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Design Better and Build Your Brand in Canva

You're reading from   Design Better and Build Your Brand in Canva A beginner's guide to producing professional branding, marketing, and social content for businesses

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800569331
Length 298 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Laura Goodsell  Laura Goodsell 
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Getting Started, Templates, and Features
2. Chapter 1: Setting Up Canva on Desktop and Mobile FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Discovering and Editing Templates 4. Chapter 3: Tools and Features for Using Elements and Images 5. Chapter 4: Designing Eye-Catching Graphics through Useful Features 6. Part 2: Creating Your Brand and Design Tips
7. Chapter 5: Exploring the Awesome Creative Tools for Branding 8. Chapter 6: Expert Hacks to Create Your Own Professional-Looking Designs 9. Chapter 7: Five Graphic Design Principles You Need to Know 10. Part 3: Let’s Get Creating
11. Chapter 8: Creating Your Perfect Logo 12. Chapter 9: Making Social Media Graphics with Canva 13. Chapter 10: Leveraging Video and Animation within Your Business Marketing 14. Chapter 11: Downloading and Sharing Your Designs 15. Chapter 12: Tips and Tricks for Printing 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating a logo in Canva and using templates

Canva has an amazing array of templates for logos, templates that Canva or freelance designers create, so you know you’re getting a good logo template.

To find the templates, use the search term logo in the Create a design tab; this will open up a 500 px x 500 px blank design for you.

Figure 8.1 – Drop-down menu showing template size

Figure 8.1 – Drop-down menu showing template size

Tip

Once you’ve finished your design, resize it to 5,000 px x 5,000 px, as this gives it a sharper look when used. The 500 px x 500 px size is OK but can look blurry when used on large items such as printed banners.

Have a scroll through the logo templates; there are thousands here, so it can be a bit tricky to find one that will suit your business and brand. At the top is a search bar, so you can add a keyword here to bring up suitable logos, or you can use the suggested tabs under the search bar; this will help in narrowing down your search results...

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