Canva Tutorial: Creating Beautiful Designs From Scratch

Get Started: Canva

Tutorial

What is Canva?

Why use Canva?

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Easy to use. Just drag and drop

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Store and share designs with your team

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Millions of images, vectors, and illustrations

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Edit photos

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Millions of images, icons, shapes and layouts

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Customize texts from hundreds of fonts

Creating an Account

Search for Canva

Click the link for Canva

Choose among Facebook,Google orEmailto sign up

Sign-up using Facebook

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Click Log In

Sign-up using Gmail

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Add Gmailand click

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Add Passwordthen click Sign In

No google account?Click Create account

Sign-up usingEmail

Fill out the form

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Sign-up using Email

ClickSign up

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Confirm your Canva account in your inbox

Sign in using your Canvaaccount

TypeUsername/Email

& Password

Sign in using your Canvaaccount

ClickLog In

Know the basics

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Click Create a

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View your designs and

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Create folders to organize

designs

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Delete designs using

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See tutorials and be inspired

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Now start getting

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Choose a Layout

Watermarked Layouts are $1 each

But there are also free Layouts

Add Elements

Add Free PhotosDrag and drop the photo to

change the background

Add Free Photos

The photo is now the

background

Use Grids

Search for Images then Add

Drag & drop

Photos

Each Images can be edited

Customize

Add Frames then drag a photo

Change the image

Change colors & filters, or crop

Add Shapes and customize colors

Add Lines and customize colors & size

Add Illustrations and customize colors

Add Icons and customize colors

Add Charts and customize colors

Add I Canva and customize colors

Add Text

Add headings or choose from

designs below

Edit Text

Select the text to be edited

Edit Text

Select from

different Fonts

Edit Text

Select from

different Fonts sizes

Edit Text

Change font

colors

Edit Text

Use Boldor Italic to change

font styles

Edit Text

Change text

alignment

Edit Text

Change texts to UPPERCASE or add Lists

Edit Text

Customize character spacing & line height

Edit Text

Copy text & arrange forward or backward

Edit Text

Customize text

transparency

Zoom Button

Zoom in & Zoom out

button

Add a new Page

Click +Add a new page

Move page down

Copy pageDelete page

Pages

Edit/Add Background

Choose from the colors

and designs

Upload Images

Click Upload your own

image

Upload Images

Select image from file and

it will be uploaded

Edit Images

Filter the image to

your liking

Crop ImagesCrop the image the size you want then click the

check symbol

Flip Images

Flip images horizontally or

vertically

Save you design, make a copy or resize

Undo & Redo

Edit design title

Type the new title and click Done

Share your design through Facebook or Twitter

Download your design

JPG/PNG for web display


PDF for print

JPG/PNG

resolution of 96 dpi

(dots per inch)


PDF: standard


for viewing


PDF: for print



Let’s CREATE!a quick

Facebook post

Select Facebook post

Upload an image

Resize the image to fit the page size

Filter photo. Change the tint

Add text heading

Type a ‘Tree Pose’ & change font to Edo

Change character spacing to 90

Change font color to #fff952

Change font size to 80

Add subheading

Type ‘grows’ & change font to Special Elite

Change font color to #ff680

Copy Tree pose heading

Change text to “Confidence”

Change font color to 44d9e6

Set letter spacing to -60

Add a text template

Edit text, size, position & color

Add watermark & edit Transparency to 51

Filter image. Blur by +5

Add a link to icons/text/images

Click save

Download, share, or make public

Facebook post

Now, it’s your turn. Get

CREATIVE!

“Don’t be afraid to get creative and experiment with your marketing.”

- Mike Volpe

Thanks!

Ivy T.

Virtual Professionalwww.indieivy.com

Canva Tutorial: Creating Beautiful Designs From Scratch

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