Canva is a great beginner friendly app that makes it easier to create amazing designs for every social media posts online or in print. Learn how to create beautiful designs in just a few clicks with this detailed guide to Canva.

1. Get Started: Canva
Tutorial

3. What is Canva?

5. Why use Canva?

6. #1
Easy to use. Just drag and
drop

7. #2
Store and share designs with
your team

8. #3
Millions of images, vectors, and
illustrations

9. #4
Edit photos

10. #5
Millions of images, icons, shapes

11. #6
Customize texts from
hundreds of fonts

12. Creating an Account

13. Search for Canva

14. Click the link for Canva

15. Choose
among
Facebook,
Google or
Email
to sign up

16. Sign-up using Facebook
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Fill out
the form

17. Sign-up using Facebook
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Click
Log In

18. Sign-up using Gmail
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Add Gmail
and click
Next

19. sampleemail@gmail.co
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Sign-up using Gmail
Add
Password
then click
Sign In

20. No google
account?
Click Create
account

21. Sign-up using
Email
Fill out
the form
First name Last name
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sampleemail@domomain.com

22. Sign-up using Email
Click
Sign up
First name Last name
sampleemail@domomain.com
sampleemail@domomain.com

23. Confirm your
Canva account in
your inbox

24. Sign in using your Canva
account
Type
Username/Email
& Password

25. Sign in using your Canva
account
Click
Log In

26. Know the basics

27. Thebasics
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Username
Account
Settings
Profile
Notifications

28. Thebasics
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Click
Create a
Design to start

29. Thebasics
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View your
designs and
other peoples
work

30. Thebasics
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Create folders
to organize
designs

31. Thebasics
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Delete
designs
using
Drag & Drop

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See tutorials
and be inspired
by other
people’s work

33. Now start getting
CREATIVE!

34. Choose from the templates
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35. Or customize dimension
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36. Choose a template
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37. Choose a Layout

38. Watermarked Layouts are $1 each

39. But there are also free Layouts

40. Add Elements

41. Add Free Photos
Drag and
drop the
photo to
change the
background

42. Add Free Photos
The photo
is now the
background

43. Use Grids

44. Search for Images then Add
Drag &
drop
Photos

45. Each Images can be edited
Customize

46. Add Frames then drag a photo

47. Change the image

48. Change colors & filters, or crop

49. Add Shapes and customize colors

50. Add Lines and customize colors & size

51. Add Illustrations and customize colors

52. Add Icons and customize colors

53. Add Charts and customize colors

54. Add I Canva and customize colors

55. Add Text
Add
headings or
choose from
designs
below

56. Edit Text
Select the text
to be edited

57. Edit Text
Select
from
different
Fonts

58. Edit Text
Select
from
different
Fonts
sizes

59. Edit Text
Change
font
colors

60. Edit Text
Use Bold
or Italic to
change
font styles

61. Edit Text
Change
text
alignment

62. Edit Text
Change texts to
UPPERCASE
or add Lists

63. Edit Text
Customize
character
spacing &
line height

64. Edit Text
Copy text
& arrange
forward or
backward

65. Edit Text
Customize
text
transparency

66. Zoom Button
Zoom in &
Zoom out
button

67. Add a new Page
Click +Add
a new
page

68. Move page
down
Copy page
Delete page
Pages

69. Edit/Add Background
Choose from
the colors
and designs

70. Upload Images
Click Upload
your own
image

71. Upload Images
Select image
from file and
it will be
uploaded

72. Edit Images
Filter the
image to
your liking

73. Crop Images
Crop the image the size
you want then click the
check symbol

74. Flip Images
Flip images
horizontally or
vertically

75. Save you design, make a copy or
resize

76. Undo & Redo

77. Edit design title
Type the new title
and click Done

78. Share your design through
Facebook or Twitter

79. Download your design
JPG/PNG for
web display

80. Download your design
PDF for print

81. JPG/PNG
resolution of 96 dpi
(dots per inch)
Download your design

82. PDF: standard
resolution of 96 dpi
for viewing
Download your design

83. PDF: for print
resolution of 300 dpi
Download your design

84. Let’s CREATE!
a quick
Facebook post

85. Select Facebook post

86. Upload an image

87. Resize the image to fit the page size

88. Filter photo. Change the tint

89. Add text heading

90. Type a ‘Tree Pose’ & change font to Edo

91. Change character spacing to 90

92. Change font color to #fff952

93. Change font size to 80

94. Add subheading

95. Type ‘grows’ & change font to
Special Elite

96. Change font size to 56

97. Change font color to #ff680

98. Copy Tree pose heading

99. Change text to “Confidence”

100. Change font color to 44d9e6

101. Change font size to 90

102. Set letter spacing to -60

103. Add a text template

104. Edit text, size, position & color

105. Add watermark &
edit Transparency to 51

106. Filter image. Blur by +5

107. Add a link to icons/text/images

108. Click save

109. Download, share, or make public

110. Facebook post

111. Now, it’s your turn.
Get
CREATIVE!

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

113. Thanks!
Ivy T.
Virtual Professional
www.indieivy.com