Canva Terms

2. Resize A Canva tool that automatically adjusts your design to fit different platforms or sizes.
5. Effects Adjustments applied to images, like brightness, contrast, or filters, to enhance visuals.
7. A Canva feature that stores a company or personal logo, colors, and fonts for consistent branding.
8. Separating grouped elements so they can be edited individually.
11. Shapes or containers used to crop or display images and videos creatively.
12. Graphic components like shapes, lines, icons, stickers, and illustrations used in designs.
13. Animated or static decorative graphics you can add to designs.
15. Styles of text used to change the appearance of written content.
20. Pre-designed layouts you can customize for presentations, social media, posters, and more.
21. Short video segments that can be inserted into Canva designs.
25. Visual representations of data, like bar graphs, line charts, or pie charts.
26. A digital collaborative workspace for brainstorming, planning, and organizing ideas visually.
27. The stacking order of elements in a design; items can be brought forward or sent backward.
30. Saving your finished design as an image, PDF, or video file.

1. Effects that make text or elements move or appear dynamically in presentations or videos.
3. Music or sound clips that can be added to videos or presentations.
4. A selection of colors used consistently throughout a design for harmony and branding.
6. Positioning elements so they line up evenly and look organized.
9. Adjusting how see-through an element or image is.
10. Areas where you can type and format text in your design.
14. Canva’s word-processing feature that allows for collaborative writing and design.
16. Layout structures that help organize elements evenly and maintain alignment.
17. Canva’s paid subscription with premium templates, stock images, effects, and other advanced features.
18. Adjusting the distance between letters, lines, or elements to improve readability and design flow.
19. Pre-set effects that change the look and mood of an image.
22. Combining multiple elements so they can be moved or resized together.
23. The base layer of a design, often a color, gradient, or image.
24. Shadow A shadow effect added behind elements or text to create depth.
28. Basic geometric forms like circles, squares, or triangles used in designs.
29. Simple images or symbols representing concepts, objects, or actions.