Hello everyone.
Welcome back once again.
And now we will be introduced with the interface and the panels of Canva.
So let's start together.
After login to your Canva account you will have the similar interface as like mine you can see in my
screen.
So before starting with the introduce of interface, you need to know there is some type of features
are available with the free version and the paid version.
So if you are using paid version, there is some features available.
Like if you are using the education version that's I'm using right now, and it's you can consider as
the paid version, because if you were using the free version, you will be able to use the Premium
Content Premium element, but you won't be able to export your design.
But if you were using the education version or Pro or the paid version, then you will be able to export
the design you have created with the premium content or premium elements.
So this is the main difference between using the free and the paid.
So if you have the free version, you can also use all the premium content, but you won't be able to
export.
Okay.
So this is the different account.
I have created an account in last lesson, but that was the free version and this is the paid version
okay.
So this is our opening interface.
And when you will log in to your Canva account at first you need to you need to select the objective.
I mean in what purpose you will use the Canva.
So Canva have most of the category that are associated with the graphics design, so depend on your
needs.
You can search inside the search box or you can see there is some docs whiteboards I mean for which
purpose of design you want to create.
If you if you need to create a document.
In that case you can click this docs if you need a whiteboard and if you need to create some elements
with using the whiteboard.
So design using the whiteboards you can create, you can just click the whiteboard option as well as
if you need to create some presentation.
In that case, you can click this presentation option.
If you are looking to design for any content of social media like Facebook, cover, photos of Instagram
Reels, and many more.
In that case, you can click this social media as well as if you need to create some videos.
In that case, you can click in this video option.
So when you will click any of the option from here, then you will have the relevant topic or category
of the templates in here I'm going to show you.
But before that, if your expected category not present in here.
In that case you can click in this more option.
So if you click more then some more option will be available.
Like you can see here that infographics, photo collage, desktop wallpaper, graph, book cover, mind
map, magazine cover, virtual background calendar, poster worksheets and many more options are available.
Okay, so depends on your needs.
You can select any of the category from here.
So as an example, if you need to create a cover photo or any Facebook post image or any Instagram Reels
or any things that you want to create for the social media, in that case, you can click the social
media option.
So once you will click social media, all the relevant options of social media available.
In here you can see that the popular option is called the Instagram post, Facebook post, Instagram
story, WhatsApp status, Facebook cover, Instagram Reels, TikTok video, YouTube thumbnails, YouTube
intro and many more options are available.
So whatever you need, you just have to select the exact category.
So as an example, let me let me click this YouTube thumbnail.
Suppose you have a YouTube channel and you need to create a thumbnail for your video.
So what what you have to do, you have to select this YouTube thumbnail.
But in that case you will have a blank canvas.
Okay, so let me show you I'm going to click this create blank.
Then you can see here that we got we got our workspace here.
This is our main workspace.
But we got the blank space.
And now we can add all the required elements from here.
You can see here we got the design option.
We got the elements.
We got text brands uploads draw project apps backgrounds and all the other options are available.
So this is with the blank space.
That means you.
Have to create your YouTube thumbnail from the beginning.
But what you will do if you need some templates that you just want to make some customization.
In that case, you have to do one thing.
Let's get back to our home page.
This is our home page.
Suppose you need some templates for creating a YouTube thumbnail, and you don't want to start with
the blank, because for making a YouTube thumbnail from the blank canvas, it will be quite tough for
you if you were beginner.
Therefore, Canva have lots of templates.
Okay, how we will use the templates.
Let me show you.
So you have to go to the Canva home page and now you have to search in here that called YouTube.
Thumbnail.
Okay, I have written YouTube thumbnail and you can see here we got the YouTube thumbnail option.
And make sure that your options are turned with the templates because there is difference between projects
and templates.
So if you click on projects, in that case you will not have available projects in here.
But if you click on templates, in that case, you will be able to find a plenty of YouTube thumbnail
templates and that templates can be customizable.
Okay, so make sure the template is selected.
And then you have to click this YouTube thumbnail option.
So let me select this YouTube thumbnail.
Here we go.
You can see you can see there are lots of thumbnails are available.
And all these thumbnails are associated with the YouTube's relevant with the YouTube thumbnails.
So depend on your knees depend type of your video.
You can pick any templates from here okay.
And you can see at the top we got some filter option like what type of styles, what type of themes,
what type of features, what type of colors.
You can set all the filters from here, and if you have if you have any category of your YouTube video,
suppose you were looking at thumbnail for food related video.
In that case, you can directly click over here you can see the food option.
Then all the template will be available that's relevant with the YouTube thumbnail with the food category.
And you can see there are lots of categories are available.
And from there I selected the foods and number of foods templates are available in here.
Okay, now let's get back to the back option.
And you can see here that we got the back option here.
And now we we got the general category for the YouTube template.
And we got the general category for all template okay.
So if you want to if you want to customize any template from here, what you have to do, you just have
to select a template okay.
So you can see I'm for an example I'm going to pick this template.
So you can see this is a template.
So you just have to click here.
Then a pop up will appear.
And with the similar template you will have some more suggestion.
And you can also choose from here.
And if you want to customize this template you just have to click this customize this template option.
Then what will happen?
You will have you will have the pre sets or pre ready template.
Now what you have to do you just have to change the text.
You just have to change the image.
And you can make a separate customizable template for your YouTube videos.
So you can see here we got an image and we can move this image at top at left at bottom at right okay.
And here is we got some text.
And you can see if you click this text it is editable text.
We got some text over here.
So if you need to type any text over here.
So instead of uh freelancer you just have to double click with your mouse inside the text.
And like instead of a freelancer you need to type graphics.
Designer okay.
So you can extend the area.
So this is the basic uses of customization of templates instead of creating a new one.
This is really very easy right.
And let me show you another thing.
Suppose I'm I'm getting back to my home page.
And therefore you can just directly click to home.
Or you can you can close this option from here.
So I'm I'm going to get home from this option.
So therefore I'm going to click this home menu.
Then again I will get back to my opening interface okay.
So you just seen how you will customize or how you will select a template for YouTube thumbnail okay.
Suppose you need to design a logo okay.
And therefore you have to type logo design, logo design in the search bar.
And then you have to press enter button from your keyboard.
Then you will have lots of templates or presets that's provided by Canva.
And what you have to do, you just have to select the logo.
From here there are lots of logos.
If you scroll down with your mouse in the panel, you will find lots of logos here.
Okay, so as an example I'm going to select this one, this chakra.
I'm going to select this one.
And you have to follow the same process that you just have to click this customize this template option.
Then a new tab will be opened.
And now you got the logo for customization here.
So here is here is the logo.
Here is the text.
Here is the subtitle options.
So you can move from here.
And there you can move the text.
You can separate the tagline as well.
So if you need if you need any presets or if you need any templates for logo designing, in that case
you can use this one.
And instead of that, if you want to create a logo from the route, you can also do that by using the
blank canvas.
Okay, so this is the difference between using the blank canvas and the templates okay.
So let me close this pop up.
And I want to I want to get back to my home page.
So you can see here this is my Canva option.
I'm going to click this Canva option.
Then it will take you to the home page okay.
So we got we got the idea how we will customize the template inside your interface and all these things.
We will learn step by step in our next lesson.
So this is our second.
This is our second lesson.
And we learn how we will select your expected category for customization okay.
So if you love this lesson in that case I will request you to rate my classes and your rating will be
highly appreciated.
And we will have some real time class projects.
So along with learning, you will be able to do some practice along with me.
Okay, so I'm going to expect you in my next lesson.
And in our next lesson we are going to learn about the different design.