Free Online Software for Creating Memes, Posters, Flyers, Brochures, e-Book covers, Invitations, and more: CANVA

Free Online Software for Creating Memes, Posters, Flyers, Brochures, e-Book covers, Invitations, and more: CANVA

I use this program often for creating Facebook and LinkedIn memes for online marketing of my events. See the two examples below.

It is called Canva, here https://www.canva.com/

 

I will use it even more often in the future, for other purposes such as e-book covers.

A Very Nice Online App

“Online App” means that you do not need to install anything on your computer. All that is required that you create a canva.com user account (which is entirely ok) and to log-in.

The app is so intuitive that I don`t even need to describe in detail how it works. In three easy steps:

  1. Select a template from an abundant multitude of available templates. Some are marked as “free” and some cost only one (1) US$,
  2. Replace the text in the template with your own information, and
  3. Either use the Windows Snipping Tool to cut out your Facebook or LinkedIn meme in .jpg format or download the result as a pdf file.

Ready. It usually takes less than 10 minutes of my time to create a very nice meme and to put it online both on Facebook and LinkedIn.

I like it.

Yes, there are Online Tutorials available

Tutorials for using Canva are found here:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=canva%20tutorial

The tutorials will also give you more ideas on what else you can do with Canva: flyers, brochures, e-book covers, name cards, posters, etc.

Costs

The basic version of Canva is free. This is what I am using.

There is an upgrade to “business class” available for 120 US$/year but I do not yet see a reason for upgrading. Many of the Canva templates are free and for every fifth template that I am using, I pay only one (1) US$. That is good for me.

Most important for me: using the intuitive Canva app, I do not need to spend time looking for new designs or learning how to use Photoshop or other high-end image editing tool.







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