Gone are the days when you needed to hire a designer to create a professional logo for your personal brand, company or startup. Today, we have specialized graphic design tools like Canva and Desygner with built-in templates to create eye-catching logos on the go. Among graphic design tools, Canva is leading the race with thousands of templates, excellent drag-and-drop editor, and rich sharing functionality. Read on to learn how to create a logo using the Canva desktop and mobile apps.
Canva is a free tool available for designing graphics such as invitations, posters, images for social networks, etc. However, very few people know that Canva even allows you to design logos on the website. mine. Here’s how you can create a logo with Canva on your iPhone or Android smartphone and PC.
Create Logos with Canva on Desktop
To create a logo using Canva on the desktop, follow these steps.
Step 1: Go to Canva’s website and log in to your Canva account.
Step 2: On the main page, type ‘Logo’ in the search box and click on the first result.
Step 3: It will take you to the Logo design page. Here you can browse the pre-made template, then customize it, or you can click ‘Blank’ to start from scratch.
Note: A lot of templates are labeled as ‘Professional’. To use some images, text, templates, and other content on Canva, you need a Canva Pro subscription. Canva Pro is available for $12.95 per month. Using Canva Pro, you can even create your own Branding Kit.
Step 4: On the design page, you can choose a template for your logo on the left hand side. Now you can play around and add text, images, shapes, backgrounds and other options.
Step 5: You can change its font, text, rotate it and basically place it anywhere you want.
Step 6: When the logo design is complete, click the Download button on the top right. You can save the logo as a PNG. If it’s an animation, you can download it as an MP4 file.
Step 7: Remember to check the ‘Transparent Background’ option when exporting your logo as a PNG file. Using a transparent background makes it easy to blend in on your website and different documents. Furthermore, it allows your logo to be seamlessly added as a layer on top of other images.
In addition, you can change the transparency of the content on Canva. If you want a certain shape, background, or object to appear with a lower opacity than other shapes, backgrounds, or objects, you can use the Transparency option. By default, the transparency is set to 100. Use the slider and adjust the transparency of the logo until you are satisfied.
Here is the difference between a logo with an ugly white background and a logo with a transparent background. It makes a big difference when implementing a logo on a poster or flyer.
Several templates are available to design your logo with animation that you can use in your business videos. For any asset, such as a background or shape, you can assign certain animations to that asset. In this example, we’ve specified the GT’s background circle to appear from behind.
While designing your logo, you may need to crop the background into specific shapes, such as hearts, hexagons, which are not available directly in Canva. Check out our guide on how to crop photos into specific shapes on Canva.
Create Logos with Canva on mobile devices
To create your business logo on your iPhone or Android smartphone, follow these steps.
Step 1: Download and install the Canva app from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store.
Step 2: Open the app and sign in to your Canva account.
Step 3: Now, in the top bar, type ‘logo’ and click on the first option.
Step 4: Choose from the templates or choose the Blank option to get started.
Here, you can customize the logo in a similar way to how you would on a desktop computer.
When you finish designing the logo, you can save it to your device. In addition, you can even share it to Facebook, Instagram and other social media. For more tips, check out our guide on how to use Canva on Android.
Define your vision with a logo
Logos play an essential role in identifying any company, startup and even organization. It conveys a message to the customer and creates a visual representation of your vision. Sometimes you can create your own concept-style design using Canva and then have an expert make the final edits. That said, Canva is much easier to use to create simple logos for your local community, school, college, or any other event.
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