Using Canva

Browse the Canva library for design templates: From the homepage, click Templates from the top navigation bar. Use the search bar to look for specific...

Easily change your design template: Create or open an existing design. If your design has multiple pages, scroll to the...

Add audio or music to your designs by using a template from any of the design categories below: Social media posts Animated Social Media...

Choose how you want to create designs from scratch: Use custom dimensions Click Create a design from the editor side panel. Select Custom...

Click Preview or the ► button above the editor to preview designs with videos and/or music. This is currently available in the following design...

When added to your design, premium elements will have watermarks (criss-cross patterns) unless they’re purchased. To see first how your design will...

Share your designs via email invitations or via access links. To share with your team or selected team members, click here. Open the design...

Easily publish and share your Canva designs as websites: Create or open an existing design. Click the ••• button on the top corner of...

Change user access permissions on designs and folders that you shared at any time: Design permissions Open the design. If someone requested design access,...

Invite others to contribute their video messages for birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, and more to share with friends and family. Select...

Share designs with your team or with select members. Open the design that you want to share. Click Share above the editor,...

If someone shares a design with you and you can’t view or edit it, you can request access from its owner. To...

Select the app you want to use, and publish to share your designs on social media and via messaging platforms:...

Easily present your reports, pitch decks, and more: Create or open an existing presentation. Click Present from the top corner of the...

There are several ways of presenting your designs: Standard Present your slides at your own pace. Use the left and right arrows on the screen...

Easily present multiple presentations by adding them to a playlist. This works for any design but is best used for presentations. Create a...

Download your designs in a range of file types, such as PDF, PNG, JPEG, and more. If your design has premium...

Download your design with a transparent background for use in other projects. This option is available with a Canva Pro or Canva for...

Download your designs in the file format that best serves their intended use: Image JPG. Small file size, best for photographs. Adjust quality* and scale* by...

Easily download your designs in video format: Open the design you want to download. Optional: Click Preview or the ► button above the editor...

Team owners, administrators, and template designers can publish designs as templates for members of the team to use. This is available to Canva Pro, Canva for Enterprise, Canva for Education,...

Add different elements to your designs: Create or open an existing design. Click the Elements tab from the side panel. Use the search...

Edit element colors to better suit your design: Create or open an existing design. Click to select the element you want to...

Create or open an existing design, and refer below for flipping and rotating elements: Flip elements Click to select the element you...

Outline boundaries, break a design into sections, or drive focus to added text, images, or videos by adding borders: Create or open an existing...

Copy the style and formatting of elements and text in your design: Create or open an existing design. Select an element or text in...

Create or open an existing design, and refer below to layer, group, or position your design elements: Layer Arrange which...

Use charts and graphs to represent your data. This is most useful for presentations. Add chart to design Create or open...

Create or open an existing design, and refer below for resizing and cropping elements: Resize elements Click the element, textbox, photo, or video that you...

anva has an extensive library of high-quality free images, videos, audio, and other graphics. For a wider range of choices, premium elements are also...

Frames allow you to crop images and videos to their shape. Tip: Add a grid to your design instead to create a collage...

Create or open an existing design. Add a grid, and explore the following ways of using it: Add image or media...

Lock elements to avoid making unintentional changes to them while you edit other parts of your design: Create or open an existing...

Create more interesting designs by playing around with element transparency: Create or open an existing design. Click to select the...

When added to design, premium elements have watermarks (criss-cross patterns) unless they’re purchased. Here’s how to remove them: Select a premium element...

Embed links to your designs: Create or open an existing design. Click to select the element you want to add...

Easily change your design template: Create or open an existing design. If your design has multiple pages, scroll to the...

Add custom text to your designs, or use text templates: Create or open an existing design. Click the Text tab from the...

Resizing a text box also resizes the text. If you want to change the text box area but not affect the font...

Bring more life to your designs by animating pages: Create or open an existing design. Click to select the page that you want...

Easily manage your design pages from inside the editor. Create or open an existing design, and refer below: Add page: click...

Currently, changing the orientation of designs isn’t available. But you can use our resize feature as a workaround. The resize feature is available to Canva...

Use preset platform dimensions or use custom measurements to resize your designs: From your All your designs folder, open the design that...

Manage how design pages are displayed in the editor. Create or open an existing design, and refer to the sections...

Enrich your design with different types of media: Create or open an existing design. Click ⋯ More from the editor side panel...

Create or open an existing design, and click the Bkground tab from the side panel to choose a background. Solid color background...

Apply effects to your images in a few clicks: Create or open an existing design. Select the photo you want to edit....

Launch Canva directly from your Dropbox account, and use saved images in your designs as backgrounds: Log in to your Dropbox...

Create or open an existing design. Click on the image that you want to edit. Image options will appear on the editor toolbar....

Create or open an existing design. Click the image that you want to edit. Image options will appear on the editor toolbar. Click Filter....

If you’re designing on a partner website through the Canva Button, videos will not be available. Here’s how you can add...

Only upload content that you own and are licensed to use. See section 4.2 of our Terms of Use for more details. If you’re...

You can trim videos from the Canva library or those that you’ve uploaded. Here’s how: Click on the video you want to edit....

Canva automatically saves designs as you work. Refer to top menu bar in the editor for the save status of...

Reviewing and restoring previous design versions is available to Canva Pro, Canva for Enterprise, Canva for Education, and Canva for Nonprofits users. If you’re designing...

Directly comment on elements or design pages when working with your team and collaborators, or when reviewing student assignments (Canva for Education users). Comments are different from notes. Notes...

You can rename your designs from the homepage, from inside the editor, or from within a folder that you have edit...

Delete designs that you no longer need: From the homepage, click All your designs from the sidebar. Hover your cursor over the...

Making copies of designs is helpful in keeping ‘original’ versions before sharing them for editing if you don’t have access to your design’s version history....

After deleting designs, they are kept in your Trash folder for 30 days. Within this period, you can still recover designs that you...

Canva has a library of images and videos, but you can still upload your own to use in your designs. You can also import media...

The Canva Button allows users to seamlessly create ads, banners, headers, and more without leaving the partner website. If you want one...

Easily remove the backgrounds of images with a click. This feature is available to Canva Pro, Canva for Enterprise, Canva for Education, and Canva...