How To Design Stunning Graphics Using Canva

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Welcome to Canva for Newbies!

What is Canva?

Canva let’s you create stunning

images, designs and

documents like this

It has a drag and drop feature to create designs easily

It literally has a million images to choose from, all customisable

There’s also a ton of layouts

to choose from

Quick and easy photo editing

feature (no need for

Photoshop)

Autosave feature (no need to manually save your design every time)

You can use Canva to create the following:

and a lot more

Open your favourite web browser

Search for Canva

Click canva.com link

This is Canva’s home page

You can sign up with Facebook, Google or Email

Click Sign up with Email

Enter your Name, Email

and Password

Click Sign up

You have finished signing up

Choose Work

Let’s choose Social Media

Graphic

Select Social Media Graphic

(Square)

Click Got it!

Click Done!

Click Got it!

Click I’m done!

Let’s give our design a name first

Click Social Media - Untitled Design

Give your design a name and then click Done

Click on the Canva logo

This is your Canva dashboard

Go back to your design

This is your Canva design workspace

Let’s explore the design panel

Search tab - you can basically

search for anything

Let’s try “beach”

Here are the results

Click this beach image

It will appear here

That’s how to use Canva’s

Search feature

Elements tab

Free Photos will give you as it

says, free photos, images

and more

Click on a photo and it will appear on your design

Grids hold images which allows more

control - resizing and manipulating

Click on a grid and it will appear on your design

Click on the upper grid to edit it

This is the edit toolbar

Click this to change the grid color

Choose a color from the default colors to change the background

or click the plus (+) icon to enter a hex color

To delete the upper grid, click the trash icon

Frames are like Grids but have multiple shapes

and sizes

Use the scroll bar to scroll

down to select a frame

Click on a frame and it will appear on your design

Drag the corners to resize the frame

Drag and twist arrow to rotate if needed

Drag and or upload an image to your frame

Go to the Search bar to add an image

Let’s search for a beach image

Drag the image inside the frame to auto resize and fit

Upload an image - click the Uploads tab

Choose an image from your computer

Wait for the upload to finish

Image has been uploaded

Drag the image inside the frame to auto resize and fit

Let’s arrange the image inside the frame. Double click the frame.

Using your cursor, drag the image going down

Click the check mark once done positioning the image

That looks better

Shapes add texture, depth

and organisation to

your design

Click on a shape and it will appear on your design

Drag corners to resize

Change the color here

Samples of shapes with different colours

Lines also add texture, depth

and organisation to

your design

Samples of lines with different colours

Illustrations are drawings used as alternatives

to images

Sample of an illustration

Change the colors here and drag corners to resize

Something like this

Icons are also used as

alternative to images

Sample of an icon

Charts are used to present data visually (graph, table, diagram,

Samples of charts

Now let’s use a shape to demonstrate Canva’s editing

features

Choose a shape

Drag corners to resize it

Drag and twist curved arrow to rotate

Click Copy the shape

Click here to change the color of the duplicate shape

Select color of duplicate shape

Drag duplicate shape to edit it more

Select original shape and click trash icon to delete it

Click this to add a website link to the shape

Enter the link here and click Apply

Click this to edit the transparency of the shape

Drag the slider to adjust the transparency

Use transparency when adding text to shapes to make it readable

Text tab - add readable and beautifully

designed text to your design

Choose a text template

Editing toolbar for the text

Select text and edit what it says as desired

Change font style here - select from dropdown

Change font size here - select from dropdown

Change font color here

Make text bold or italic, if your font allows it

Change the text alignment here

Make it all caps here

Make it as a list here

Use other editing tools as desired

Background tab - used to provide a

backdrop for your overall

design

You can choose a solid background color

Click the plus (+) icon to enter a hex color

Background editing tools

$1 background from Canva

Background from Canva’s free photos

How to edit photos

Choose a free photo from Canva

Drag corners to the end of the sides like this

Toolbar for photo editing

Click Filter to create a special photo effect

Filters are used to make beautiful adjustments to the photo

Click right arrow for more filter effects

Auto adjustments using filter effects

Click Advanced Options for more filter properties

Let’s use the Normal effect

Properties of the Normal effect are all set to zero (0)

Let’s use the Cali effect

Properties of the Cali effect are adjusted automatically

Comparing the Normal (left) and Cali (right) effects

Manual adjustments using filter properties

Start with the Normal effect first

Drag the slider of each property towards the left or right

Adjust Contrast to 55

Adjust Saturation to -28

Adjust tint to -73

Adjust Blur to -14

Adjust X-Process to 27

Noticed that the filter code keeps changing after adjusting each property?

Take note of the filter code because you can use it

To get the same filter effect on your other designs

Finishing touches - add some shapes and text

Final output

Share your design

Share it on Facebook, Twitter or Email it

Let’s share it on Facebook

Click Share it now

Say something about it and then click Post to Facebook

You can also download your design

Download your design with different formats (JPG, PNG, PDF)

Click Options

If you have more than one page, choose pages to download

Make your design public

That’s it!

Go ahead and start making wonderful designs using Canva

Sign up and play around with Canva

Soon, you’ll be making stunning graphic designs and documents

Thank you for visiting this tutorial!

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