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Great graphic design is the secret super power behind many content creators. However, for many content creators, graphic design is either too time consuming to tackle or too expensive when outsourced to professional designers. Luckily, Canva has made creating your own custom designs much easier. In this tutorial, our team of design experts will cover how to turn a presentation into a video, in Canva. This has many useful applications. Content creators can turn ordinary presentations into courses, webinars, or narrated educational material.

How to Turn a Presentation into a Video in Canva

1. click on presentation option on canva’s homepage.

Go to the Canva homepage and search for ‘Presentation’. This will allow you to see so many ready-to-use templates. Some of the templates are free while others are for ‘Pro’ users only. You can use this link to get a free 30 day trial of Canva Pro!

2. Edit Slides

Let’s say we are making for an aesthetic mood board for your traveling photography business. All you need to do is select the appropriate mood board template for it. You can also choose any of the templates and customize them according to your requirements.

3. Add Presentation Notes

Once you are happy with your presentation, you can also add notes at the bottom of the page. You can add important bullet points or the script in the notes. It will help you to remember the important things while presenting it.

4. Use Present and Record Feature

After adding the notes, your presentation is ready to record. So all you need to do is go to the three dots menu and select ‘Present & Record’.

5. Activate Webcam or Microphone

You can also ‘Pause’ and ‘Resume’ your recording in case you want to move from the WebCam. This will record your screen and yourself in the circular webcam at the bottom of the page.

6. Share Link or Download Video

After recording, you can use the ‘Copy Link’ option to get a sharable link. You can also download the recorded presentation. You can use a shareable link in emails or directly send the downloaded recording.

7. View Final Product (with You Face Appearing in the Circular Cam)

The results will look as shown below. You can see yourself in the circular cam at the bottom corner of the page.

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Canva recently introduced new tools to create docs, whiteboards, videos, websites, and presentations. As such, you no longer need to rely on traditional software solutions like Google Slides, PowerPoint, or Keynote to create an upcoming business presentation. You can easily create presentations in Canva using its familiar suite of editing tools.

Canva offers real-time collaboration, several export options, a present tool, AI add-ons, and much more to make a professional PPT. Canva also lets you make instant presentations with pre-filed slides. Without further ado, let’s get started.

Pick Up an Aspect Ratio and Template

Before you start, make sure to pick a relevant aspect ratio for your presentation. If it’s a traditional PPT, go with a 16:9 aspect ratio. If you plan to show your PPT on mobile, use the 9:16 aspect ratio.

Tablet users can start with a 4:3 aspect ratio. Canva also offers some ready-to-use templates to get started. We highly recommend starting with a template to save some time.

You can also filter templates via style, theme, feature, and color. For example, you can check company, marketing, corporate, marketing, school, and other templates. Most templates are free to use, while some may require a Canva Premium subscription.  

Under templates, you also find an option to create instant presentations. You can enter a prompt and check Canva’s suggestions to get started.

Customize a Page With Editing Features

Once you pick up a template, you have the option to add all pages to your presentations. You can click ‘Apply all pages’ and check every slide at the bottom. You can always select a slide and hit delete to remove it from your presentation.

Canva lets you change every aspect of the template with different text styles, filters, and image editing tools. You can change color, tweak transparency, copy style, and more.

We suggest spending some time with editing tools to customize your Canva presentation and add some personal touches.

Add Graphics, Stickers, and Images

Your presentation will not seem as interesting without graphics, stickers, images, and videos. Unlike Google Slides or PowerPoint, you don’t need to import media files to Canva to complete your slides. You can easily add relevant elements from the sidebar.

Step 1: Open a slide in your Canva presentation.

Step 2: Select Elements from the sidebar. Add graphics, icons, stickers, tables, videos, and more.

Step 3: You can explore the AI image generator and turn your creative ideas into images and videos with a single click.

You can add simple descriptions and even turn generated images into videos. Canva also offers a long list of graphics packs in several categories. The possibilities are endless here. It’s up to you to make a compelling slide using useful tools.

Tweak Page Animation

Once you create a page, tweak its animation to make a smooth transition between pages.

Step 1: Select a slide in Canva.

Step 2: Click Animate at the top.

Step 3: Check basic, exaggerated, photo movement, and other animation types from the left sidebar.

You can also tweak the animation intensity, which is great.

Add Presenter Notes

Do you plan to present your Canva PPT on a video conference? You can add notes to each slide so they appear during the Presenter view (more on that later).

When you create a PPT, select a slide and hit Notes at the bottom. Enter your notes that you want to remember or talk about during a video meeting.

Collaborate and Edit in Real Time

Similar to Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint, Canva lets you share and edit a presentation in real time. You can take inputs from your colleagues and create a share-worthy presentation in no time.

Step 1: When you are done making changes to your presentation, click Share at the top.

Step 2: Enter people, groups, or your team. Expand the collaboration link menu and select Anyone with the link.

Step 3: Expand the permission menu and select Can edit.

You can also share a link with view or comment-only permission. Select the Copy link and share it with your co-workers.

Enable Presenter View

Presenter view is a thoughtful touch from Canva to give presentations over a Google Meet or Teams call.

You can open a presentation in Canva and select Present at the top. Click Presenter View and check two windows opening up on your computer.

One window shows your presentation with notes open on the sidebar. Another window displays the current slide you are sharing with others over a call.

Download and Share Your Presentation

As expected, Canva gives several options to share and export your presentation. When you complete your presentation, click Share in the top-right corner and expand Download.

You can convert a presentation to PDF, PPTX (Microsoft PowerPoint compatible), MP4, JPG, PNG and SVG formats. Check our dedicated post if you wish to print your Canva presentation .

Use Canva Like a Pro

Canva has done a solid job, granting users access to rich tools to create a convincing presentation. We can’t wait to see how the Australian startup enhances our PPT experience with AI features in the future. Speaking of which, we would love to see a feature similar to ‘Design Ideas from Microsoft PowerPoint’ on Canva. Do let us know if you use Canva for presentations in the comments below.

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Creating a Presentation Video with Canva

• By: Amy Boone

Dynamic animation and videos are a hot trend in presentation design these days. But what if you’ve never created a presentation video before?

Today we’re going to show you how to create a customized Canva video in 5 simple steps. Then, on our next blog, we’ll show you how to embed that video into your PowerPoint presentation. Let’s get started.

Step 1: Gather The Elements for Your Presentation Video

Let’s say you are asked to give a presentation at your company’s end of the month meeting. Your boss asks you to include a short video congratulating the two recent college graduates on your team. The first thing you need to do is gather the elements you want to use in your video. That includes digital picture or video files from the graduates.

Step 2: Log Into Canva

Once you have the pictures and video files you want to use, log into Canva (it’s free!), and click on the video icon at the top of the page near the center. Once you click on videos, you can enter “graduation” in the search bar on the left to pull up graduation video templates.

Step 3: Customize Your Presentation Video

In this step, you’ll make the video your own, changing the elements you don’t like and incorporating the ones you gathered in the first step. For example, I want to change the template font with one that is easier to read. And I want to switch up the wording a bit. These are easy changes to make since Canva’s workspace is pretty user-friendly.

Next, I need to add the two pictures of the company graduates. In my video timeline at the bottom of the screen, I’ll click on the circle in between the pages and select “add page.” I’ll do this twice to create two separate pages, one for each graduate.

From here, I copied some of the background elements that were used in the template (the shapes that look like ripped paper) and I simply inserted the pictures in front of those. I chose to animate the photos with the “photo zoom” function in the animate menu so that there is slight movement when the pictures appear.

Step 4: Add Transitions

Once you have all of the pages and elements of your video in place, it’s time to make the video flow smoothly. You’ll find the transition options right below the “add page” button in between the pages. There’s no one right transition. It really depends on the template you’ve chosen and the elements you’ve used in the video. Just keep in mind that the best transitions are the ones that don’t draw too much attention to themselves. For this video, I chose the dissolve transition.

Step 5: Add Music

Finally, it’s time to add music. Most Canva video templates will come with audio already attached. However, it’s easy to change your audio track. You can use some of the royalty-free audio already in Canva’s library by clicking on the audio link in the left menu bar. Or you can upload free tunes from a website like Bensound.com. If your video requires you do voiceover work, you can record yourself and upload the audio file just like you did the photo files. Canva gives you the option to have multiple audio tracks, so you can include both music and voiceover narration.

The last thing you’ll want to do in this step is to drag your audio file a little bit into the blank, black slide and set it to fade out. You do this by clicking on the purple audio bar under the video timeline and then clicking “audio effects.”

You’ve now created a customized presentation video using both stock and personal files with Canva video (watch out Cannes film festival!). And hang tight, because on our next blog, we’re going to show you how to embed your newly created video into your PowerPoint presentation. Stay tuned.

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How To Embed a Video In Canva (3 Easy Ways)

• Post author: Rohit Lohia
• Post last modified: July 4, 2023

So, you want to embed a video inside canva but don’t actually know whether it is possible or not?

Well, lucky for you, embedding a video in Canva is totally possible, and it’s not as difficult as you might think.

In fact, it’s so simple you’ll wonder why you haven’t done it before.

But wait, how the heck do you even do that?

Don’t worry, we’ve got your back like a trusty backpack.

In this step-by-step guide, I’ll teach you how to embed a video in Canva without breaking a sweat (or the internet).

So, grab yourself a cup of coffee (or tea if you prefer), and let’s get cracking!

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Key Takeaways

• Users can embed videos from the canva library, custom upload, and third-party sites like Youtube, Vimeo, Twitter, Fb, Instagram, TikTok, etc.
• Simply copying and pasting the video link inside the canva editor will automatically embed the video inside the canva design
• Users can also use the Embeds feature from Apps > Embeds to embed videos from third-party sites into canva.

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How to Embed a Video in Canva: Step-by-Step Guide

So there can be 3 possible ways that you can use to embed any video inside your canva design.

• Embedding a Video from the canva library
• Embedding a Video from your Laptop/Computer/Mobile

Embedding a video from third-party sites like Youtube, Vimeo, Instagram, etc

Let’s discuss each of the ways one by one.

1. Embedding a Video From Canva Library (Steps)

To embed a video in your Canva design from the Canva library, you can follow these steps:

1. Open the Canva editor and select the design you want to add the video too.

2. Click on the “Elements” tab on the left-hand panel and search for any keyword related to the video you want, eg. I have searched for “Nature” .

3. Now switch to the “Videos” section and browse through different videos.

4. Drag and drop the video onto your design canvas.

5. Resize and move the video around as needed, just like any other element in Canva.

Embedding a Custom Uploaded Video To Your Canva Design

To embed a custom-uploaded video in your Canva design follow these steps:

1. Open the Canva editor and select the design you want to add the video to.

2. Click on the “Elements” tab on the left-hand panel and select “Videos” from the list of options.

3. Click on the “Uploads” tab in the left-hand panel and select the video you want to add.

4. Drag and drop the video onto your design canvas or click on it to add it to your design.

5. You can adjust the size and position of the video in Canva according to your needs.

To embed a video from third-party sites like Youtube, Vimeo, Instagram, Facebook, etc follow these simple steps:

1. Copy the link of your video from the source, it can be Youtube, Vimeo, or wherever the video is hosted .

2. Open your canva design and paste the link of your video by pressing “ Ctrl/Cmnd + V” on your keyboard.

3. Canva will automatically fetch and embed the video using the copied link in your canva design.

Alternatively, if this method is not working for some reason you can also use the embed widget in canva to embed your video, follow these steps:

1. Open your canva Editor

2. Click on “Apps” from the left sidebar and then search for “Embeds”.

3. If you are using it for the first time, it will ask you to connect , simply press the button and connect the Embeds to your canva account

4. Now you will see a bunch of websites listed over there, to see a dummy embed just click on any one of the website names.

6. To add your own video, copy and paste the video link in the URL bar and press “Add to Design”

How To Embed a Youtube Video In Canva

To embed a youtube video inside canva you can either just copy and paste the URL of the video directly into your canva editor, the canva will automatically embed the video from the pasted URL.

You can also click on Apps > Embeds from the left sidebar and enter your URL over there and click on the “Add To Design” button, which will also embed your Youtube video in your canva design.

Tips If You Are Embedding Custom Uploaded Videos In Canva

Here are some important tips if you are uploading your own videos to embed inside canva:

Tip 1: Choose Supported Video Format

Canva supports MOV, GIF, MP4, MPEG, MKV, or WEBM file format when it comes to videos, however, for better quality Mp4 is suggested.

So make sure you your video in any of the mentioned formats otherwise canva won’t allow you to upload your video.

Tip 2: Check The Size Of Your Video

According to canva, they only take videos that are less than 1 GB, so make sure your video is under 1 GB.

Tip 3: Double Check The Video Resolution

It is recommended to use higher resolution videos for better quality.

Canva works best with videos that have a resolution of 1080p or lower. If your video has a higher resolution, you might experience some lag issues while editing or playing it inside canva editor.

Tip 4: Checking The Copyrights

Always make sure you have the necessary rights and permissions for the video you’re uploading. It’s important to respect copyright laws and use only videos that you have the right to use.

FAQs – How To Embed Videos In Canva

Here are some most common questions people usually ask on the topic “how to embed video in canva.”

Are there any limitations on the length of videos I can embed in Canva?

No, currently there is no limit on the length of videos you can embed but according to  Canva if you are uploading your own video to canva, it should be less than 1 GB and if you are a canva user you will be asked to compress the video if it is between 250 MB to 1 GB.

How do I embed a video link in a Canva presentation?

To embed a video link in a Canva presentation simply copy and paste the link of your video on your canvas and canva will automatically embed it into your presentation.

Does embedding YouTube videos require a paid subscription?

No, using the Canva editor to embed YouTube videos does not require a paid subscription. Canva allows all users, including those with free and pro accounts, to tap into the media capabilities and upload YouTube videos to their designs.

What video files does Canva accept?

Can i embed videos from sources other than youtube in canva.

Yes, you can embed videos from multiple sources other than YouTube in Canva. Canva allows users to embed videos from platforms like  Vimeo, Dailymotion, Ted, Spotify, Instagram, Facebook, and many more All you have to do is simply copy and paste the video URL into the Canva editor directly or you can also use the Embed option from the left sidebar and paste the link over there, both methods will work.

Before You Leave

So I hope I was able to answer your query on how to embed a video in canva.

Now before you leave I have something special for you, do you know you can download Canva presentations as PPT on your computer using our in-depth guide on How To Download Canva Presentations As PPT.

You can read the article if you are struggling to download your presentation made in canva in PPT format.

So if you got any questions regarding “how to embed a video in canva”, you can comment them down below, I would to help you out.

And if you enjoyed this article, please consider sharing it with your family members and friends.

Thank you !!

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How Do I Convert a Canva Presentation to Video?

Are you looking to convert your Canva presentation into a video? You're in the right place! In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process step by step. Let's get started!

Step 1: Exporting your Canva Presentation

The first thing you need to do is export your Canva presentation as an image. To do this, follow these simple steps:

• Login to your Canva account and open the desired presentation.
• Click on the "Download" button located at the top right corner of the screen.
• Select the "Image" option from the drop-down menu.
• Choose your preferred image format (JPG or PNG) and click on "Download".

Step 2: Importing Images into Video Editing Software

Now that you have exported your Canva presentation as an image, let's move on to importing them into a video editing software. Follow these steps:

• Open your preferred video editing software (such as Adobe Premiere Pro or iMovie).
• Create a new project and set up the project settings according to your preferences.
• Import all the exported images into your project's media library.

Step 3: Arranging Images in Timeline

In this step, we will arrange our images in a sequential order to create a smooth video flow. Here's how:

• Create a new timeline track for your images.
• Drag and drop all the imported images onto the timeline track in the desired order.

Step 4: Adding Transitions and Effects

To make your Canva presentation video more visually appealing, you can add transitions and effects. Follow these steps:

• Select the first image on the timeline.
• Apply a transition effect to create a smooth transition between each image.
• Experiment with different effects to enhance the visual impact of your video.

Step 5: Adding Background Music and Narration

No video is complete without some background music or narration. Let's add them in this step:

• Import your desired background music or record a narration track.
• Add the audio file to a dedicated audio track in your timeline.
• Adjust the volume levels of the audio to ensure it complements your presentation.

Step 6: Exporting Your Video

You're almost done! Now it's time to export your Canva presentation as a video. Follow these final steps:

• Preview your video to ensure everything looks perfect.
• Select the desired output settings (resolution, format, etc.) for your video.
• Click on the "Export" button and wait for the software to render your video.

Congratulations!

You have successfully converted your Canva presentation into a stunning video. Now you can share it with others or upload it to various platforms to reach a wider audience!

We hope this tutorial was helpful. Enjoy creating amazing videos from your Canva presentations!

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How to Use Canva and PowerPoint for Presentations

Creating the perfect presentation design is a challenge that speakers often aim to achieve, only to find themselves lacking graphic design knowledge. Although high-tier options like Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator help users worldwide to put their ideas into pixels, the reality is they are not user-friendly interfaces for people outside the graphic design industry, namely business professionals, marketers, and educators. Hence, the need to find an alternative for making powerful graphics to use in our presentations – and here’s where Canva comes into the picture.

This web-based graphic design tool has quickly become the preferred choice of teachers, social media influencers, and small business owners due to its free-tier plans and pro plans at a convenient subscription-based fee. 

In this article, we will see how to use Canva presentation in PowerPoint and how to export Canva to PPT, to create visually appealing presentations.

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Canva vs. Microsoft PowerPoint: Pros and Cons for Presenters

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Although presenters often see Canva as an alternative to PowerPoint, the reality is that they differ in one single aspect: Canva is a graphic design tool, whereas PowerPoint is a presentation design software. Some of the tools available in PowerPoint are not there in Canva, and vice versa.

Going into more technical aspects, here are the Pros and Cons of working with either software as a presenter.

Pros of Canva as a Presentation Tool

User-friendly interface.

Canva’s drag-and-drop feature makes it easy for non-designers to create presentations by using its library of shapes, graphics, text styles, and other resources.

Wide Range of Templates

It offers a vast library of Canva templates, which can be easily customized in their online editor, saving time on design. There’s a con associated with this point, which we shall discuss later.

Magic Studio for Canva was released mid-Q3 this year with the idea of powering designs with AI tools. This tool is available in Canva search features and in the editor at the bottom right corner, which features the list options:

• AI text generation
• Suggested graphics to match your design
• Suggested photos to match your design

Collaboration Feature

Allows multiple users to simultaneously work on the same presentation, which is great for small team projects. Compared with PowerPoint, it does not require all users to be Premium to collaborate online.

Web-Based Platform

Being an online platform, it allows users to work from any device with Internet access without needing software installation. This particularly helps users with legacy computers who cannot install current versions of Microsoft Office. 

Integrated Stock Library

Provides access to a broad selection of stock photos, illustrations, and icons within the platform. Just like with the Canva templates, there’s also a con to this point.

Customization Options

Users can upload images and fonts, enabling brand consistency across presentations. Note: The upload fonts feature is only available for Canva Pro users.

Photo Editing and Animation Features

Canva lets users tweak their graphics with simple-to-use controls. These options help us to adjust opacity, apply photo filters, add animation effects, add bevels and shadows, and more.

Cross-Platform Compatibility

Can export presentations to various formats (as a PDF document, as a video presentation in MP4 format, or even as images), making them viewable on different devices and platforms. The export options allow us to post directly into social media, create printables, post to the web, etc. While some export formats require an upgrade to a Canva Pro subscription (like the ability to export to SVG format), the basic export features are enough for simple presentations and beginners.

Cons of Canva as a Presentation Tool

Limited offline functionality.

Requires an internet connection for full functionality, which can be a limitation in areas with poor connectivity, for business people working on an airline flight, while using Airplane mode, or for people traveling in other zones without Internet access.

Fewer Animation and Transition Options

Unlike PowerPoint, the available options for animations and transitions are limited. Users can find this reiterative, which may be unappealing to using these effects in our presentations. 

Premium Content

Although the Canva library is extensive in terms of assets, the reality is that most of these elements are only available for premium users. This applies to templates, shapes, images (mostly), and exporting options. Resizing the graphics you create in Canva to repurpose your design is only available to premium users.

Template Overuse

Popular templates can be overused, making presentations look similar to many others. This is of particular interest to business professionals, as people tend to easily associate some designs as being made with Canva.

Design Decisions

Unlike using a PowerPoint template , you have to work your way with Canva content, as the PPT templates tend to be quite generic and do not offer tools for data representation. Consequently, you have to know how and where to introduce those elements on your own rather than working with a presentation template that already assigned the space for such graphics.

Lack of Advanced Multimedia Integration

Integrating complex multimedia elements like videos is not as seamless as in some desktop applications. You won’t find options to link to source elements; you need to upload the content to your personal Canva library and manually add the resource to the slide. Presenters can also lose third-party integrations via plugins for some multimedia resources.

Pros of PowerPoint as a Presentation Tool

Widespread use and familiarity.

PowerPoint is the leading market tool for presentations, making most audiences and presenters are familiar with it at a basic operational level. This can help us to outsource technical issues quickly rather than aiming to use web-based interfaces to share Canva-created content.

Offline Access

PowerPoint can be used offline, which is ideal for people traveling, areas where the Internet connection is unreliable, or simply because we want to focus on creating the slides rather than facing distractions via the Internet.

Integration with Other Microsoft Office Tools

Seamlessly integrates with other Microsoft products like Excel and Word, making it easy to import data and documents. This is ideal for creating complex graphics for data representation, where the content can be synced, importing databases, working with Gantt Charts in software like Microsoft Project, and more.

Also, Microsoft PowerPoint has the same text editing capabilities as Microsoft Word – a striking contrast with Canva’s limited features.

Templates and Design Options

This is PowerPoint’s forte: the capability of using third-party presentation templates, like the ones provided by SlideModel . Users can buy pre-designed slide decks from professional vendors and ease the need to make design-related decisions. On top of that, Microsoft already includes some basic templates with its 365 subscription.

Advanced Features

Offers a broad range of features, including detailed animations and transitions, which can enhance presentations. For example, the ability to work with SVG graphics allows presentation designers to make pixel-perfect presentations without losing image quality. This is available to all users, unlike Canva, which requires a subscription to unlock certain elements.

Multimedia Capabilities

Supports embedding of various multimedia elements like audio, video, and images directly into presentations. You can use hyperlinks to embed content or work with third-party plugins for specific tasks.

Extensive Support and Resources

As a long-established tool, users can find tutorials everywhere, support communities, and additional resources available online.

Cons of PowerPoint for Presenters

Some features can be complex to use, and the interface may be overwhelming for new users. In particular, this is linked to editing PowerPoint Shapes and graphs, working with Slide Master , applying advanced animation effects and so on.

Unlike Canva or Google Slides, PowerPoint requires purchasing Office 365 or a standalone license.

Heavy Files

PowerPoint files, especially those with multimedia content, can become large and difficult to share via email. As a side effect, those heavy files can be complicated to handle in computers that lack sufficient RAM and processing power. Moreover, they require significant free disk space on your PC.

Time-Consuming

Creating a high-quality presentation with custom animations and graphics can be time-consuming. That’s the reason why we highly recommend users work their way with PowerPoint templates, and mix and match designs to create a unique slide deck .

Learning Curve

Users need to invest time in learning the software to fully utilize its advanced features. This applies to both acquiring the knowledge and practicing the skills you learned. And still, for some users, it feels frustrating not to achieve results relatively quickly. 

In this section, we will learn how to use Canva to create graphics for a product presentation. The idea is to create placeholder graphics containing images of a product; then, we will export that content to continue creating our presentation in PowerPoint.

After creating our Canva account, we find ourselves at the Home screen. Go to Templates, and you will see something similar to this UI. 

We can go straight to the Presentations (16:9) option or use the search bar to locate the template we want. In this case, we will opt for that scenario and search “Product.”

The images that show a little crown at the low right corner are premium templates, which means we cannot use them with a free account. We will pick a template that fits the needs of our presentation by clicking over it. At the contextual window that opens, select Customize this template .

The Canva builder may take a bit to load, especially if your internet connection is slow. You will find yourself with a window like this one, opened at the Design tab, which offers alternatives for other templates similar to the one you chose.

The Styles tab allows us to quickly change the layout, altering color themes and fonts. Sometimes, that can suit our needs immediately; sometimes, it requires extra work to customize to our preferences.

We can click on any element in this design and customize its content. Depending on the element type, the options are available for us. For this presentation, we will change the text and images, and alter font color at the button to make it stand out.

Next, it’s time to replace the images. We can drag and drop the image into Canva, or we can go to the Uploads button and add the content from there.

In this case, we’re using DALL-E-generated images for this product presentation, you can also use illustrations, photos, videos, or Midjourney illustrations . Once the images are uploaded, drag and drop them to replace the images in the placeholder areas. To complete this design, we removed the shape that came with the template – you can add a new shape by going to Elements > Graphics .

Learning how to use Canva for PowerPoint is pretty straightforward. Download your Canva design as a PowerPoint presentation, which you can do by accessing your design and going to the top-right corner to locate the button Share . Click on it, and then click on Download .

Under File Type , we will select PPTX , as it’s PowerPoint’s native format. Click on Download , and wait for the process of downloading the file to be completed. Depending on the graphic assets included, it can take a while.

At this point, don’t be surprised if you’ll be prompted to upgrade your Canva plan (if you don’t have a premium account). The reason is that Canva will charge you for exporting what they call premium graphics, and since most of the Canva presentation templates use premium graphics, this will be a limitation when exporting your Canva slides to PowerPoint. 

A simple workaround is removing the premium graphics before exporting from Canva to PowerPoint. Although, take in mind this may affect the overall design of your presentation.

As you can see below, the PowerPoint file is entirely editable. Something to consider is that unless you have the font installed on your computer, PowerPoint will reassign to a generic font.

Remember the design we created before? Well, it’s time to use that image as part of a marketing deck presentation , which will represent a social media post to be used by the marketing team to promote the brand.

The first step is to download the design we created as PNG. We can close Canva after that.

We opened our PPT template, which is the Annual Marketing Plan PowerPoint Template , and customized the PowerPoint theme colors . Go to Insert > Pictures > This Device .

Select the image we created in Canva and upload it here. We will add some image shadow effects via Shape Format, and a textbox below that describes what the image is about.

And that’s how easily we can use graphics from Canva in our PowerPoint presentations. Remember, it’s best to work with PNG images rather than JPG to reduce file size and preserve image quality.

You can invite others to collaborate on your design by sharing a link to the editable design or by adding them via email as team members on your Canva account.

Canva uses standard cloud storage security measures to protect your data, but like any online platform, it’s important to use a strong password and follow good security practices.

There are two methods for this. You can upload a PPT template into Canva via the Canva Homepage by clicking on Projects , and then go to the Uploads folder. Drag and drop or click on Upload, as we’ve seen before. Once imported, you must click on that file to open it in the Canva editor. The second method is on the editor: go to the Uploads button and upload your PPT file as if it were an image or another media asset.

Yes, you can use SlideModel presentation templates in Canva. As a SlideModel subscriber, you can download .pptx files to import into Canva presentations. This way, you can enjoy the creative slide templates and graphics provided by SlideModel in your Canva presentations

Unfortunately, no, as Canva doesn’t have the same toolset to enable editing functions. That also applies to changing color, so we highly recommend you work with a final PPT file before switching to Canva.

Objects like charts, SmartArt, 3D objects, and WordArt aren’t supported in Canva and won’t be rendered if you upload a slide that contains them.

Yes, all users can download Canva presentations to PPTX format. In case the original Canva design isn’t a presentation file, like a banner or social media post, you won’t be able to resize for that output unless you have a premium account.

Yes, the file must be smaller than 70 MB, and you can import up to 300 slides.

Canva and PowerPoint can collaborate as complementary tools to help presenters overcome the limitations of each individual tool. It takes a while to create your desired workflow, but once that’s accomplished, you can elevate the quality of your PowerPoint or Google Slides presentations with Canva. 

We don’t advise using Canva as an alternative to PowerPoint as the current state-of-the-art indicates it won’t support data representation or other PowerPoint stellar tools that make part of most PPT templates. 

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