take your designs to the next level with these nifty canva tips and tricks
some of them are quite obscure so i bet you've not even heard about them let's do this hi my
lovely people it's natalia and welcome back to my channel where i share super action ideas on
content creation for entrepreneurs and creatives and did you know that you can use canva to create
and share pre-recorded video presentations hold a q a while presenting and even make a website
you know canva but maybe you want to be a bit more efficient while using it well in this video
i'll show you my top 20 tips and tricks which you probably didn't know about if i helped you find a
tip that you really like hit that like button and subscribe for more content so without further ado
let's start with tip number one creating qr codes canva lets you create qr codes and implement them
in your design so if you're creating business cards or or other things like posters magazines
products you might find it quite useful so you can use it to direct your customers to your
social media profiles website you know contest an app anything that you can think of and so you can
get very creative with them and instead of just using the usual links you can try directing your
clients to leave a review for example in google or tripadvisor so the way you want to do it is if
you're in the editor you click on more and then in the search bar you type in qr click on the qr code
and enter your url i'll just use my instagram handle and i click on generate code and as you
can see canva popped up with this little qr code so i can just align it with the previous one that
i had in here and that's you done tip number two aligning elements with tidy up feature
if you want to align elements or text perfectly you can use the tidy up feature and this feature
works brilliantly if you're using multiple texts or elements so instead of relying on your eyesight
and trying to align them perfectly just let canva work its magic automatically for you so as you can
see i've got the little social media buttons in here so they're perfectly aligned at the moment
but if i just move them around like this and i'm trying to align them again you know it's quite
tough to do it on your own so if i just select all of them go to the top bar click position
and then click tidy up you'll see that canva does it for me perfectly tip number three the perfect
alignment so the tidy up feature is not suited for what you're trying to do you can perfectly
align text photos or other elements with guides rulers or use automatic canva alignments so for
example i've got this in here it's grouped so what i'll do i'll maybe ungroup the whole thing and
select just this happy person text so if you click on position you've got a few different options
from canva so you can align it to top to middle to the bottom or left center and right but let's not
stop there so if you go to view select show rulers and show guides the low margins appear and if you
click on the margin and drag a guide from it you can put it in a place that you want it to and then
you can drag the text to align to it tip number four wavy text so canvas recently introduced the
curved text option which is a long-awaited feature and i absolutely love it so with this feature you
can actually make wavy text as well just like you see in here so you can click on the text
let's pop one box in here i'll just pop in text let's make it uppercase or maybe change the font
so i've got this one in here let's go to effects click curve and then it's just the curvature so as
you can see it pops up with this little circle and you can just adjust it to what you want
let's make it smaller and now i can do i can just copy that text go to effects again go to curve and
let's change the curvature to the opposite i'll align it perfectly and i can just copy those
two over i've just selected them both and align them in here as well so that creates that cool
wavy effect which you can use to outline your design and make it a bit more interesting
tip number five add text with a shortcut so as you have seen to add text to your design you normally
click in the left panel in here and choose a text type you want but to save your precious time
i'll let you in on a little secret you can just press t on a text and that box pops up for you
so let's move the text in here and i'll show you a couple of things so for example you can ctrl c
on this text and ctrl v to paste it just like you would in other apps and then if you select
both the text in here you can just control g and that will group them together i'll post a link
to a very useful canva infographic with all the different shortcuts which you can use in canva
it's going to be down below in the description box tip number six quick zooming in and zooming out
so sometimes you need to see the details of your design or adjust smaller elements and the normal
way to do it is to click in the bottom right corner of the design to change the percentages
um so you can see it in here like this and it goes up to 300 but there's a much faster
option for you and you can click control and scroll up or down which zooms it in or out
or you can hit control and hold plus or minus which is a bit more controlled way to do it and
while the manual clicking in the bottom right corner you can go up to 300 percent with the
clicking and scrolling you can actually go up to 500 which is much more detailed tip number
seven duplicating text and elements i know i've mentioned copying and pasting with control c
and v earlier but to speed things up even more um canva lets you duplicate with the letter d
so a quick option to duplicate your text or element is to highlight them and then click ctrl d
or you can highlight something like this and then hold alt and move the element which
drags it and duplicates it tip number eight using canva keywords so as you probably know you
can search for specific elements such as social media icons and they will pop up in your search
but did you know that the search bar is also a sneaky way to get beautiful illustration packs
and other objects set with various themes so let me give you a few key words to get you started on
your rediscovery journey so you can go for blob doodle neon words aesthetic bright leaves washi
tape or watercolor so try them all out and make your designs a bit more dynamic tip nine searching
by creator or brand and while we're on the subject of searching you can also find similar types of
photos or elements from a creator or brand so let's go for photos this time and if you click on
the three dots here you can view other creations by a specific artist or a brand and as you can see
the search bar now shows brand and a creator code which means everything displayed below belongs to
that one collaborator so that's an easy way to find more photos in the same style if you need
more with similar editing or lighting and to give you some examples you can search for the works of
megan plowman for example it's one of my favorites i won't read out the brand code it's there for you
displayed and you've got that mary as well one of my favorites and yulia chizzka so my extra tip if
you like a particular creator save one of their photos or elements to likes and you'll be able to
then easily access their libraries within canva tip number 10 filtering elements and photos so
when you're designing searching for that perfect image or element can keep you you know scrolling
and scrolling and scrolling but if you use filters the whole process becomes more efficient
so if you're looking for a photo with a specific tone or palette you can click on a color to filter
out the ones you don't need so let's say we want blue so click on the filter apply filters and will
show you all the photos and blue tones so same goes for the orientation if you're designing
a vertical poster for example make your life easier and just select a vertical orientation
i use it particularly often for wider ratios so when i'm designing something like a twitter post
or a banner tip 11 locking an element all right so tell me how many times have you accidentally
moved an element or you know kept selecting the one you don't want and it costs you so much
frustration i mean i've done it so many times so you can easily eliminate that issue by locking
an element so select the element and click on the lock button in the top right corner
this way you won't accidentally drag it because it stays in place and it's impossible to select it
only by clicking specifically on this element and unlocking it can let you actually edit it
tip number 12 selecting difficult layers so again if you've been designing in canva for a while now
you know that sometimes it's quite easy to lose certain elements and then it's quite difficult to
select them but there is a quick work around a quick way to select them is to use control
plus left click just like that it also works great for any hidden elements let's try and find one
so now that i've got it selected i can just click on position and send it to front and here
it goes it's found tip 13 moving elements with arrow keys moving elements by just a tiny bit
can be a bit messy even when you're zoomed all the way in but actually there is a quick workaround so
you can just use your arrows to move the elements photos text by one pixel at a time so i'll show
that to you in here so as you can see i'm just pressing and it's moving just a tiny tiny bit
but if you need 10 pixels at a time this can be done by holding shift and then pressing
the arrow keys as you can see it moves by a bit more super simple and saves a lot of pain
tip 14 uploading images quickly when you want to use your own image you need to go to the left
panel to upload image and then select specific media as you probably noticed i'm all about
making things efficient in here so there's a faster way to do it just drag and drop your
image into canva and voila it's uploaded directly but hey let's not stop there same goes for any
online design so there's no need to download an image and then upload it to canva so there's one
image that i found within canva library so i can just right click it copy image go to canva ctrl v
it pastes it and uploads it directly tip 15 inserting hyperlinks so when you're
designing a graphic to export it in a pdf format you can make it more interactive
by including links so having some links to app for your social media channels for example or website
is a great option to further direct the viewers so you simply select your text or an element
so i'll select the facebook icon go to link insert your url and that's all that's it tip 16
quick way to include testimonials social proof is so important for every creator and entrepreneur
so if someone left a really good review just put it to good use and whether it's been left
on instagram google or facebook you can just screenshot it and incorporate it into your
design in canva so to do it i'll find a random review from google screenshot it on my phone
upload it from here to google drive and since i have it connected to canva which you can do from
the upload section or the apps below i can simply grab it from the drive through the upload tab
so let's go to upload media google drive and as you can see it pops up with the contents
of your drive so i've got that screenshot in here so just click on it i'll crop it
and then just add it within your design nicely and there you have it a quick way
to showcase your new games testimonial tip 17 creating a website okay so this one is so
cool did you know that you can actually create a simple website within canva
yes and so this might be extremely useful if you don't want to invest in an actual website
or simply don't have the budget for it just type in website to find some beautiful canva templates
or design one yourself add any relevant hyperlinks which i showed you how to do a moment ago in tip
15 and publish it as a website and there are a few different ways of how your website can look
so choose the one you like open website and canva will give you a unique link and that's the only
caveat you can't use a custom domain or change the canva link in any way but there is a workaround
you can use a link shortener like bitly.com and get a nicer looking url to include in your
communication or social media it's a pretty great option if you're looking for a simple
landing page to redirect the traffic create your online profile or provide some more info
tip 18 using canva colors colors are an important part of your brand image and making your design
stand out and canva provides very useful resources to help you find the right ones for you
so if you go to canva.com color you'll find four tools the colored palette generator color palette
ideas color wheel and color meanings the last one teaches you about color symbolism so that
you know how to make your image reflect the brand values and evoke specific emotions with the use
of the color wheel you can find what colors look good together and play around to find the perfect
combination color palette ideas present you with various ready-made palettes to get inspired and
start designing with them straight away and last but not least if you yourself found a photo that
attracted your attention you can just upload it to the color palette generator and canva will
automatically produce the palette from it so it's very inspiring tip 19 creating canva presentations
that's a fairly recent feature and what's brilliant about it is that after designing
your presentation you can present it from canva with various handy functionalities first of all
you can choose the presenter view which opens up two windows one that the audience sees and the
other one that is for you it shows you the current time and the timer which is very handy to keep
you on track you also have the notes panel which displays all the notes added to the presentation
while designing or you can update them before you present to it's amazing because your audience
can't see it and you can refer to them throughout the caveat is that you can present live but with
an external program like zoom or microsoft teams what's more canva lets you present and record your
work as well which is a separate functionality from what i've just discussed what i love
about this option is that you're visible while presenting in a wee bubble so let me show you this
and as you can see i'm here in the we bubble down below and this makes your presentation process
much more personal and easier and quicker which is extremely important in today's online world at
the moment unfortunately you can only pre-record a presentation in canva and send it to your clients
and partners as a link my tip is to screen record your presentation and this way you'll reap the
benefits of the wee bubble tip 20 holding q and a's with canva live while we're still talking
about presentations canva live allows people to ask you questions while you present so i'll start
a new session and there's no need for the audience to install any apps simply send the dedicated link
and access code and people can access a chat and ask you questions in real time and before you say
hey but people can ask questions in a chat on zoom right well the advantage is again with the
presenter view so all the questions are displayed right next to your notes and presentation and
it's all in one place visible at a glance so you can also showcase the questions like this
on top of the presentation for the audience to see and answer them one by one it's a very promising
development from canva and i really hope they'll be improved for live streaming if you don't know
how to use canva i've recently published a full comprehensive tutorial for beginners which goes
in depth on all the different functionalities and explains a step-by-step process on how to
actually design in canva so go ahead and check out this tutorial i have a shorter crash course
version of this tutorial coming up which will take you through canva in around 10 minutes
if you have any questions or any other cool canva tricks leave them down below in the comment
section i'm all about community here so let's help each other out like this video if you enjoyed it
subscribe for more content like this thank you so much for watching and i'll see you next time