The document provides step-by-step instructions for using Canva to create quick Facebook photos. It explains how to sign up for a Canva account, choose a design layout, add photos and text, edit photos and text, and share the completed design on Facebook. Key steps include signing up with Facebook or Google, selecting a layout, dragging and dropping elements, editing colors and styles, and clicking "Share" to post the design on Facebook.

1. HOW TO USE CANVA TO CREATE
QUICK FACEBOOK PHOTOS
BY ALLAN T. AGUIRRE

2. Canva is a free graphic-
design tool website

3. To start, open your
browser

4. Canva works best using
Google Chrome

5. Enter www.canva.com

6. Enter www.canva.com

7. This is Canva’s log-in
page

8. To create account, let’s
sign up

9. Sign up using your
Facebook account

10. Or your Google account

11. Or sign up using your
email account

12. For this tutorial, let’s
use Facebook

13. Click Sign up with
Facebook

14. Facebook log in
window will appear

15. Enter your email address
or phone number

16. Enter your password

17. Click Log In

18. Click Continue

19. This is Canva’s homepage

20. Let’s choose a design

21. Click More to view other
designs

22. See other designs

23. Scroll down to see more
designs

24. Click the design to select

25. Let’s try Facebook Post

26. You will be directed to
a new tab

27. Select your layout

28. Scroll down to view more
layouts

29. You can also search your
layout

30. Type your key words here

31. Click the selected layout

32. Preview of your design
on the right

33. Click Elements to add
elements

35. Options for additional
elements

36. Click Free Photos to add
photos

37. You will see selection of
free photos

38. Scroll down to view
more photos

39. Drag the selected photo
to your layout

40. Selected photo is now
on your layout

41. You can change the color
of the text

42. Click on the text

43. You can see options for
text editing

44. You can change the font

45. You can change the font
size

46. You can change the
font color

48. Now let’s change the
font color

49. Font color changes

50. You can make the font
Bold…

51. ..or Italic

52. You can arrange it in
the center

53. You can also make the
font all uppercase

54. Or in a list or bullet

55. Click spacing to edit
spacing

56. Click Letter spacing to
adjust letter spaces

57. Increasing the spacing
moves the letters apart

58. Click Line height to adjust
space between lines

59. Increasing the height
increases the textbox space

60. Click Copy to duplicate
the text

61. Click Arrange to change
the text position

62. Click Forward to put it
on top of the image

63. Click Back to put it at
the back of the image

64. Click Transparency to
adjust clearness of text

65. Drag it to the left to
make it paler

66. Click the bin to delete
the text

67. Click the text again to
edit the smaller text

68. Click the box
surrounding the text

70. Drag it down

71. Click the smaller text

72. Again you will see
options for text editing

73. Re-position again the
texts

74. Now, click on the photo
to play around it

75. You will see options for
editing

76. Click Filter to adjust
the quality

77. You can choose what
filter to use

78. Scroll to the right for
more filter

79. Example of Grayscale

80. Example of Whimsical

81. You can also adjust
Brightness and Contrast

82. Click Advanced Options
for more options

84. Play around with these
options

85. For example, adjust Blur
to focus more on text

86. See the result

87. Click Crop to re-size
the photo

88. Pull or drag the corners
to adjust size

89. Click the Check (√)
after re-sizing

90. Click the Cross (x) to
cancel

91. Click Flip to flip the
image

92. Click Flip Horizontally
to flip sideways

93. Observe the difference
in the image

94. Click Flip Vertically to
flip vertically

95. See what happens

96. Click Spacing to adjust
spacing of the image

97. You can change the
spaces around the photo

98. Click Copy to produce
exact picture

99. You now have two
photos

100. You can use the copy to
new page

101. Click Add a new page
to add page

103. A new page is created

104. Drag the other photo
to the next page

105. You now have a
duplicate photo

106. Going back to your first
photo

107. Click Forward to bring
photo over text

108. Or click Back to bring
photo under text

109. Click Transparency to
adjust clearness of photo

110. Drag to the left to
make the photo paler

111. Click the bin to delete
the photo

112. You can also add your
own photo to the layout

113. Click Uploads

115. You can upload picture
from your computer

116. Or from purchased
pictures

117. Or from your Facebook

118. Let’s try uploading
from computer

119. Click Upload your own
image

120. Click your photo

121. Click Open

122. Your photo is being
uploaded

124. Photo has been uploaded
and ready for use

125. Drag your photo to the
layout

126. Until the image is
changed

127. You can once again
edit the text

128. Or edit the photo

129. Click Text to add text
to your design

130. Select from the
variations of fonts

131. Click or drag the text
you prefer

132. Move and re-size the
text to your desire

133. Click the text to edit
content

134. Again, there’s the text
editing options

135. Click outside of the
design

136. Click design title to re-
name your design

137. Put your new title

138. Click Done

139. To share your design with
Facebook, click Share

140. Your options for sharing

141. Share your design via
Facebook or Twitter

142. Click Facebook for
sharing in FB

143. You can write caption
for your design

144. Click Share now

145. Sharing in progress

146. Sharing is successful

147. You’re beautiful design
in Facebook

148. Ready to be liked and
shared!

149. “Art consists of
limitations. The most
beautiful part of every
picture is the frame.”
- Gilbert K. Chesterton