HOW TO USE THE QUICKEST WAY TO CREATE BEAUTIFUL DESIGN.
HOW TO USE
THE QUICKEST WAY TO
CREATE BEAUTIFUL
DESIGN.
Type “canva” tosearch then enter.
Click http://www.canva.com
This is Canva homepage
First, signup in threeup in threedifferent
ways.
Sign upusing yourFacebookaccount.
Sign upusing your
Gmailaccount.
Or sign upwith your
EmailEmailaccount.
To sign up viaTo sign up viaEmail account,just fill in theinformation.
Type yourEmail here.
Retype yourEmail here.
Give aPassword
here.Password
here.
Click“Sign up”.“Sign up”.
If you sign up with yourEmail account, next time
use this are to log-in
Now this your Canva dashboard
Let’s say wewant tocreate acreate a
simple design
Click “Create a design” and seetemplates available.
The “Popular design types”templates.
Templates for “Social MediaPosts”.
Templates for “Documents” use.
Templates for” Blogging andeBooks”.
Templates for “MarketingMaterials”.
This is for “Social Media & EmailHeaders”.
Templates for “Events”.
Templates for different “Ads”.
Click “Use customdimensions” for other sizes.
Now let’sselect aselect a
template.
Let’s choose Facebook Cover.
A new tab will be open, this isyour dashboard.
We have Menus on top for file.
Left menus are for differentcategories needed on your design.
This area displays available datayou can use for your design.
For example, choosing LAYOUTSdisplays shows different options.
For ELEMENTS, we have ninemore sub menus to choose from
Choosingeach willdisplaydisplay
hundredsof options
Free Photosfor free
photos youphotos youcan use in
your design.
Gridsdividedivideyour
canvas.
Frames arefor images
you want toyou want tobe placed in
frames.
Shapesdisplays
shapes youcan resize andcan resize and
change itscolor if you
like.
Lines isanother itemanother itemyou can add
to yourdesign.
Illustrationsare images
you can alsoyou can alsoadd as
needed inyour design.
We also haveIcons, as the
word denotesword denotesare available
icons that youmight need inyour design.
Charts arealso madealso madeready for
designs thatrequire them.
Lastly, I Canvais for canvaready madeready made
logos for you touse when you
want.
TEXT comes with different typeand templates.
BACKGROUND for background color.
UPLOADS displays our stored images
Now let’sdesign a cover
page for apage for aFacebook
Creating adesign can
begin in twoways.
First, let’s tryusing layoutsavailable foravailable forthe template
we chose.
Select a layout template hereand modify some items to make
it personal.
Let’s select one item to seewhat we can do with that.
For the image we selected,we have these menus.
Filter menus for predefined colormode.
Click “ADVANCEOPTIONS” to
makeOPTIONS” to
makemanual
adjustments bymoving the dot
on each category.
Pre-set variations are alsoailable.
Click “EPIC” and see the difference.
See how your design changeas you Change the pre-set.
BEFORE
AFTER
Click “Crop” and see theoriginal image and to make
adjustments.
Drag the image downward orupward to make changes.
Click “check” mark to confirmchanges, otherwise “x” to
cancel action.
Click here to changebackground color.
Click here to choose othercolours.
Take note that you can always“Undo” and “Redo” actions here.
Click here to deletethe image.
Click here to flip your image;• Flip Horizontally
• Flip Vertically
Copy command copyselected items.
Copycommand wasused to makeused to make
multiplesmiley on this
example.
Adjust images Forward orBackward to make it visible or
according to your design.
On thisexample,
itemselected is
itemselected is
the redrectangle.
Click “Back”and the redrectangle isrectangle isnow under
thebackground
image.
Click“Forward”and the redrectangle is
nownowcovering thetext and thebackground
.
Click here to see 2 moreoptions.
Link is use only when you wantto remember a link.
Transparency adjust visibilityof the chosen item.
Selecting text on the otherhand, have different set of
menus.
Click hereClick hereto changefont style.
Click hereClick hereto modifythe text
size.
Click here to change thetext colour.
Click hereto havemore
to havemorecolour
options.
Full down menus will giveyou more options for text.
This part is for textappearance and alignment.
This part is for Text Spacingand for different thing you
can do with your text.
Applying text options cangive you something like
this.
Also, click this icon to seepreview of your design in
full screen.
Manage your viewing formore precise designing
using these menus.
Another wayto design isthe designthe design
from scratch.
From this blank template,this time let’s add elements
and text manually.
We can add image from FreePhotos to our background.
Move and resize the imageto come up like this.
Let’s add shape, changeit’s colour and adjust
transparency.
Pick some trees fromIllustrations, move and resize as
such.
We add line design andstretch it outward.
Choose a text template andchange its color.
Now this is our finishedFacebook cover design.
When your done renameyour file here.
Retype the name here.Then click Done.
You can also share yourdesign in three ways;
Share your design onFacebook.
Share your design onTwitter.
Or share your design onEmail just add your email
and click send.
Click here if you wish to shareeditable design as needed.
You can also download yourdesign in four ways by clicking
here.
You can download file inJPG format.
You can download file inPNG format.
Download file in PDFstandard format.
Download file in PDF forprint format.
For design with multiplepages inside, click Options.
Here, you can choose todownload All pages.
Here, you can choose todownload Specific page or
pages.
You can publish yourdesign with crop marks &
bleed etc.
Click here to proceed withdownloading.
Under file menu,
You can resize yourdesign here.
Save your file
Or Make a copy
Now yourready toready to
create yourown.
By the way,I made this
presentationpresentationslides using
Canva
I also useCanva all of
my social mediamy social mediapostings &
other graphicsdesign.
On your dashboard, selectAll your designs.
See your previousdesigns here.
Collaborate with otherdesigner and see other
designs here.
Make new folders toorganize your data.
You can also see designsyou deleted before here.
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