes ‘untitled’.
• Then use the ‘download’ button to download it. Select
your favorite format.
Advantages of using Canva
• Canva is a design platform that is free to use and open for everyone. It can be used
for creating compelling designs for social media, marketing campaigns, or projects. but
there are few features that is not free to access like the premium library of stock
photos, fonts, shapes, and templates in canva pro.
• In using Canva app, you don’t need any prior knowledge or skills as a graphic
designer.
• Canva has a free library of different backgrounds, templates, images, fonts, stickers to
ensure that we can get the best results. in just a few clicks, it can create an engaging
design with these tools. canva has endless possibilities in digital design possibility
covered from facebook and pinterest posts to e−book covers, infographics, and resume,
gifs, animations, videos it also has an option for you to create custom designs.
Advantages of using Canva
• Canva has endless possibilities in digital design possibility covered from
facebook and pinterest posts to e−book covers, infographics, and resume, gifs,
animations, videos it also has an option for you to create custom designs.
• The layout of Canva is easy to use and user−friendly interface.
• We can create a team on canva so that a group of people can have access to
the designs and make individual edits and monitor every member.
Disadvantages of using Canva
• Canva does not have local file storage. this means if the website is down you
can not access your online file edits.
• Overuse of designs. It might feel that the design isn’t that unique because a lot
of people have used the templates.
• No source file. Unlike photoshop, illustrator, or indesign, you cannot edit, share,
or export the design without a canva account. It cannot access your design as a
raw file to make advanced edits.
• Pay for some good features. There might be an image, font, or template in the
canva library that we will have to pay to use.
• The mobile app has less than half the features of the desktop version.
Prominent Features of Canva
• Here are some of the prominent features of Canva −
• Create several types of content − From compelling social media
posts to infographics and resumes, Canva can help you design
anything you need. You can also create your designs from scratch.
• Drag and drop feature − The drag and drop feature of Canva makes
it user−friendly. You can use templates and photos in your design in
just a few clicks.
Prominent Features of Canva
• Templates − Canva has a library of over 50,000 templates that you can choose,
edit, and customize as per your needs. Also, new templates are regularly added
to the existing library.
• Photo editing − You can do more than basic cropping and texturing photos in
Canva. With its beginner-friendly features, you can blur your photos, add texts,
create collages and photo grids that will produce an engrossing impression.
• Stocks images, icons, and fonts − Canva has a library of free stock photos,
icons, and fonts that you can use to create engaging graphic designs. You can
also upload your photos and use them in your design.