How to use Canva to design eye-catching graphics for your website and social media posts

Venue:
Online
 
Date:
18/07/2023
 
Note:
Tuesday 18 July
 
Time:
1:30-4:40
 
Category:
Business Training
 

Would you like to know how you can improve your social media posts by designing eye-catching graphics and images using Canva? In this course your trainer will demonstrate how to design 7 or 8 different types of marketing graphics, with each example showing you new techniques using the free version of Canva.

This event is no longer available
 

What we will cover

 Part 1

  • How to crop an image, add text and your logo
  • How to make a copy of a design, use preformatted text options and animate the text
  • How remove the background from a person or product and add them to a different coloured background plus how to add shadow to an image
  • How to create a background that matches your brand colour and how to add predesigned text graphics
  • How to design a portrait shaped graphic for Stories, including how to flip and image and add animated graphics
  • How to use the Canva image library and how to add transparency to shapes
  • How to use frames in your designs when working with images
  • How to use frames in your designs when adding a video
  • How to find and edit Canva templates

 

Part 2

  • How to send your design to your phone using QR code
  • How to add a QR code to your design

Editing images – extra tips and tricks

  • How to use the colour picker to match text or shape colours to your image
  • How to blur the background on your image
  • How to touch up people’s faces
  • How to turn your image into a painting
  • How to add your image to a PC screen or mobile phone using smart mock-ups

Text – extra tips and tricks

  • How to turn your text into a circle
  • How to make your text appear sideways

Shapes – extra tips and tricks

  • You can add text directly to a shape
  • How to easily swap out shapes to see which one is best
  • How to round the corners of a shape

Frames – extra tips and tricks

  • How to find extra frames

Templates – extra tips and tricks

  • How to favourite templates and then find your favourites

How to remove the background from a video

How to place text behind a person or object in your image