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Designer Essentials
Designer handbook for large teams
Welcome to
Canva for Teams
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Administrator
Add and remove team members
Manage team permissions
Access Brand controls
Has the same access and abilities as Template Designers
Designer
Setup Brand Kits
Schedule posts to social media via the Content Planner
* Brand controls do not apply to Template Designers
Member
Create designs using Brand templates
Design with Brand kit
* Access to stock templates and media dependant on set Brand Controls
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Manage your content
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Manage everything
in one place
Fo​lders
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Top tip: pin important content ​to the top of folders
Create folders
Folders are private when you first create ​them. Don’t forget to update the permissions ​to share with your team
Sort and filter
You can sort and filter projects by your preferred preferences. Look for project by owner, category, or even date
Design on Brand
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The Brand tab
Th​e Brand tab
Strengthen and scale your ​brand with more features and ​br​and controls
Upload photos, graphics, guidelines, and more to Brand Hub
Using your ​Brand Kit
Design with your Brand Kit
within​ the​ editor.
Brand ​Guidelines
Add written guidelines for your ​brand and view directly in the editor ​so your team knows exactly how to ​use your brand
Make mass changes instantly
Update your branding across all documents seamlessly
Brand
Ad​min
Setting up your brand
Create up to 100 Brand Kits.
Perfect for sub-brands, campaigns or clients.
Setting up ​brand kits
Perfect for sub-brands, campaigns ​or clients
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Top tip: Upload logos as SVGs to ​edit up to 5 colors i​n the editor
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Brand templates
on your homepage
Brand Templates
It is now easy to find your team's most used and recent
Brand templates on the homepage under each of the document types so you can create content at scale and stay on brand
Using brand templates
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2 ways to share a template
Template link
Share your design with a template link
Accessed by anyone with the template link
A new copy is created on each open
Not searchable as a template within folders
Brand template
Save to a folder as a brand template
Accessed by team members with folder access
A new copy is created on each open
Found in Projects > Folders
Explore the editor
and present your work
Start inspired with
1000's of stock templates
Background remover
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Top tip: try Background Remover for a bit of magic
Professional design features
Ways to import existing designs
Upload professional designs
Simply drag and drop your design into Canva and they're ready to edit in Canva
Upload PowerPoints, PDF, Figma, SVGs and more
Import Adobe Illustrator files as SVG
How?
Expand all strokes, paths, and text boxes (Select your artwork > Object > Expand)
Group shapes with the same color together
Avoid using textures and gradients
Fit the artwork within the artboard
(Object > Artboards > Fit to Selected Art)
Remove unnecessary layers, stray anchor points, and invisible objects
If you’re using Adobe Illustrator to create your SVG file, change the CSS Properties to Presentation Attributes before saving
Import InDesign files
as PDF
How?
Group shapes with the same color together
Avoid using textures and gradients
Un-group elements that you would like to edit separately when in Canva
Check that all hyperlinks are linked correctly
Export as PDF (Print or Interactive) and
as 'pages' not 'spreads'
When imported into Canva, go through each page to check text and creative have traveled across correctly from your PDF
Create custom ​frames
How?
Mask an image/photo in a vector shape
Upload the AI file to Canva
Delete the image/photo from the frame
Either save the document into an assets ​folder or paste it into a sticker or contact ​sheet for easy access across teams.
Designing unbreakable ​brand templates
- Brand consistency
Design templates with ​brand assets to keep your ​team on-brand
2. Lock important ​elements
Control what elements ​your team can edit when ​using the template
3. Allow customization
Use editable frames, ​charts and tables for your ​team to customize
4. Time Saving
No need for your team
to start designs from ​scratch each time
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Key features
Learn how to create brand templates and ​utilize template features
Grouping
Group elements together to easily control and adjust the format of your design.
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Anchoring
Secure elements to a specific point on your design to avoid text overlap.
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Locking
Template designers control which elements (type, image, graphic) the team can change.
Customizable
Add easy-to-edit graphs, charts, tables and frames.
Locking elements
Control what your team can and cannot ​edit by locking elements
Any user can edit, delete, move, etc.
Unlocked
Teammates without admin access can only change the content.
Partially Locked
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Locked
Teammates without admin access cannot select, move or delete.
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Save time ​with Magic ​Switch
Easily resize, transform, and ​translate your designs to use ​across multiple platforms
Presenter Perks
Canva Live
Give presentations anytime, anywhere — with Canva Live you can share ideas in real-time to your team no matter where they are
Magic shortcuts
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Top tip: Try some of these ​presenter features in your next ​presentation!
Expand to whiteboard
Work with your team and external ​clients in real time
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From any presentation design, ​click a slide to expand to an ​infinite canvas.
Video editing
Learn how to edit videos
in Canva
If you want to learn video editing basics, this is your tutorial.
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Video Background remover
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You can even remove the ​backgrounds of videos!
Let's collaborate ​in real-time
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Design approvals
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You'll see this tab if a team ​Administrator has assigned
you as a Design Approver
Streamline your creative ​projects with faster
design approvals
Get projects out the door with a faster and more efficient ​creative workflow.
3 ways to
bring everyone together
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Invite team members
Type individual email addresses or names to invite specific people
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Invite your whole team
Type your team name to give everyone access
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Share a link
Set collaboration permissions and copy link to share
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Utilizing comments
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Tag with @
Tag team members or clients
to notify them
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Assign to team member
Tick the assign box
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Comment
Hit comment to publish your comment and notify people tagged
Team collaboration
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Publishing designs
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Easily share, publish and print ​designs with the Share button
Download ​your designs
Save your designs to your computer ​with ease and transform any design ​into an MP4 Video or GIF.
Plan & post
to socials
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Click the button above to watch ​our How To series and learn more
Print with Canva
De​sign and print in one place.
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We’ll sustainably print and
deliver to your doorstep with our ​One Print, One Tree promise.
Do it all on Canva with
flexible​ delivery​
Get it delivered to your door or pick it up in-store. No worrying about ​turnaround times, opening hours, file types or image resolutions.
Add CMYK ​color codes ​for printing
How?
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Click on your RGB swatch ​in your Brand Kit
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Add CMYK codes for
eac​h colo​r
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When a design is ​downloaded as a print file, ​colours will now update to ​its corresponding CMYK ​colour, including all logos ​uploaded as SVG
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Realistic ​mockups in ​seconds
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Easily create print and product ​mockups within Canva. Bring your ​designs to life!
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Magic of AI
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Magic Write
Beat Sync
Magic Edit
Generate
Magic Eraser
Draw
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Canva Assistant
A magic writing partner with Magic Write
Sync your soundtrack with Beat Sync
Instant image modification with Magic Edit
Vanish the unwanted with Magic Eraser
Bring your sketches to life
Just add magic with ​Canva Assistant
Canva Design School resources
Canva Design School is here to help your team learn and grow their Canva skills.
Our team works closely with Canva's success and marketing team to bring a wide range of educational content to life.
From live events to video series and cheat sheets, we are here to inform and inspire your Canva journey.
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