how to create engaging posters fast using canva

How To Create Engaging Posters

Fast Using Canva

Open your browser

Type Canva URL in the address bar

Press Enter

You will get a prompt to create an account

Create An Account

Or if you already have an account

You have to log in

Let’s create an account

You can connect with Facebook

You can connect with Google

You can create by your email address

Type Email

Type password

Now you have an account.

Let’s get to work

This is Canva inside

The good thing about Canva…

is that it offers a lot of design templates

You just have to choose according to your application

Click More

To see other design templates

You can also customize your

canvas size

Click Use custom dimensions

Input your desired size here

Enter Width

Enter Height

Select the Unit of Dimensions

It can be in pixel (px)

Or millimeter (mm)

Or Inches (in)

Click Don't use custom dimensions

To go back to design selections

In this tutorial, we will create a Facebook post

Click this

You will be directed here

Let’s get familiar with the Canva tools

This is a PAGE of your design

This number represents

Page #

This is to duplicate the page

This is to delete the page

To add a page, click

SEARCH enables you to find items quickly inside Canva

Type here a keyword for your search

LAYOUT is used for your design layout

Canva has a variety of layouts to choose from

ELEMENTS

ELEMENTS is used to add different items in your canvas

Like GRIDS

FRAMES

SHAPES

ILLUSTRATIONS

PHOTOS

CHARTS

CANVA GRAPHICS

TEXT is used to add text in your poster

You can add simple text

Or Texts with Text Holders

BACKGROUND is where you select a

background for poster

You can select a Color background

Or Texture/Pattern background

UPLOADS is where you

upload your own image

Zoom IN or out your page here

There you have it!

Let’s try some tools!

Let’s start creating our

attractive poster.

In this tutorial, we will use our own uploaded

Click Uploads

Shortcut: You can drag

an image

From the folder in your device

Directly to Canva window

To upload it

Let's do the other way

Click Upload your own images

A new window will pop out

To get the image

Saved in your device

Click the image filename

Click Open

Wait until uploading is finished

There is the

uploaded image

To add the uploaded image in the canvas

Click the image

This is now on your canvas

You can resize it to cover the whole canvas

Just stretch the image in or out

Until it covers the whole canvas

Click filter to add filter to the image

You can crop

Click the ✔ sign when done

Or ✘ to cancel

You can Copy the image

Move it forward

Or at the back of another object on your canvas

You can delete this also

Click the down⬇arrow

to see other options

Let's add text

Click Text

Click Add headline

You will see this

You can change the font type

The font size

And even the font color

Type your headline (text) here

To make it more readable

Add a textoverlay

Overlay is simply a thing (usually a shape)

Put under text to make it

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