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Helpful Canva Features You Need To Know About
Let’s be real for someone who is new to Canva it can be overwhelming with the ever-growing canva features list. To help make things a bit easier here are helpful Canva features you need to know about.
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Let’s be real for someone who is new to Canva (yes! There are still creators who have not heard of canva) it can be overwhelming with the ever-growing canva features list. To help make things a bit easier here are helpful Canva features you need to know about.

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Perhaps you are new to Canva or know the bare minimum on what Canva can do, this post will help you with what the most popular Canva features are that you can use in your business or creative process. 

How to get started with Canva Pro

If you’ve been on the fence on whether Canva Pro is an investment worth making. Try out Canva Pro for 30 days completely free! Yes, you can instantly get access to a massive library of stock photos, graphics, and a handy brand kit. Found an element you like? Canva Pro allows you access to all of this for FREE! Leverage the power of Canva for your social media and business today. 

Helpful Canva Features You Need To Know About

Here’s a list of all our recommended Canva features that will help you create stunning graphics in minutes and help you save a ton of time!

Background Remover

One of the tools I use way more than I thought I would is the background remover tool! Remove the background of any image straight from your Canva dashboard. This is great for creating styled flat lays and Instagram carousels – the possibilities are endless.

Text Effects

Canva has a few text effects tool options you can explore, My favourites are Circle text and Hollow. You can create really unique and cool looking text with these text effects. So play around with them and find the ones you like the most. 

Related content: How to Easily Outline Your Text in Canva

Recording & Presentations

The past year was the year of presentations at Canva! They have spent a lot of time adding new functionalities to their presentations, considering that more people are working from home than ever before, this makes sense! You can record yourself, just as you would with loom, however, this is only limited to the Canva app itself. This is perfect when you share presentations for coaching projects, tutorials and so much more.

Stock Photos & Video Library

The stock photos and the video library is something that’s been extremely useful, especially when creating your content designs on Canva. Create your Instagram reels by incorporating the stock videos in the Canva library! There’s so much to explore here and it’s definitely a feature you need to look into.

Smart Mockups

I love creating mockups to share my latest offers and blog posts. Canva is integrated with Smart Mockups which allows you to create unique mockup designs straight from Canva! How cool right?!

Related content: How to Use Canva to Create Beautiful Branded Mockups

I hope you found these Canva feature suggestions useful. What is your favourite Canva feature? Let me know in the comments below.

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  1. Ashley

    There are so many awesome features from Canva! I love the mockups and need to try out the background remover!

    Have a wonderful week, Candice!

    <a href="https://www.makelifemarvelous.com&quot; rel="nofollow ugc">Make Life Marvelous</a>

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  2. Corinne

    Canva is brill! I don’t currently have a subscription but I’m dying to try that background remover!

    Corinne x

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    • Candice Sandler

      The background remover is something I use quite often. You can though use third party websites like remove background to achieve the same effect.

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  3. Rachel

    I still haven’t done my 30-day free trial yet, am saving it for when I have time to play x

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  4. Julia

    The background remover tool sounds amazing! I use Canva regularly but still don’t know about all the features – it’s great to keep learning!

    Julia x
    Last Post: <a href="https://julia-speaks.com/cosy-winter-bucket-list/">A Cosy Winter Bucket List To Beat The Winter Blues! ❄️</a>

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