- Okay, so I'm seeing all these really awesome social posts
from my talented and creative friends about WorldPride.
I think I really need to up my game,
but the problem is I'm not a designer.
Good news, though: I do have Canva.
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Ooh, yeah.
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Hi, everyone.
I'm Sana, and I'm part of the Vibe Team at Canva.
So you may or may not know that every year in Sydney,
there's a huge party called Mardi Gras
that celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community,
and this year, Sydney is hosting WorldPride,
which is even bigger and better.
It's gonna be huge.
It's so cool to come together as a community,
and I wanna let everyone know how excited I am about it.
When we band together, we shine brighter.
But before we get started,
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Canva is a proud partner of WorldPride,
and we're dropping a bunch of related content,
everything from creating merch to TikTok templates.
It's all here, and you'll be an expert in no time.
Oh, look, there's me!
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So like I said, I need to up my game.
I wanna promote that I'm attending the event on Facebook.
I think Canva is gonna come to my rescue here
and really give my socials a glow-up.
Let's get started. First things first.
I'll start with a Facebook cover.
I found this template earlier.
It's actually a presentation template,
but I love the hierarchy and the fonts.
It's a really great direction.
So we need to resize this to Facebook dimensions.
It's super-easy to resize a design in Canva.
I'll go to Resize here and type in the dimensions
for a Facebook cover.
I'll make a copy, and this will drop me
in the editor in a new design.
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The Resize feature is available to Pro
and Canva for Teams subscribers.
If you have a free account, simply go to the Canva homepage
and create a new design using a Facebook template.
Then copy the elements across from the original design.
Now, I have this new Facebook cover, and it looks good,
but I could definitely make it more my own.
To make this feel more like a banner,
I'll stretch out the white box.
This allows me room for a longer title,
more of a focal point.
Oh, beautiful.
Some added text will also announce
that I'm going to WorldPride.
I'll tap T and use a simple font to pop these lines in.
Next, I'll remove the checkered graphics.
So I really love these graphics
and wanna play with more of this style.
If you like a particular graphic,
is to select it and click on the I button.
You can use the keywords to further your search,
or click "See more like this."
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This will bring up the complete collection of graphics
that relate to the one selected.
This makes my design feel more cohesive,
plus they're beautiful graphics.
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Now, I can start playing with the layout,
dragging in these decorative strips.
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there's a little bit of playing around
to get everything neat and tidy,
but I think this is really getting there.
I also noticed when I was in the Elements panel
that there were some really cute stickers and flags.
I'm gonna try a couple of these out.
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Now, let's look at the background.
Don't get me wrong, I love a bit of black,
but this is Mardi Gras.
We need more rainbow.
I'll search for a gradient so that there's a common theme
between the background and the graphics on top.
And finally, let's make this text a nice, bright color.
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Okay, this is looking good.
It's ready to share.
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This process has been more fun than starting from scratch,
and I don't know about you,
but I feel like there's more color in my life.
Most importantly, it shows the joy
and pride I feel about this event.
Okay, what's next?
All that work shouldn't go to waste.
I reckon I can use this design as the springboard
for some more content.
I'll start with some Facebook posts.
Let's make an announcement of the events I'm going to.
Yeah, I could just do a text post in Facebook,
but something more visual is more fun
and will capture more attention in my friends' feeds.
I'll start a new design for a Facebook post
and copy the background across
as well as the text area and title.
I can then move things around to create some more space.
I need a bit more space for text here,
so I'll use the white as a larger background
and resize the box to the margins.
The handy purple guides pop up to help me do this.
Now, I can move the title to the top.
I like the grid idea that's beginning to form here,
so I'll pop some more lines in.
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I'll use some more graphics from the same collection
and drag in some fresh ones.
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These stack nicely and create some areas for copy.
I'll adjust a little more and use the margins
to keep everything organized.
Now, I'll tap T for some text boxes.
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I have these neat spaces to type into.
I can let folks know what Pride events I'm attending.
What's great is that when I post this,
I could tag in my friends and create a bit
of a convo in the thread.
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Okay, we're on a roll.
So now, let's whip up another post,
something simple that might engage
and even educate my network.
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I'll duplicate the page and remove these graphics
and move the title into the center.
I'll pop a line here.
I love these sorts of posts,
where I can post my completed one,
and friends can screenshot the blank version
and post their own.
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I noticed the cute corner graphics earlier.
I'll try some of these.
There's a million possibilities with these graphics.
I love it.
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Let's tweak and move these around.
If I wanna get really tricky, I could even turn this
into a template and link out to it for my friends to use.
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I love knowing and using correct pronouns.
It means people feel included and respected.
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Okay, seeing as we're rolling along,
let's make one last post.
Why not flood the feed with color?
This is great content.
This post can be simple again,
and I might try a couple of animated features
to help it pop in the feed.
I'll duplicate the first page again
and remove everything except the title and the background.
I think something like this could be fun
to remind people in the lead-up to WorldPride.
I loved the cut-out graphics so much,
I'll put them back into this design.
And just because there's never enough bling,
I'll add some little animated graphics.
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Oh, yeah, this is cute, but I wanna give it an extra edge.
It'd be so cool if I could make the graphics look
like they're marching or dancing.
I'll show you a trick using Canva's page transitions.
First, let's make the page timing shorter.
Let's put in .7 seconds.
I'll duplicate this page, and on the copy,
I'll rotate the stickers a little bit.
Flicking between the two pages,
I can see that there's a nice, little jiggle happening.
The way to get this to work is to add a transition
in between the pages.
Canva's Match and Move takes the position of the elements
on one page and animates them to match the next page.
Here, I'll show you how it looks.
I'll export this as a GIF
and preview how the animation is looking.
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Nice.
It's a simple, fun idea that expresses
how excited I am to go to WorldPride.
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So there we have it, four social posts in under 10 minutes?
But really, with the Resize feature,
the options are endless to make more and more content.
What will you be posting to your socials?
Let us know in the comments.
Like I said earlier, you can never have enough rainbow.
See you at WorldPride!
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