how to use canva to create quick facebook photos

TO CREATE QUICKFACEBOOK PHOTOS

HOW TO USE

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Do you want to easily create beautiful

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designs + documents for web or print:


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blog graphics, presentations, Facebook

covers, flyers,


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posters, invitations and so ...?


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Be empowered to design with


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What is?


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Nva is an online graphic design platform.


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It offers free access to a wide


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assortment of design tools and options,


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as well as premium options for paying

customers.


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It makes design simple for everyone with


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drag-and-drop feature and

professional layouts


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to design consistently stunning graphics.


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It has everything you need for amazing design.


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Design with millions of stock

photographs, vectors


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and illustrations. You can even upload your own.


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Edit your photos using preset filters or


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get advanced with photo editing tools,


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you’ll never be stuck for choice.


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Use icons, shapes and elements with ease.


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Choose from thousands of elements for


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your designs, or upload your own.


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Access a great selection of

fonts


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perfect for every design. All ready to


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go and accessible within Canva.


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The best way to understand Canis to try it!


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Let’s BEGIN!


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First, open a browser by clicking it.


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For this tutorial, let's choose Google

Chrome


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Double-clickthis icon


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A new window will pop-up


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Click the URL


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Type https://www.canva.com/ then hit Enter on your keyboard


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You will be redirected to Canva’s site


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You can sign up with Facebook, Google, or Email


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Let’s click Sign Up with Email


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Type your Full Name


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Type your Email


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Retype your Email


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Type your Password


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Click Sign up


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You have finished signing up


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For this tutorial, let’s choose Work


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Let’s choose Social Media


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Click Got it!


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Click Done!


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Click Got it!


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Click I’m done!


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Your design is untitled. To give it


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a name, click here.


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Type a name for your design


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then click Done

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Click the Canvlogo


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This is your Canvdashboard


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Click here to go back to your design


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This is your Canvdesign workspace


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Let’s explore the design panel


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Let’s explore the SEARCH tab


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You can search anything from their 1,000,000 images...


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Let’s try typing “mountain” then hit Enter


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Here are the results


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Here are the free photos


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While some have a fee to be used


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Click any image that you want


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The image will appear on your design


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That’s how to use Canv’s SEARCH tab


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Let’s explore the ELEMENTS tab


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To look for free images, click Free Photos


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Here are the samples of Free Photos


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Click on any photo


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The image will appear on your design


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To resize selected photos into frames, click Grids


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Here are the samples of Grids


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Click any grid that you want


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The grid will appear on your design


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Click on the upper grid to edit it


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This is the edit toolbar


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Click this to change the grid color


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Choose a color from the Default Palette to


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change the background. Let’s pick orange


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or click + to enter a hex color


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To delete the grid, click the trash icon


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Now let's explore Frames. Click Frames


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Frames are like Grids but have multiple shapes and sizes


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Scroll down to view more frames


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Click any frame that you want


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The frame will appear on your design


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Drag the corners to resize the frame


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To rotate, drag or twist this arrow


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Let's add an image to your frame


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Click the Search bar


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Let’s search for a mountain image


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Type “mountain” then hit Enter


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Drag the image inside the frame to auto resize and fit


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Let’s upload an image to a frame


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Click UPLOADS tab


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Click Upload your own images


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Select an image from your computer


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then click Open


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The image has been uploaded


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Drag the image inside the frame to auto resize and fit


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Let's arrange the image inside the frame


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Double click the image inside the frame


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You can drag the image around


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Click the check mark once done positioning


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That’s about it for Frames


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To add texture, depth and organization to your design,


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go to Shapes


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Click any Shape that you want


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The shape will appear on your design


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Drag the corners to resize


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To change shape color, click here


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Choose a color from the Default Palette


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change the background. Let’s pick orange


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That’s about it for Shapes


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Another way to add texture, depth, and organization to your design


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is to use Lines


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Here are the samples of Lines


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As alternative to images, you can use Illustrations


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Click any Illustration that you want


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The Illustration will appear on your design


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To change illustration color, click here


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That’s about it for Illustrations


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As alternative to images, let's explore Icons


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Click any Icon that you want


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The icon will appear on your design


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To change Icon color, click here


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That’s about it for Icons


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To present data visually, use Charts


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Click any chart that you want


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The chart will appear on your design


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That’s about it for Charts


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I ❤ Canva


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Here are the samples of I ❤ Canva images


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To add artistic & readable fonts to


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your design, let's explore the TEXT tab


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Click or drag any text that you want to add


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The text will appear on your design


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Double click the Text on your design


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Editing toolbar for the text will appear


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You can change the text by retyping it


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but still retain its text tyle


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To change text style, click here


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then select from the dropdown menu


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To change text size, click here


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then select from the dropdown menu


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To change text color, click here


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change the background. Let’s pick red


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Make the text bold or italic as desired


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by clicking here, if your text allows it


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To change text alignment, click here


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then select which direction to align


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To make the text all capital, click here


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To make a bulleted list, click here


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To duplicate text, click Copy


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To adjust text transparency, click here


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then drag this to left or right


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To add a link to the text, click Link


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then type your URL here and click Apply


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To delete text, click the trash can


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That’s about it for Text


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To provide a backdrop for your overall design,


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let's explore the Background tab


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change the background. Let’s pick blue


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Scroll down to view more background samples


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to choose from. Here are the free samples


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Here are the paid samples


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Editing Photos in


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Go to Elements


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Click Free Photos


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Choose a free photo


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Drag corners inward or outward to resize


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Click the photo


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to make the editing tool bar appear


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To make special photo effects, click Filter


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Filters are used to enhance color effects


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Click these arrows to view more filters


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Click Advanced Options for more filter properties


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You can set these properties either manually


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to enhance a photo or just by choosing a filter


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Let’s choose the NORMAL filter


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Notice that the Normal filter's properties are all set to zero (0)


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Let’s choose the CALI filter


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Notice that the Normal filter's properties adjusted automatically


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Comparing the Normal (left) and Cali(right) filters


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Manual adjustments using filter properties


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Start with a NORMAL filter


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Let’s manually adjust the properties


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Notice that the Filter Code changes after adjusting each property?


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Take note or copy the Filter Code


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because you can use it to get the


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exact same filter effect on your other


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designs just by copy & pasting the code.


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Add other elements for final details


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Final Output


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After editing, you can share your design


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To send via email, type email addresses


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of recipients here. Before sending, set whether


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the recipient Can edit or Can view


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your design then click Send invites.


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You can also Tweet your design in Twit


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or post your design in face


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Lastly, you can share by making a Link


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Click this provided URL to share


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Then click Copy


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Let’s post your design in


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Click here


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A face window will pop up


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Type in your Email or Phone


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Type in your Password


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Click Log In


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Say something about your post


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Click Post to Facebook


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Your design has been posted in face!


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You can also Download your design


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Click here to choose other formats for download


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Select different formats here for download


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To know the difference of the formats, click the info button


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This will appear to enlighten you


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then click Got it!


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Let’s choose PNG since it’s recommended


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then click Download


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Lastly, click here to make your design public


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There you have it


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