Here's How To Create And Upload Your Own Template In Canva

How to create your own Canva template (photo: Canva)

JAKARTA - Canva is an online graphic design tool that can be used for free. There, you can find templates, which are ready-to-use designs for various uses such as presentations, YouTube thumbnails, leaflets, or social media posts.

Using a template can be very helpful and save a lot of time and energy if you just want a good and fast design.

Not only using existing templates, you can also create your own template designs, which can then be used by other people. To do so, you only need a few steps, see how it is now.

Subscription To Canva Pro

In order to be able to design or create templates for future use in Canva, you need a Canva Pro account. The Canva Pro subscription price is quite affordable, starting from IDR 95 thousand per month for one person. You can also choose another available subscription package.

The trick is to simply visit the Canva website and select Try Canva Pro. After creating a Canva Pro account, log in to your account.

Create Design

After logging into your Canva Pro account, start from the Canva homepage, select Create Design at the top right. From the drop-down menu, you can select one of the popular social media sizes, or select Custom Size at the bottom and type the dimension you want.

If so, you can also type it as a search term in the menu search bar, then select the results of the resulting option.

Design Your template

The next step is to create a design in the Canva editor. There, you can specify the background, add images, and write some text. Layout as you want your template design to be visible.

Public Your Canva template

After you finish the design, select Share > template Brand. From here, you can select a folder to save your template, then select Publish or Add to save your template in the folder.

After saving or publishing your template, a link will be created so that you can share your template design with other people. Copy and paste the link to share.

How To Create And Issue Canva templates On Mobile Or Tablets

Most of the Canva features for desktops are also found on your smartphone or tablet. You can create a template for Canva from a handheld device with similar steps.