CANVA TUTORIAL FOR BEGINNERS (How to start using Canva step by step)

About this video

This is a beginner walkthrough of the Canva editor. Hayes starts a project from ‘Create a design,’ using preset sizes (for example an Instagram post, or an Instagram story at 1080 by 1920 pixels and a flyer at 8.5 by 11 inches), a custom size, or importing a file. In the editor she covers the Elements library — graphics, photos, videos and shapes — and editing tools such as color, border weight and transparency, plus the pink guide lines that show centering and alignment. She demonstrates photo editing including blur and, for Canva Pro users, background remover, and frames that fit a photo into a shape. In the Text tab she shows custom text boxes and font combinations, noting crown symbols mark Pro content that free users must pay to unlock, and covers font, size, color, hex codes, the eyedropper/color picker, photo colors, and effects like shadow, lift, hollow, splice and outline. She also shows grouping, duplicating, adding clickable links, aligning and tidying spacing, adding or duplicating pages, uploads, and the Draw tool. For downloading she explains file types — JPEG, PNG, PDF Standard, PDF Print, SVG, MP4 and GIF — saying PDF Print exports at 300 DPI for printing while other types default to 96 DPI for web use, PNG offers transparent backgrounds, and some size/quality and CMYK options are Pro-only.

Key takeaways

• Start from a preset or custom size in Create a design, or import an existing file to edit
• Crown symbols mark Pro elements and fonts; free users pay to remove their watermarks
• Use pink guide lines, grouping, alignment and ’tidy up’ to position elements evenly
• Frames drop a photo into a shape automatically, and background remover is a Pro feature
• Choose PDF Print at 300 DPI for printables; JPEG/PNG at 96 DPI suit web-only use

Episode details: published September 5, 2023 · 16:57 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kate Hayes’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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