Wondering how to add a drop shadow in Canva? In this Canva text effects video, you'll learn
how to add a Canva drop shadow on an image and how to add a Canva drop shadow on text.
So let's get right into this Canva tutorial for beginners with Canva tips on how to use
Canva text effect.
First off, if you don’t have a Canva account yet, just click on the link in the description
box below to sign up for free. To use Canva text effects, you'll first have to select
one of your existing Canva designs you wish to add a drop shadow in Canva to, or add a
drop shadow in Canva to a new Canva design by either searching for the design type of
your choice using the search bar up top, or using the Canva design suggestions by clicking
on the options under where it says 'what will you design'.
Let's say that I want to add a drop shadow in Canva to a new Instagram post design I
create. To do so, I'll click on the search bar up top, and search for 'Instagram post'.
Once that option populates, click on it.
There are a number of Instagram post design templates that you can choose from to then
add a drop shadow in Canva to, or you can click on 'create a blank Instagram post' up
top to start your design from scratch. You can even filter the Instagram post templates
by style, theme and color.
I'll go ahead and click on the 'blank Instagram post' option up top to show you exactly how
to use Canva text effects to add a drop shadow in Canva. Once the blank template opens, feel
free to add any element, upload, photo, text, and more to your Instagram post design in
Canva.
For an entire walkthrough of all of the available elements in Canva that you can add to your
designs, make sure to watch my video on ‘How To Use Canva’. I’ll leave the link to
it in the description box below.
Since we're working with Canva text effects, let's start by adding text to this design
so I can then show you how to add a drop shadow in Canva. To do so, click on 'text' from the
left-hand side panel, and then on 'add a heading'.
Say I'm adding a drop shadow in Canva to this Instagram post promoting this exact video
on how to use Canva text effects. I'll type out the name of this video, 'Canva text effects:
how to add drop shadow in Canva', make sure that the font is set to Raleway Heavy, the
size is set to 80 pixels, the color is set to my brand's dark blue color, and that the
text box is centralized on the design.
Since I’m a Canva Pro user, which you can also try out for free by clicking on the link
in the description box below, I can add my own brand kit with my brand fonts and colors
to Canva.
If you want to know how to customize those, make sure to watch my video on ‘What Is
A Canva Brand Kit + How To Customize A Canva Pro Brand Kit’. I’ll leave the link to
it in the description box below.
Now this is the fun part. Let's go ahead and use Canva text effects to in fact add a drop
shadow in Canva. To do so, click on 'effects' from the white panel up top. To get a drop
shadow effect in Canva, you can either use the 'shadow' or 'echo' Canva text effects.
As such, I'll first click on 'duplicate page' on the top, right-hand side design to first
show you what this drop shadow in Canva would look like with the shadow Canva text effect,
and then with the echo Canva text effect. Now that we have two copies of this same design,
let's click on the text box on page 1, on 'effects' from the white panel up top, and
then on the 'shadow' effect.
Feel free to change the offset, direction, blur, transparency and color of the drop shadow
in Canva. I'll set the offset to 100, the direction to -30, the blur to 20, the transparency
25, and the color to dark grey.
Now that we've added a Canva text effect to this first page, let's click on the text box
on page 2, on 'effects' from the white panel up top, and then on the 'echo' effect. Feel
free to change the offset, direction, and color of the drop shadow in Canva. I'll set
the offset to 100, the direction to -35, and the color to grey.
Once you're done adding a drop shadow to your text in Canva, feel free to add any additional
element, upload, photo, text, and more to your Instagram post design. I'm going to move
the text box with the Canva text effect to the top of the design, and then click on 'elements'
from the left-hand side panel, scroll down until we locate the 'frames' section, and
then click on 'see all' next to it.
Scroll down until you locate the desktop frame, and then click on it to add it to your Canva
Instagram post template design. Feel free to resize and reposition it.
Let's now click on the back button next to where it says 'frames' to head back to the
elements tab. This time let's click on the square icon under where it says 'lines and
shapes'. Feel free to resize and reposition it, as well as change its color if you so
wish. I'm going to change it to my brand's yellow color.
To complete this Instagram post design which includes a drop shadow in Canva, I'll click
on 'uploads' from the left-hand side panel, and drag-and-drop this video's thumbnail into
the desktop frame. When you're happy with how your design with Canva text effects looks
like, rename your design up top, and then click on the download button.
Feel free to save your design with a drop shadow in Canva as a PNG high quality image
or as a JPG small file size image. I'll select 'PNG high quality image', and then click on
the download button to save your design with Canva text effects to your computer.
If you're serious about adding a drop shadow in Canva, make sure to sign up for a free
Canva account by clicking on the link in the description box below, check out our Canva
tutorials playlist for even more Canva tips and tricks, as well as our FREE cheat sheet
with brilliant tools that you should use below this video to learn more about how to save
time and boost your productivity in your online business.
Leave a comment below and let me know if you'll be using Canva text effects to make the most
out of your Canva designs. If you liked this video, make sure you give it a thumbs up and
subscribe to my channel so that you can navigate the tech side of online business with ease,
and stay tuned for our next video which is a Canva animation tutorial. As you wait for
my next video to go live, check out these two videos I have right here, and I'll see
you in my next video.