How to Create Posters and Logos Using Canva

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In a nutshell, 
Canva is a tool that
let’s you design

your own… 
posters, 
headers, 
documents, 


infographics, 
logos, 
marketing materials
 
…and a whole lot more

Today, I’m going to
show you how I use
Canva…

…to create social
media posters and
logos.

Are you ready to
unleash the  
designer in you?

Open your browser

Type in
www.canva.com


The site looks like this

You can
create an
account
using
Facebook


…Google


or just
enter your
email
address
and a
password


Then click Sign Up

Just log-in if you
already have a Canva
account.

After signing up,  
this will pop-up

Choose Personal

Next screen…

Click this button

…to go through the
short interactive tutorial

where they will show
you the basics

which we will also
discuss here.

When you’re done…

Click here

This page is next

For more templates
click here

There are templates
available for:

social media posts

documents

blogging & ebooks

marketing materials

headers and banners

…among others

Let’s now create a
Facebook poster

Click Facebook Post

You’ll be taken here

blank canvas
(your playground)
predesigned
templatessidebar

Notice that some items
are free, while others  
are a priced ($1 each)

You will only pay for
priced items if you
download them
(without the Canva logo)

Let’s choose from the
predesigned templates
Click

Click the text area to
edit it

You can
change
the font
type here

Choose
from over
150 font
types

and the
font size
here

Click to edit an item

To change the background
color, click here

Choose from the available
colours

Or click the this button to
show the complete palette

Same goes here

To move,
drag the
background
and text to
the desired
location
background
text

To add more text in
another location,  
click the Text icon from
the sidebar

Choose
from the
text
options

…more
(free) text
templates
if you
scroll
down

For my purpose, I’ll just
choose the subheading

The text box will appear
in the middle

Drag it to your desired
location

Then edit as you wish
font type size color

You now have your ﬁrst
Canva poster!

To name your poster
click here

Change
the title
and click
Done

Let us create a poster
using our own photo

Under our
ﬁrst poster,
click this

Look for
Uploads in
the sidebar

then click
this (or just
drag the
image)

Click the uploaded
image

Adjust the image to ﬁll
the whole space

Add text by clicking
Add subheading


Type your
message
and drag
the text box
to desired
location

Edit text by
changing
the font
type

…font size

…color

Make your adjustments
and add other elements
as necessary

Second poster… done!

You can also choose
images from their wide
selection

by using
the
Search
function

or the
Photos
folder
under
Elements

To save your posters
click File

Then click Save

You can post your posters
via the Share button

Or you can download as
an image or pdf document

Now let’s create a logo
for my website

It should be at least
512 pixels wide and
512 pixels tall

Go to Canva’s  
Create a Design page

Enter the required
dimensions
in pixels

Then click Design

Let’s get creative!

In the
sidebar,
go to
Elements

Click
Shapes

Choose
a shape
that you
want

I choose
this and I
want it
dark red

To change
the color,
click here

Pick the desired color
from the palette

Add the other elements

Edit…
Font type
Font size
Color Other
items

until you
get the
desired
eﬀect

Change the title

Save

Then Download

Now it’s on my site!

What you can create is
only limited by your
imagination.

Want more inspiration?

On this page

Click Learn to design

You’ll be taken to the
Canva Design School

Here, you’ll learn about
Fonts

Color

Images

And a whole lot more!

Have fun!

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