Canva has taken the world by storm in recent years as it fast becomes the app of choice for amateur designers and small business owners alike. Designed to make it easy to design high-quality creative content for any format with simple content creation tools for the whole team.
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Can Canva be used for commercial use?
Canva benefits from 610,000 images and videos at your disposal when you sign up to the Pro subscription.
All free photos, music and video files on Canva can be used for free for commercial and non-commercial use. You can modify the photos, music and video files. Be creative and edit the media as you like.
Does Canva schedule posts to social media?
Why have a separate scheduler when you can design and schedule in Canva? Scheduling social media posts is available to Canva Pro users and Canva for Teams and Canva for non-profits administrators and brand designers.
Save time and streamline your workflow with Content Planner—no need to download and reupload your posts into your social media channels.
You can schedule posts on the following social media apps, with more on the way:
- Facebook Groups and Pages
- Instagram Business Account
- Slack
- Tumblr
Scheduling posts from the Content Planner on PC
- On the Canva homepage side menu, click Content Planner.
- Next to when you want to schedule the post, click on the plus icon.
- Select to schedule an existing design, or create a new design to schedule.
- Scheduling existing designs: Under Recent designs, select which one you want to schedule. If it’s not there, click on Your projects to search for it. Click to select it.
- Creating designs to schedule: Click on Create a design. Select the design that you want to create, or use the search bar. To schedule it, click Share on the menu above the editor, and select Schedule. If it’s not there, click on More first.
- On the schedule window next to the date, click on the icon to change the time and date, to edit the design, and for more options. The time follows your local time zone.
- Click Select a channel, and select the social media account that you want to schedule the post to. If there’s no connected account yet, click Connect, and log into the account that you want to use.
- If your design has multiple pages, select the pages that you want to publish. The number of pages and design export size depend on social media limitations. See Social media export limits for details.
- Write a caption if you want, and click Schedule post to finish.
Scheduling posts from the Content Planner on mobile
- On the home screen, tap Menu.
- Under Tools, tap on Content Planner.
- At the bottom corner, tap the plus button.
- Select to Create new design to schedule, or Choose a design from your projects to schedule.
- Create a design: Select the design that you want to create, or use the search bar. To schedule it, tap on the menu above the editor, and select Schedule. If you don’t see it right away, swipe through the options to look for it.
- Choose existing design: Tap to select a design from your Recent or All tab. You can also use the search bar to look for it.
- On the Schedule window next to the date, tap the icon to change the date and time. The time follows your local time zone.
- Tap Select a channel, and tap on the social media account that you want to use. If it’s your first time or if you want to use a different account, tap Select a channel. Select the platform, and log into the account that you want to connect.
- If your design has multiple pages, select the pages that you want to publish. The number of pages and design export size depend on social media limitations. See Social media export limits for details.
- Write a caption if you want, and tap Schedule post to finish.
Can I use Canva on my phone?
There’s no denying that our smartphones have become an extension of ourselves. Accounting for 65% of all digital media use last year, we now use our mobiles more often than we use our computers. And quite frankly, it’s not hard to see why. Our smartphones have a serious convenience factor, allowing us to complete virtually any task at the click of a button.
Case in point: Did you know you can use Canva for Mobile to design on the go? Available for iPhones, iPads and Android phones and tablets, the app allows you to create professional looking designs within seconds—and it makes it even easier to send your designs directly to your social media platforms.
Plus, the app has a few cool features of its own that aren’t even available on the desktop version!
Read on for six tips for creating eye-catching designs on Canva’s mobile app.
01. Play with filters
Smartphones and tablets tend to have better support for filters than desktop programs. This means that Canva for Mobile has an even more extensive range of filters you can use to give the images in your design a distinctive feel.
Better yet, it’s easier than ever to customize these to your liking. Simply select the filter of your choice, then click Advanced to modify settings like the contrast, brightness and saturation. You can also use this feature to add a blurred or vignetted effect to your image, or adjust the color.
Here, you can see ‘Mooloolaba’ in action—a filter only available on Canva for Mobile.
02. Font pairing made easy
Choosing fonts that look good together can be a real dilemma. Canva’s professional designers have taken the hard work out of it, by pre-loading the app with hundreds of balanced font pairings, so you can be sure your text’s heading and body don’t clash.
To find a font template, tap the + button in the bottom corner of the app, then tap Text. Here you can browse designer-approved font combinations—there are endless styles available, so you are sure to find something that suits your design.
Start designing with these two templates that have great font options: Yellow and Black Photo Food Instagram Post and Yellow Caper Illustration Yard Sale Instagram Post
03. Use the live camera feature
One of the coolest things about Canva for Mobile (that the desktop version doesn’t have) is the live camera feature. You can use this to create striking Instagram and Facebook stories on the fly.
To do this, ensure you have given Canva permission access to your camera. Then, click on an Instagram story or Facebook story template you like. Select the image you’d like to change with your own, then click the Camera. Snap your image and it’s in your design! You can then experiment with your text, colors, and graphics to make it complement your brand.
04. Experiment with graphics and icons
Icons are a fun way to make a design unique. And Canva for Mobile makes it incredibly simple to add them.
When you’re in your design, simply click the plus sign. Next, select Graphics and scroll down to find one you like. You can also use the search function to find something specific. You can play with borders, lines and even emoji-style graphics. Once you’ve found the one, click it and use your fingers to drag it to where you like in your design. To make it bigger or smaller, use the control handlers.
Another awesome feature in Canva’s iOS app which is not yet available on desktop is Packs. These are sets of graphics with a certain theme like weddings or graphics for your small business. You can purchase these packs to give the graphics in your designs a consistent, uniform feel.
05. Batch your work
Another compelling feature of Canva for Mobile is being able to create multiple pages to design and export them in a single batch, or individually.
So if, for example, you were creating quote graphic tiles for Instagram, you could create multiple versions at once—ready for when you need them. This will not only save you lots of time, but means you won’t have to scramble for content when it’s time to post.
To add an extra page to your design, click the plus button, then click Pages. You can also duplicate pages, by clicking the icon in the bottom left that states the number of pages, selecting the page you want to copy, then pressing the middle icon.
06. Use Siri to search images
Want to locate a specific type of template in Canva for mobile? There’s an app for that!
Or rather, a combination of two apps. If you have an iPhone, you can use Siri voice recognition to locate templates by saying phrases like ‘Search Canva for holiday images’ or ‘Search Canva for wedding invitations.’ This makes it much easier to narrow down the available templates (especially when you’re on the go) and find one that’s going to be the perfect fit for your design.
Whether you’re creating social media posts while out and about or making some last minute changes to a work presentation, Canva’s mobile app allows you to create polished designs, anytime and anywhere. Taking these handy design tips on board will make your mobile design experience a breeze and help take your creations to the next level. Ready to get started? You can download Canva’s free app for your smartphone or tablet here. It’s available for both iOs or Android.
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