15 Genius Canva Hacks In Under 10 Minutes
TLDRIn this video, the presenter shares 15 ingenious Canva hacks to enhance design capabilities within a 10-minute timeframe. The hacks include making any font appear bolder, efficiently searching through Canva's extensive image library, distinguishing between scalable vector graphics and traditional graphics, creating color palettes from vector graphics and photos, applying colors to an entire page with AI technology, and using transparency to hide images while retaining their color palette. The presenter also introduces alignment tools for design consistency, methods to increase image resolution for printing, and creative ways to transform images into paintings or cartoons using Canva's editing features. Additionally, they explore the use of public domain images, Canva's Smart Mockups for commercial applications, and combining images using the crop tool for a personalized touch. The video concludes with a challenge to create 30 t-shirt designs in under 4 hours using Canva.
Takeaways
- 🎨 Use the outline tool in Canva to make a font appear bolder by matching the outline color to the text and adjusting the thickness.
- 🔍 Speed up image selection by using keywords from a preferred image to refine your search in Canva's image library.
- 📈 Distinguish between scalable vector graphics (SVGs) and traditional graphics by their color changeability in Canva, with SVGs being more scalable without quality loss.
- 🌈 Quickly create color palettes by selecting a boho background graphic with editable colors and applying it to other elements in your design.
- 📸 Utilize Canva's AI to generate a color palette from a photo by selecting a photo with a desired aesthetic and editing its colors.
- 🖼️ Apply a color scheme from a photo to an entire page by right-clicking the photo and choosing 'apply colors to page'.
- 👻 Hide a photo in your design by setting its transparency to zero and moving it to the lowest layer, keeping its color palette accessible without it being visible.
- 🧩 Use Canva's alignment tools to align multiple elements neatly and evenly space them with a right-click and menu selection.
- 🖼️ Increase the resolution of your Canva designs for printing by enlarging the canvas size or using a Pro account feature to scale up the image.
- 🖊️ Convert images to paintings or cartoons using the Prisma app within Canva's edit image feature.
- ℹ️ Check the source information of an image in Canva to understand its licensing, which can be more permissive for commercial use if it's sourced from a public domain.
- 📚 Use Canva's Smart Mockups to create realistic product presentations by dragging and dropping design elements onto various mockup templates.
- 🧩 Combine images using the crop tool to create composite designs, such as adding a smile to a photo of a dog.
Q & A
What is the main challenge the speaker has set for themselves in the video?
-The speaker's main challenge is to teach the audience 15 Canva hacks in under 10 minutes.
How can one make a non-bold font appear bolder in Canva?
-You can make a non-bold font appear bolder by applying an outline effect to the text with the same color as the font and reducing the thickness.
What is a useful trick to find similar images quickly on Canva?
-Once you find an image that fits your style, you can open the more information tab, check the associated keywords, and use those keywords for another search to find similar images.
How can you tell the difference between a scalable vector graphic and a traditional graphic in Canva?
-You can tell the difference by trying to change the colors of the image. If you can change the colors, it's a scalable vector graphic; if not, it's a traditional graphic.
Why are vector graphics useful for creating color palettes?
-Vector graphics are useful for creating color palettes because they are generated using mathematical formulas, which allow for infinite scalability without quality loss and easy color changes.
How does Canva's AI help in creating a color palette from a photo?
-Canva's AI analyzes the color scheme and aesthetic of the selected photo and creates a color palette based on it, which can then be applied to other elements in the design.
What is the 'apply colors to page' feature in Canva?
-The 'apply colors to page' feature allows you to right-click a photo and apply its color scheme to the entire page, recoloring all elements on the page to match the aesthetic of the photo.
How can you hide a photo in your design while keeping its color palette available?
-You can hide a photo by setting its transparency to zero and moving it to the lowest layer in the layers tab, effectively making it invisible while still having its color palette accessible.
What are Canva's align tools and how can they help with design?
-Canva's align tools allow you to select multiple elements and align them in various ways (e.g., top, bottom, center) or space them evenly throughout the design for a neater and more organized layout.
What is the recommended DPI for printing high-resolution images and how can it be achieved in Canva?
-The recommended DPI for printing high-resolution images is 300 DPI. This can be achieved in Canva by either increasing the canvas size before printing, using the Pro account feature to increase the file size by 3.125 times upon download, or saving the file as a PDF and converting it to another format while retaining the 300 DPI using a tool like Cloud Convert.
How can you turn a photo into a painting or cartoon style in Canva?
-You can turn a photo into a painting or cartoon style by selecting the photo, clicking 'edit image', and then choosing the Prisma icon to apply different painting and cartoon styles to the photo.
What is the significance of knowing the source of an image in Canva?
-Knowing the source of an image in Canva is significant because it can provide information about the image's licensing, which may be more permissive for commercial use than Canva's standard licenses, as is the case with images uploaded to Pixabay before it was acquired by Canva.
How can Canva's Smart Mockups be used for commercial purposes?
-Canva's Smart Mockups can be used for commercial purposes by selecting a mockup, adding elements from your design onto it, and customizing the position of the image to create a realistic representation of how the design would look on a product.
What is a quick and fun way to combine images in Canva?
-A quick and fun way to combine images in Canva is by using the crop tool to cut out parts of different images and layer them together to create a new composite image, such as adding a smiling face to a photo of a dog.
Outlines
🎨 Canva Design Hacks and Features
The speaker challenges themselves to teach 15 Canva hacks in under 10 minutes. They start with a technique to make a non-bold font appear bolder by using the outline tool and matching the outline color to the text. The speaker then shares tips on efficiently searching through Canva's vast image library by using keywords associated with preferred images and identifying scalable vector graphics (SVGs) versus traditional graphics. They also discuss the benefits of vector graphics for creating color palettes, using Canva's AI to generate color schemes from photos, and applying these color schemes to a design. Additional hacks include hiding images to keep their color palettes accessible without them being visible in the design and using Canva's align tools to organize design elements. The speaker also covers methods to increase image resolution for printing, such as enlarging the canvas size or using Canva Pro features, and converting PDF files to maintain high DPI. They touch on using Canva's editing features to transform images into paintings or cartoons and the use of Smart Mockups for commercial applications. Lastly, they mention the ability to find the source of images on Canva and use public domain licensed images for more flexibility in commercial use.
📈 Increasing Image Resolution and Creative Editing in Canva
The paragraph discusses various methods to enhance the resolution of images for printing purposes. One technique involves increasing the canvas size to achieve a higher DPI when the design is scaled down. Canva Pro members have the advantage of a feature that automatically increases the file size to achieve 300 DPI without manually adjusting the canvas. Another strategy is to save the design as a PDF, which Canva provides in 300 DPI, and then use a tool like Cloud Convert to transform the PDF into another file format like PNG while preserving the high DPI. The speaker also introduces the Prisma feature in Canva, which allows users to turn photos into paintings or cartoons. They highlight the combination of this feature with Canva's background remover to create custom photo products. Additionally, the paragraph covers the use of Canva's image information tab to find the source of images and potentially access public domain licensed photos for more flexible commercial use. Canva's Smart Mockups are also mentioned as a tool for commercial applications, and a tip is given on how to use multiple elements in a mockup by creating a separate project file and uploading it as an image to be added to the mockup. The paragraph concludes with a creative hack involving the use of Canva's crop tool to combine images, such as adding a smiling face to a photo of a dog.
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Keywords
💡Canva
💡Font
💡Outline Tool
💡Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
💡Color Palette
💡AI Technology
💡Transparency
💡Align Tools
💡DPI (Dots Per Inch)
💡Smart Mockups
💡Crop Tool
Highlights
Transforming regular fonts into bolder versions using the outline tool in Canva
Efficiently browsing through Canva's vast image library by using keywords and the image search bar
Identifying and utilizing scalable vector graphics (SVGs) in Canva for high-quality, customizable images
Creating color palettes quickly using boho background graphics and editable colors
Utilizing Canva's AI to generate color palettes from photos and apply them to designs
Hiding images while retaining their color palette for future use in design
Aligning multiple design elements with Canva's handy align tools for a neat and professional layout
Increasing image resolution for print-quality designs by adjusting canvas size or using Pro account features
Converting PDF files to high DPI image formats using cloud-based tools for print-ready materials
Transforming photos into paintings or cartoons using the Prisma app within Canva
Sourcing images from Pixabay and understanding their public domain license for commercial use
Utilizing Canva's Smart Mockups for creating realistic product presentations
Featuring multiple design elements in a single smart mockup by re-uploading them as a combined image
Combining images creatively using the crop tool to create customized designs, like making a dog smile