Difference between revisions of "Canva Tips"

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Canva is a free-to-use, online graphic design software.

Pro version, smart phone apps, and desktop versions are also available.

It is used to make documents, brochures, social media assets, presentations, websites, and even videos.

Canva is including Artificial Intelligence services in their software to make graphic design easy for everyone.

Pikes Peak Makerspace (PPM) has a license for the Pro Version of Canva. You will be provided login information during the Canva class.

Contact Us if you cannot find your answer here on our Wiki or if you notice any information that is outdated.

Tips

Links to canva.com:

Design Ideas

Free Online Whiteboard Tool

Creating QR codes with Canva

Word Cloud templates

Design anything with ease in Canva

Canva Newsroom

Links to other external sites:

Canva on YouTube

Flourish — data visualization and storytelling from the Canva family

Pixabay — "royalty-free images & royalty-free stock"

AFFINITY (Designer/Photo/Publisher) — AFFINITY Learning Portal

Classes

PPM announces its Upcoming events, including classes, on Meetup

Training

Links to canva.com:

Magic Write — AI Text Generator

Text to Image — AI Image Generator

Magic Eraser — Perfect your image

Canva official website

Related Pages

Links to related PPM Wiki pages:

Adobe InDesign Tips

Adobe Illustrator Tips

Adobe Photoshop Tips

CorelDRAW X6 Tips

Inkscape Tips

Blender Tips

Procreate app Tips

QR Codes

Printers — Dye Sublimation

Printers — Large Format

Computers — Windows

Hand-Curated Links

Links to member-recommended external sites:

Design Surfaces — Canva’s first-ever podcast

How to Remove the Background From an Image — makeuseof.com

The 10 Best Canva Projects for Kids to Try — makeuseof.com

Adobe Express — alternative to Canva

For Additional Help

Use the PPM Slack channel #computing

List of all PPM Slack channels

Note that we have a Slack channel (#job-board) for members to post, discuss, or accept job opportunities either within PPM or from the community.

Search the PPM Wiki — include Content pages as well as Multimedia.

Contact Us if you cannot find your answer here on our Wiki or if you notice any information that is outdated.

Pikes Peak Makerspace (PPM) is dedicated to supporting our maker community in their creative processes by providing shared space, shared tools, materials, software, and a knowledge base to turn their ideas into reality.

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 It is used to make documents, brochures, social media assets, presentations, websites, and even videos.
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 === [https://www.canva.com/ideas/ Design Ideas] ===
-=== [https://www.canva.com/help/create-qr-code/ Creating QR codes with Canva] ===
+=== [https://www.canva.com/online-whiteboard/ Free Online Whiteboard Tool] ===
+===[https://www.canva.com/help/create-qr-code/ Creating QR codes with Canva]===
 === [https://www.canva.com/templates/?query=word-cloud Word Cloud templates] ===
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 :'''[https://www.youtube.com/c/canva Canva on YouTube]'''
 :'''[https://flourish.studio/ Flourish]''' — data visualization and storytelling from the Canva family
+:'''[https://pixabay.com/ Pixabay]''' — "royalty-free images & royalty-free stock"
+:[https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/learn/ '''AFFINITY (Designer/Photo/Publisher)'''] — AFFINITY Learning Portal
-==Training — PPM Trainer(s) needed==
+==Classes==
 PPM announces its [https://www.meetup.com/pikespeakmakerspace/events '''Upcoming events, including classes, on Meetup''']
+==Training==
 Links to canva.com:
 :'''[https://www.canva.com/magic-write/ Magic Write]''' — AI Text Generator
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 :[https://www.canva.com/ '''Canva official website''']
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+== Related Pages==
 Links to related PPM Wiki pages:
 :'''[[Adobe InDesign Tips]]'''
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 :[[Dye_Sublimation_Printing|<span style="color:#000000; background:#D0DD27">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Printers — Dye Sublimation'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]
-:[[Computers|<span style="color:#000000; background:#D0DD27">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Computers'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]
+:[[Large Format Printing|<span style="color:#000000; background:#D0DD27">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Printers — Large Format'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]
+:[[Computers|<span style="color:#000000; background:#D0DD27">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Computers — Windows'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]
-==Curated Links==
+==Hand-Curated Links==
 Links to member-recommended external sites:
+:'''[https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/design-surfaces-podcast/ Design Surfaces]''' — Canva’s first-ever podcast
 :'''[https://www.makeuseof.com/remove-image-background-canva/ How to Remove the Background From an Image]''' — makeuseof.com
 :[https://www.makeuseof.com/best-canva-projects-for-kids/ '''The 10 Best Canva Projects for Kids to Try'''] — makeuseof.com
 :'''[https://www.adobe.com/express/ Adobe Express]''' — alternative to Canva
 ==For Additional Help==
-:Use the PPM Slack channel #computing
+: Use the PPM Slack channel #computing
-:[[How To Slack#Channel Names and Descriptions|'''List of all PPM Slack channels''']]
+:[[How To Slack#PPM Channel Names and Descriptions|'''List of all PPM Slack channels''']]
 :Note that we have a Slack channel (#job-board) for members to post, discuss, or accept job opportunities either within PPM or from the&nbsp;community.
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