Canva is a graphic design tool for beginners
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I'll share with you 20 tips for using Canva
Using these tips will help you create a better graphic design
And help you save time and improve your efficiency
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I always recommend you to use Canva
Especially if you don't have any graphic design experience
Canva as an online graphic design tool
It has many functions
It's easy to understand
It can help us to make a thumbnail channel picture IG post text and so on
That's why I'm going to share this video with you
20 tips for using Canva
Can help you make better graphic design and increase efficiency
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So the first technique is this
We can use Canva to remove the background of the photo
But this ability to remove the background
You can only use it if you upgrade to Canva Pro
For example, now I have this picture
I choose the effect
You can remove the background here
Now we can see that the background of the photo has been removed
Let's test another picture
Same selection effect
Remove the background
As we can see
Although the background of this photo is very rich
But Canva did help us get rid of the background
The second trick is to use frameworks
We can select elements
Then go to the frame options
Here you can find frame templates for various electronic devices
For example, I chose the frame template for the iMac
Then we can drag the image into the frame
Now I've managed to drag the image into the frame
And I can double click
Change its position
The third technique is to lock elements
For example, now I have a lot of elements in the background
Let's say I want these elements not to be moved
Fix it in position
I can choose this element
Click on the lock
So I'm not going to move this element anymore
Again, I can fix this element
So I'm not going to move these guys around
The fourth technique is multi-layer selection
We can see now that there are three shapes
They are very close to each other
So this makes it very difficult to choose individual shapes
Here's a way to do it
If you're an Apple user
You can hold Command
If you're a Windows user
I can hold down Control
Then click the left mouse button
Click once and you can click on one of the top shapes
Click the second time and you can select the middle shape
Click the third time and you can select the third shape
So when the elements are close together
You can use this technique
Quickly help you select the elements you want
The fifth technique is text shading
We can add a shadow to our text
Select this text
Click on the effect of
Select the shadow
Now the text is shaded
We can adjust some of its properties
For example, the offset
You can also adjust its orientation
You can also adjust the blurring
And then you can adjust its transparency
You can also adjust its color
The sixth tip is that we can add a gradient background
We find the element
Input the gradient
You can find a lot of gradient colors here
You can also change the color
The seventh trick is that we can use textures
Under the element
We can find the tile option
We chose to view them all
A lot of stickers can be found here
Now I'm going to add a texture to my design
Then we can download it
You can choose to download it in MP4 or GIF format
The eighth tip is that we can take advantage of folders
The folder function can help you
Better manage your elements and your material
Can help you manage your design document
For example, I want to take this material of mine
Collect it in my folder
We can click on the three dot symbol
Select Move to folder
This will show you the folder you already have
You can create new folders
Then you can click Add to a new folder
You can view your folder here
Here you can find the material we just selected
The ninth tip is to change the color entirely
For example now we can see
I have all these designs
My text is all orange
Now I want to change my text color
Let's click on the text
I'm gonna go ahead and change the color
For example, I want to change it to blue
The general method is that I change them one by one
But now Canva has that capability
We can change the color entirely
Let's say OK
And now we can see that
All my text has changed color
So this function is very convenient
The tenth trick is that we can bend the text
Select this text
Click on the effect of
So there's a bending option
Now the text is bent
We can adjust its properties
Adjust its radian
You can also adjust the direction in which it bends
The eleventh tip is to align elements
And now we can see that
None of these three elements are aligned
We can pick all three elements
Select location
Here you have the option to align elements
Here we choose parallel center
At the same time we can also adjust the spacing of its allocation
We choose levels
Now these three elements are equally spaced
The twelfth tip is to copy the style
For example, now I have two different text styles
I want this text to look like this text
So we choose this text
I'm gonna hit Copy Style
Then select the text
Now they have the same text style
The thirteenth tip is this
We can use CANVA to make the time-limited dynamics of IG
We can search in the search bar
Instagram feed for a limited time
Lots of IG time-limited dynamic templates can be found here
There are some with pictures
There are also videos
For example, we chose this IG time-limited dynamic template with video
Now I can replace this movie file
Now I've succeeded in replacing another movie file
The 14th tip is to save common colors
If you have several brand colors that you use frequently
You can keep these brand colors
We can go to the home page of Canva
I click on the brand tool group
This is where you can save your brand colors
Select the plus sign
So you can add your brand color
When you do the design later
Your brand colors will appear here
The 15th tip is how do you use the keyboard to move elements around
Let's say we want to move this text element
We can click on this text
Use up, down, left, and right on the keyboard to move its position
If you want to hurry
You can hold Shift
So it can move very fast
The 16th tip is to copy elements
There are many ways to copy elements in Canva
The first method is that you click on the element
You choose to copy
Now I've copied an element
The second way of copying is
Apple users hold down CMD +D
Windows users hold Ctrl+D
The same can be done to replicate the effect
The third way of copying is
Apple's user holds down Option
For Windows users, hold Alt
Then hold down the left mouse button at the same time to copy
The 17th tip is to zoom in and out
We can zoom in and out here
You can choose different scale sizes here
At the same time we can use shortcuts
If you're an Apple customer
If you want to enlarge the picture
You just hold down Cmd plus plus
If you want to zoom out
Cmd plus and minus
Same Windows users
You can enlarge the screen by holding down the Control plus sign
Control plus and minus signs shrink the screen
The 18th tip is the group element
For example, I want to group all three elements
So let's pick all three of these
Select Create Groups
Now they're all grouped together
The 19th tip is cropping elements
We choose this element
Click on the cutting
I'm going to adjust it here
Now we're going to crop this element
The 20th tip is to add links
When we were making the ebook
It is often necessary to add links to some text
Let's say I want to put a link inside this text
Let's click on the text
Choose a link
Enter your web address here
Then choose to apply
Now the text will have a link
Canva is a graphic design tool for everyone
Even if you don't have any graphic design background
You can pick it up pretty easily
I have a lot of tutorials on Canva on my channel
You can check out my playlist
It's in this playlist
Do you have any instructions on how to use Canva
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