Mind-Blowing Canva Tips and Tricks

Canva is a great design tool for beginners, but with this list of Canva tips and tricks, you’ll?become a design pro in no time!

Use Canva Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts I use most often:

• Add a line to your document: Click the “L” key
• Add a rectangle to your document: Click the “R” key
• Transform text to Uppercase: Shift + ctrl + “K” key
• Bold text: ctrl + “B” key
• Duplicate elements: ctrl + “D” key
• Group Elements: ctrl + “G” key
• Ungroup Elements: shift + ctrl + “G” key
• Select all items on layer: ctrl + “A” key
• Zoom in: ctrl + “+” key
• Zoom out: ctrl + “-” key
• Send element forward: ctrl + “]”
• Send element backward: ctrl + “[“

Add a QR Code to your Designs

Canva’s URL Generator is extremely helpful while designing business cards, or marketing materials to promote your app, website, or brand.

Step 1: Go to the ‘More’ option from the left sidebar.?

Step 2: Select the QR code Generator under Apps and Integrations.

Step 3: Add the URL to your blog, website, company, or your app.

Your link will be converted into a QR code that people can scan it through their mobile phones.

Text Masking with Alphabet Frames

Want to create a unique and highly engaging design? Text Masking is one of the best ways to do that! You can mask your letter frames in Canva with this simple process.

Step 1:?Select the letter frames of your choice from the Canva Elements tab by searching for ‘Frames’. Then arrange them according to your choice.

Step 2:?Drag and drop videos or photos within them. For example, here, I have used the floral themed videos on my frames.

Converting Photos into Paintings

Yes, with Canva, you can easily transform your images into a painting. Let’s see how to do it.

Step 1:?Upload an image on the Canva editor and click on Edit image.

Step 2:?Choose the ‘Prisma‘ effect from the list. Try out all the 10 variations of the painting styles and select the one that you like best. This effect will add a punch of creativity to your boring pictures!

Get Color Palette Ideas and Font Combinations

If you want ideas for different color palettes, you can just visit?Canva’s Color Palettes, add any keyword, and find lots of different templates to choose from.?

You can also use?Canva’s Color Wheel, which is an interactive tool, to decide different color combinations and either export them or create a graphic with them.

Additionally,?Canva Font Combinations?can help youl find great font pairing recommendations, so you can give it a try!?

I hope this helps you use Canva more effectively from now onwards!?Leave a comment below if you know a super neat Canva hack that I didn’t list here— I’d seriously love to hear about it!

Happy designing !