The Complete Canva Course (Udemy.com)

Graphic Design for beginners - Learn how to create amazing designs with Canva

Created by: 29 Indigo Academy

Produced in 2021

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What you will learn

  • Create fantastic, professional graphic designs, all for free inside Canva
  • Learn core design skills that are transferable to all of your design projects
  • Design 9 different fun and engaging projects, each in a very hand-on, practical way
  • Master all the elements within Canva to produce stunning results every time
  • Create videos and awesome animations

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Overall Score : 94 / 100

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Course Description

In this course you will learn how to createamazing, beautiful, professional graphic designs inside Canva, one of the worlds leading free graphic design applications.
Have you tried producing your own graphic designs that just dont look professional?

Have you been outsourcing your graphic design work, paying a lot of money while not getting designs youre completely happy with?

Want to get started in graphic design but have no formal design training and dont know where to start?

Well this course is for you! I will teach you everything you need to know to be able to produce all of your own designs, quickly and easily. Canva is amazing, and is much easier to learn than other expensive graphic design software. You can achieve excellent results, and because Canva is free to use, you can save huge amounts of money on design outsourcing or software fees. I have used Canva for many design projects, and always come up with fantastic end results!

The course is split into five parts: Part 1 covers all of the core skills you need to use Canva efficiently and effectively. I will teach you how to use all of the tools and elements available to you, and cover topics such as:

Text and Typography

Using shapes and lines

Adding icons and Illustrations

Working with pictures and filters

Adjusting colour, alignment and transparency

Exporting your work

Plus much more.

I will also show you the website I use to get all of my stock photography, absolutely free of charge. A huge library of professional stock photography at your fingertips, all for free, with all commercial licences included. This one resource alone will save you hundreds in stock photography costs!

In part 2, we will apply our new skills to real-world examples, and work on 9 different projects. We will produce:

An album cover

A Youtube video thumbnail

Youtube channel art

A Twitter header

A Facebook cover

A Facebook post

An ebook cover

An A4 document with data charts

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In each case, I will show you how to apply all of the core skills to each project, and we will produce some high quality examples, which you can then apply to your own work.

In part 3, we will cover some basic graphic design theory, and I will show you some tips and tricks within Canva to help your work stand out. We will cover areas such as:

Typography and font pairing

Lines and spacing

Shortcuts and quick tricks

Text masking

Basic colour theory

In part 4, we will go over everything that is included in Canva Pro. This is Canvas monthly subscription and Ill cover everything that is included with a Canva Pro subscription. This includes the Brand Kit, Magic Resize, Background Remover, plus more.
Finally, in part 5, we will cover video and animation. Canva has added several upgrades recently and you can now work with video, add music tracks and create animations, all within the app. Ill show you how to create amazing, professional videos with Canvas new, easy to use tools.
By the end of this course you will have created some amazing designs for yourself, and you will have mastered the skills necessary to achieve professional results. You will be able to apply these skills to any project you wish, and with over 5 hours of video lessons, you will take your graphic design skills to the next level! There is a 30 Day, 100% Money Back Guarantee, so you can take this course risk-free!

Enroll now, and Ill speak to you soon.

Who this course is for:
Anyone who wants to create stunning graphic designs, quickly and easily

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Instructor Details

29 Indigo Academy

Hi, my names Jamie Smith, and Im a designer, web entrepreneur and teacher. Im the founder of 29 Indigo Academy, which I set up to teach graphic design skills to beginners and those with no formal design training. I work on many different design projects, both for my own business and as a freelancer for artists and business all over the world - I have created album covers, picture books and illustrations, marketing materials, websites, book covers, logos and much more. I love design, and Im really excited to be teaching here on Udemy. Please check out my courses, and I hope to speak to you soon.

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By Anna Havard on 11/21/2020

Excellent so far, starts with the basics which is what I need & very easy to follow :)

By Christopher Toto on 11/14/2020

Perfect class for a beginner, good intro into the tools and concepts of design.

By Robin Grant on 11/7/2020

I am so glad I found this course! I was struggling with using Canva for my social media marketing. The tutorials on Canva moved too fast and did not offer much in depth. I am only 1/3 of the way through this course but already I feel so much more confident. The instructor makes no assumptions that the listener already knows something, so everything is explained very well. I can't wait to finish the course and go on to make quality posts from now on.

By Shawn Kata on 10/24/2020

Yes, it seems to be so far. I have a basic understanding of Canva, but I am looking to achieve a much deeper skill level to create quite advanced designs. My purpose is to master designs to be utilized in the YouTube environment.

By Ally Raye on 10/11/2020

I've used Canva previously and so new most of the basics, but this was wonderful for gaining some inspiration and a few tricks I didn't know cheers!

By Neicy M on 10/2/2020

I am new to graphics design and Canva and had been looking for a beginners course. This simple step by step process is what I had been looking for. The course is broken down into specific pieces that I can as a reference.

By Caroline Lespinasse on 10/1/2020

Since I am doing it has he is explaining it. I am really enjoying the course .

By Rebecca K Akana on 9/17/2020

Excellent so far...Instructor is awesome:-)

By Jennifer Stewart on 9/17/2020

This course would be ideal for someone with absolutely no experience in canva. It has useful information at a very basic level. It probably could be distilled into fewer sessions and still convey the same information.

By Mary Sue Rodriguez on 9/8/2020

This was calming yet engaging. I learned a lot. I thought it was a very thorough lesson.

By Marloes Durinck on 8/23/2020

Duidelijke en rustige uitleg, stap voor stap toelichting.

By Tolu Olajide on 8/22/2020

I'm a newbie to graphics but this course touched on all the essentials required to up and go! Highly recommended course.