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New to Canva?

Check out this tutorial- it’s a great introduction to Canva for beginners, and will give you all the basics so you can start flexing those creative muscles!

Start here to learn the ropes

Canva is an online Graphic Design tool and a fun introduction to design, below we are going to give you a quick introduction so that you can explore more by yourself, or so you can move on with one of our other tutorials with confidence!

Watch the video below to guide the way and get yourself familiar with Canva. 

When prompted, you will be asked to click the link below to set up your Canva account. 

FOLLOW ME TO CANVA

You can also use the below to follow along with the steps:

STEP BY STEP 👉
  • Use these steps and timestamps, if you need to refer back to something in particular:
    • What is Canva?- 0:17
    • 2. Getting Started- Setting up your account- 0:32
    • 3. YOUR TURN- Pause and set up your account
    • 4. Canva home page- 1:23
    • 5. Create a design- 1:40
    • 6. Designing on Canva- 1:58
      • Lefthand side tabs: ‘Templates’- 2:09
      • How can I tell what is only available with Canva Pro?- 2:24
      • Lefthand side tabs: ‘Elements’- 2:55
      • Searching for specific elements- 3:08
      • Using a “Pro” element, on a ‘Free’ membership- 3:24
      • Filtering results for ‘Free’ elements only- 3:51
      • Adding an element to your page- 4:07
      • Repositioning and resizing your elements- 4:13
      • YOUR TURN- Pause and search for, and add an element 4:23
      • Lefthand side tabs- ‘Uploads’ 4:27
      • Lefthand side tabs- ‘Text’ 4:38
      • Adding a heading- 4:47
      • Changing the text alignment- 4:58
      • Resizing your text- 5.06
      • Changing your font – 5.18
      • Editing the letter and line spacing- 5:26
      • YOUR TURN- Pause and add some text to your page- 5:41
      • Lefthand side tabs: ‘Photos’- 5:56
      • Add photo to your page 6:06
      • YOUR TURN- Pause and add a photo to your page- 6:33
      • Customising your elements- 6:34
      • Congratulations! You now know the Canva basics!

Go MAD and get creative with Canva!

We’d love to see what you come up with 😍 please email us at hello@somadaboutdesign or share on instagram tagging @somadaboutdesign using the hashtag #SoMadDesigner .