Canva Box of Tricks
$60.00 4 Sections 16 Lessons
Course Description
PixelHaze Academy founder Elwyn Davies has been a professional web and graphic designer since 2004. He has been working with graphic design software, including Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, since way back in the mid-1990s.
Over the past 4-5 years, he has been working with Canva. Although it doesn’t have the technical capability of industry-leading software, it is the perfect gateway to desktop publishing for the next generation of designers or those who need to create the occasional flyer, social media graphic or slideshow presentation.
Canva is extremely easy to pick up; it has many starting templates, with a stock library baked in to the website. What’s more, it is built into your browser. You no longer need to download, install and update design software on your computer to create stunning artwork. Over and above that, the majority of features are completely free.
Throughout this masterclass series, we will be working with all aspects of Canva, carefully striking the balance between a technical understanding of what the software is capable of, to working with assets and the built-in font library. To complement all of this, we will be tapping into Elwyn's experience as a professional designer to ensure you have several takeaway tips and processes he has picked up through the years.
We hope this has managed to whet your appetite, and you are now ready to crack on with Canva. Let’s get started...
Course Content
Canva - The Basics
Here you will find all of the tools needed to get started in Canva.
Basics 1 - Working with templates
Basics 2 - Creating a social media graphic
Basics 3 - Getting your graphics on brand
Basics 4 - Working with pages
Basics 5 - Image overlap effect
Canva - Fonts & Typography
We cover the essential building blocks for creating beautiful text-based designs.
Canva Fonts 1 - Intro
Canva Fonts 2 - Leading with typography
Canva Fonts 3 - Tracking and leading essentials
Canva Fonts 4 - Working with font combinations
Canva Fonts 5 - Kerning
Canva Fonts 6 - Text effects
Canva Fonts 7 - Create a textart poster
Canva - Working with Frames
Frames are versatile and creative, allowing you to build professional designs.
Canva Frames 1 - An introduction to frames
Canva Frames 2 - Adding frames and textures
Canva Frames 3 - Reviewing existing designs
Canva - Extras
A range of additional resources from the PixelHaze YouTube Channel
Canva Extra - Canva Design Challenge