How to use CanvaACE Virtual Professional
Open your favorite browser
Type in Canva.com
Press Enter
You’ll be taken to this site
If you are new to Canva
You can sign up using your
Facebook account
Sign up with Google
Or create your own
account in Canva
Let’s try creating our
own account
Click Sign up with Email
Then fill out
this portion
Once you’ve completed
signing up
You’ll see this
Let’s choose WORK
There will be a tutorial
on how to use Canva
Just click “Show me how it’s done”
Follow the 23 second guide
on how to use Canva
Let’s now start in making
our own designs!
Here’s what it looks like
for the first time
Choose your design type here
Click here for more choices
Let’s now start by making a
Facebook Post
Click “Facebook Post”
Choose your layout here
Click on the text to edit
Let’s personalize it by changing the
text message
Click here to change font style
Click here to change font size
Click here to change font color
Click this if you want to make text
bold or italicized
Click this if you want to change the
text alignment
Click this to change from uppercase
to lowercase
Click this if you want to add bullets
And this to change the text spacing
Let’s now change the
background photo
Click on “Uploads”
Click this to upload images
Or choose from the images that
you’ve uploaded before
Click and drag a photo of your choice
Edit the picture by clicking “Filter”
Click “Crop”
to reposition the image
You can also flip the image by clicking this
Or change the image size by clicking this
If you want to use a plain
background
Just click on the image
Click the trash icon
Then choose “delete element”
Click “background”
Choose the color
that you like
Or better yet, choose the color
that represents your brand
Let’s now try to explore the
other features of Canva
You can duplicate your work by
clicking this
Click the trash icon to delete it
If you want to create
another poster
Click “add a new page”
Click on the box and the trash icon to
remove its color
Let’s keep exploring these tools here
Clicking on “Search”
will allow you to search for
millions of images
For example
Type in “flowers” then click “Enter”
Canva will give you free and paid
flower icons and images
Click on any and it automatically
goes to your blank canvas
Edit the image by rotating it
Resize it by clicking and dragging
any four corners of the image
Place it anywhere by simply clicking
and dragging it
Edit the colors by clicking here
Let’s add more elements to our image
You can add free photos
You can also add frames
where you can insert your
uploaded pictures
For example
Choose one frame by clicking it
Click on “upload”
Drag your chosen image to the frame
There goes our image inside the frame
You can add shapes
Lines of different designs
Different illustrations
Variety of icons
Use different kinds of charts
Even Canva’s logo can be used too
Grids can be used to make photo collages
Simply create another page
Then choose one of the many
available grid styles
Click “upload”
Drag a photo inside the grid
Drag another photo on the next grid
Until you fill in all the empty boxes
You now have a photo collage
Click this to rename your design
Click “Done” when finished
When you click “share”
This will pop up
Share your design on Twitter
Or Facebook
You can also invite people to view or
edit your design
Just type in the email address of the
recipient here
Give them an option to edit or just
view the design
Then click “send invites”
You can also share it through a link
You can also give options to view or edit
Then click “Copy”
You can now send that link to your
recipient
Click this to download your images
Choose your file type from the
dropdown menu
Multiple images will be
downloaded as a Zip file
To download a single
page
Tick this circle and type in the page
Then click “Download”
And finally, let the public
see your work
by clicking this
There you have it!
Being a graphic
designer doesn’t have to
be difficult
With this very user friendly tool
So go ahead and explore Canva
yourself!
Creativity is contagious,
pass it on
-Albert Einstein

How to use canva