Difference between revisions of "Canva Tips"

Latest revision as of 16:47, 2 September 2024

Canva software is used to make documents, brochures, social media assets, presentations, websites, videos, and even augmented reality scenes.
They have a free-to-use version, a Pro (paid) version, desktop versions, and smart phone versions available.
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. Specific login information will be provided to PPM members.

Contact Us if you cannot find your answer here on our Wiki or if you notice any information that is outdated.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

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

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

Training

Links to canva.com:

Canva Design School Tutorials

Magic Write — AI Text Generator

Text to Image — AI Image Generator

Magic Eraser — Perfect your image

Design Surfaces — Canva’s first-ever podcast

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

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Contact Us if you cannot find your answer here on our Wiki or if you notice any information that is outdated.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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-Pikes Peak Makerspace (PPM) is dedicated to supporting our maker community in their creative process by providing shared space, shared tools, software, materials and a knowledge base to turn their ideas into&nbsp;reality.
+'''Canva software is used to make documents, brochures, social media assets, presentations, websites, videos, and even augmented reality scenes.'''
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+They have a free-to-use version, a Pro (paid) version, desktop versions, and smart phone versions available.
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-'''Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool.''' Pro version and smart phone apps are also available.
+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. Specific login information will be provided to PPM members.
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-PPM has a license for the Pro Version. You will be provided login information during the Canva class.
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-== Tips ==
+==Tips==
-Links to external sites:
+'''Links to canva.com:'''
-:'''[https://www.canva.com/help/create-qr-code/ Creating QR codes with Canva]''' — canva.com
-:'''[https://www.canva.com/ideas/ Design Ideas]''' — canva.com
+===[https://www.canva.com/ideas/ Design Ideas]===
-:[https://www.canva.com/create/ '''Design anything with ease in Canva'''] — canva.com
-:'''[https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/ Canva Newsroom]''' — canva.com
+===[https://www.canva.com/help/create-qr-code/ Creating QR codes with Canva]===
-==Training — PPM Trainer(s) needed==
-Pikes Peak Makerspace announces its  [https://www.meetup.com/pikespeakmakerspace/events '''Upcoming events, including classes, on Meetup''']
+===[https://www.canva.com/templates/?query=word-cloud Word Cloud templates]===
+===[https://www.canva.com/create Design anything with ease in Canva]===
+===[https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/ Canva Newsroom]===
+'''Links to other external sites:'''
+:'''[https://www.youtube.com/c/canva Canva on YouTube]'''
+:'''[https://flourish.studio/ Flourish]''' — data visualization and storytelling from the Canva family
+:'''[https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/learn/ AFFINITY (Designer/Photo/Publisher)]''' — AFFINITY Learning Portal
-Links to external sites:
+==Training==
+'''Links to canva.com:'''
+:'''[https://www.canva.com/designschool/tutorials/ Canva Design School Tutorials]'''
 :'''[https://www.canva.com/magic-write/ Magic Write]''' — AI Text Generator
 :'''[https://www.canva.com/ai-image-generator/ Text to Image]''' — AI Image Generator
 :'''[https://www.canva.com/features/magic-eraser/ Magic Eraser]''' — Perfect your image
-:'''[https://www.youtube.com/c/canva Canva on YouTube]'''
+:'''[https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/design-surfaces-podcast/ Design Surfaces]''' — Canva’s first-ever podcast
 :[https://www.canva.com/ '''Canva official website''']
-==For Additional Help==
+==Related Pages==
-:Use the PPM Slack channel #computing
+'''Links to related PPM Wiki pages:'''
-:[[How To Slack#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.
-== 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]]'''
-:'''[[Blender Tips]]'''
 :'''[[QR Codes]]'''
 :[[Dye_Sublimation_Printing|<span style="color:#000000; background:#D0DD27">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Printers — Dye Sublimation'''&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>]]
-:[[Computers|<span style="color:#000000; background:#D0DD27">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Computers'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]
+==For Additional Help==
+:Use the PPM Slack channel #computing
-==Curated Links==
+:[[How To Slack#PPM Channel Names and Descriptions|'''List of all PPM Slack channels''']]
-Links to member-recommended external sites:
+: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.
-:'''[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://flourish.studio/ Flourish]''' — data visualization and storytelling from the Canva family
-==Other Fun Stuff==
-Links to external sites:
-:'''[https://www.adobe.com/express/ Adobe Express]''' — alternative to Canva
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-[[Category:Volunteers Needed]]