Canva Cookbook: Unlock the full potential of Canva with practical recipes for creating stunning visuals effortlessly

by Barbara Tulissi

Overview

Learn expert design techniques from Barbara Tulissi, a seasoned designer and Canva coach – with without a Pro subscription

Key Features

• Enhance your content creation skills, branding, and marketing with eye-catching visuals
• Learn Canva tricks, graphic design basics, and timesaving techniques for efficient design workflows
• Maximize Canva’s capabilities using both its free and Pro features
• Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book Description

Want to make an impact online with stunning visuals, scroll-stopping ads, and polished video? Digital design expert, Barbara Tulissi, shows you how to turn basic Canva skills into professional-level designs with ease. Whether you're a content creator, educator, entrepreneur, or media manager, this book helps you take your visuals to the next level. You’ll begin by building a strong visual identity, working through guided exercises to define your brand’s voice, values, and aesthetic. With that foundation, you’ll dive into a series of focused design recipes covering everything from crafting scroll-stopping posts to producing polished presentations and print-ready assets. By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped to create compelling brand identities, impactful marketing materials, scroll-stopping ads, and print-ready designs – all while mastering Canva AI’s Magic Studio to streamline and elevate your design workflow.

What you will learn

• Create captivating static designs for various media platforms
• Craft animated designs for video posts and ads
• Accelerate your design process with time-saving techniques
• Develop visuals for effective brand storytelling
• Ensure accessibility and inclusivity in your designs
• Build and present a distinctive, well-defined brand

Who this book is for

This book is for you if you want to create compelling designs with Canva, whether it’s for personal branding, promoting a business, or content creation. As an entrepreneur, media manager, marketer, educator, or content creator, this book will help you craft professional-quality graphics, videos, ads, and presentations with ease.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781801075305
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	01/10/2025
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Barbara Tulissi is an Italian designer who ditched her career in finance for the world of creative magic. Fueled by curiosity and a passion for empowering others, Barbara traded spreadsheets for design tools, becoming a master of both the classic Adobe Suite and the user-friendly phenomenon, Canva. Today, Barbara's not just a designer, but a Canva Ambassador (Canvassador), spreading the gospel of design accessibility to young minds in classrooms, as well as to brands around the globe. Whether it's delivering practical takeaways at workshops or motivating and sparking discussions as a public speaker, Barbara's infectious enthusiasm makes learning fun and empowering.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. Introducing Canva and Its Interface
2. Creating Your Brand and Shaping It in Canva
3. Personalizing Your Social Media Presence
4. Crafting Engaging Social Content
5. Creating Impactful Presentations
6. Crafting Captivating Videos
7. Mastering Eye-Catching, Stop-Scrolling Ads
8. Developing Effective Marketing Documents
9. Ensuring Accessibility and Inclusivity in Your Designs
10. Designing Print-Ready Materials
11. Unlocking the Power of Magic Studio