Amazing Canva Tip That Nobody Told You About | Canva + Affinity Designer Combo You Didn't Know 2022

[@DetourShirts]

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[@CaroFERRO]

Hi Juna, I new this trick a long time ago, but... i did not wanted to make it public because I think, canva doesn't (didn't) know about this, so they are going to flat the pdfs and then you wouldn't be able to do this any more. So now that you got the views you wanted, would be good to delete the video for the good of future designs for everyone.

[@FicarAmriza]

And today they joined. You predicted this😮

[@DetourShirts]

Yup... it was going to happen eventually...lol

[@rivkahr336]

When I first tried this, Affinity Designer wouldn't let me see the layers. I finally found that if I selected the images & then clicked on "Edit Document" near the top right, the layers showed up and I was able to proceed as Juna demonstrates in the video. Thanks, Juna!

[@DetourShirts]

Great to hear! Thanks for sharing.... maybe someone else did that too and you just helped

[@andreaerickson5170]

Baby designer here, no formal training at all in this field so I have to google everything. This is so helpful, life changing even!!! thanks for the awesome tip!!!

[@DetourShirts]

You're so welcome!

[@GoWestYoungK9]

Another tip came from your video about the anime T-shirt design you did in Canva. Like several others, I was disappointed I couldn't use a graphic from the Elements to pop into one of the frames. Took me a few days for it to occur to me that I could download the desired graphic as a PNG, then reupload it and then it could be inserted into a frame. So, nice simple trick in case no one else mentioned that. Loving your videos. Great info, and you have such a nice teaching style. My husband, who's a college English professor, came in on one and said, "he's a really good teacher, isn't he?". I totally agree! God Bless and Happy New Year 🙂

[@DetourShirts]

That is a great trick... thanks for sharing....and thanks for the comments too...coming from you and your english professor husband... that is really really special... hope you are your family have a wonder new year and beyond.

[@cjmaya2008]

And play with the contour tool as well, the possibilities are endless!

[@DetourShirts]

That is so true... this combo is amazing

[@WonderfulWorldOfStuff]

This 100% changes the game when it comes to using Canva as a resource, I love this tip!

[@DetourShirts]

Yup... totally... I agree

[@ahmadeswed7234]

Another tip I would propose, go to elements and search for frame. You will get hundreds of frames some are free. Select the frame you like, get a photo or background you like. I usually use American flag or leopard. Drag the photo to the frame, the frame will take the photo as a background. You can adjust the positions also.

[@wonderland3037]

@Ahmad Eswed thanks for tip

[@DetourShirts]

Great tip! Yes... I think I did that on my Anime TShirt video... it is an awesome one.

[@CYPRESSGAL1975]

Ummmm.... you sir deserve a cookie!! What a fantastic tip! I will definitely be using that one. OMG Thank you!!

[@ahmadeswed7234]

@@DetourShirts Oh I missed that one, I will check that one. Thank you

[@DaveLynchWriter]

I tried that after watching the anime video and it didn't work ☹️ it just added the new image on top of the frame. What did I do wrong do you think?

[@wonderland3037]

Pls guys don’t skip ADS Juan he is very helpful and giving all the best tip for beginners like me thanks Juan

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks for that

[@Fanzindel]

was looking for a best way to upload Affinity files to Canva (clients wants an editable version) but this is super helpful!! Thanks!

[@DetourShirts]

Nice... glad I could help

[@sarraspace]

Hi super tuto injoy all yr ideas thank y so much ❤️ please i have a question please can y tell me the name of this font you use it on yr thumbnail vedio i work on redbble and want to try it

[@DetourShirts]

It's called Veneer

[@sarraspace]

@@DetourShirts thank y a lot

[@drjonesey5]

Great Tip for the Sunset one. I have Canva pro so I didn't need the knock out part. This changes a lot, even the shapes portion.

[@DetourShirts]

You are so right. Glad it helped! Canva Pro with Affinity would be amazing

[@Taieb.elmourabite]

رائع جدا جدا.. شكرا جونا أنت معلم معطاء وتحب مشاركة كل شيء.. وابتسامتك العفوية تعبر عن روح العطاء لديك.. شكرا مجددا

[@DetourShirts]

انت مرحب بك. شكرا لمشاهدتك.

[@tufft4]

I have started watching your videos and they are amazing! But my question is, can you do a video that shows from the beginning to the end how you can not only create a t shirt but all so how to upload it or what is the best option to print it yourself or what is the inexpensive way to get it printed if you need it by bulk, I mean It is hard to find a video that gives help on everything you need to do to complete the process.

[@DetourShirts]

Great suggestion!

[@heatherhartley751]

My mind is officially blown! Thanks, Juna! This is great!

[@DetourShirts]

So glad! Hope you can use it

[@heatherhartley751]

I used it over the weekend and uploaded the t-shirt design to my Redbubble shop yesterday! Thanks again! @@DetourShirts

[@B3FASTLANE]

5-Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Artful Done…Thanks

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you

[@elmouftw9565]

I've been using canva for some months now and this trick blow my mind thanks for sharing this amazing tips with us :)

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful! I felt the same way when I found out too

[@rafaechizen]

Just wow! This is a game changer! Simply awesome! Thanks again for the info!

[@DetourShirts]

You bet! I think it really is a game changer... especially if you have Canva Pro.... all those designs would be editable in Affinity

[@olusoboyejo9447]

Thanks for sharing. Can I use Photo Pea for the edits?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes you can!

[@chericemincey121]

Thank you SO much!!! This tip was VERY VERY helpful! I love all your videos and thank you for your willingness to help others!!! Much appreciated!

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@gamenicity5905]

This is why I have subbed to your channel! You always have such amazing ideas and content! Thank you for always sharing this incredible information!

[@DetourShirts]

You are so welcome! Thanks for subbing

[@1dulceritmo]

I’ll watch all your tutorials this weekend I need to learn affinity for sublimation and Svg 😆🎉

[@DetourShirts]

I really don't do sublimation and SVG... I just teach how to make a PNG for t-shirts.... sorry

[@magdacronje2222]

Awesome, lots to learn ,thank you, Love your tutorials ,very helpful, learning every day.

[@DetourShirts]

My pleasure!

[@quemalcy]

Having control of each colored element on sunsets is great, i made my changable sunsets on canva pro. I mentioned in the past that i like changing the graphics. Like the idea of changing the multiple graphic 80s you had. Not necessary for me but looks great fun. Thanks for sharing.Happy new year to you and all here.

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks... yes I love the flexibility with this approach

[@lina......]

woah that looks so cool! I might need to try affinity now. Thanks, Juna!

[@DetourShirts]

You should! It's awesome

[@deloreshillcreative]

Oh! Thank you so much for this valuable information. I tried it. This is a total game-changer for me. I am so happy, I cannot wait to create wonderful designs. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

[@DetourShirts]

Wonderful! Glad it was helpful

[@salvatorefailla2389]

Amazing tip. Hope this works with Kittl as well. Will try tomorrow immediately

[@DetourShirts]

Yes it will

[@salvatorefailla2389]

@@DetourShirts great it worked fantastic. Thank you for the advice

[@JulienCovos]

Great tip! Thanks Juna. I've never thought of using PDFs like this before. Really clever use to get unlimited vectors from Canva free plan 👍

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@carolward1142]

This will be a massive help with my 2022 designs - huge thanks! :)

[@DetourShirts]

Glad I could help!

[@yvonnem2561]

Great tutorial. How do I ensure that the right colours print when I design in Canva and print for sublimation?

[@DetourShirts]

Good question!... I like to design in CMYK because that's what the print will end up being

[@yvonnem2561]

@@DetourShirts Thank you. Is there an option to select CMYK in Canva or do I select it when I download the pdf file only?

[@junquette3000]

Game changer! Thanks for this tutorial. I'm a big fan of Canva but I want to use Affinity Designer more. Looking forward to trying all of these.

[@DetourShirts]

You're very welcome! Glad I could help

[@tina17mb]

That's a great tip! It would never have occurred to me to download as a PDF I was lucky to have got Affinity during their 50% off sale but it's pretty cheap anyway compared to others or subscriptions services. Looking forward to trying this tip! Thanks

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful! Congrats on getting AD at 50% OFF... What a deal!!

[@creationswithtory]

Great information! Can you do this in Photopea too?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes you can kind of.... Photopea is a raster program not a vector program so you won't be able to do exactly the same thing

[@creationswithtory]

@@DetourShirts Any tips? lol

[@jillwirsing7544]

Thank you Juna! This is really great information and you present it very well! I’m glad that I found your channel and subscribed!

[@DetourShirts]

You are so welcome! and thanks for subscribing

[@markbailey7584]

Dude, you just made my life easier :) thank you so much for this! I appreciate you. ~Mark

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it helped! You are very welcome

[@wonderland3037]

Juan he is Amazing

[@GrantGreetings]

This definitely changes things. Thanks Juna! Saved this video so I can find it for reference. In your opinion, is it worth the money to buy the paid version of Canva? Do you get enough extra benefits for it to be worth it for a t-shirt designer?

[@DetourShirts]

I honestly think it would be worth it... Canva Pro has so many designs that the FREE version does not... I'm thinking about doing it now that I know I can use those graphics easily with Affinity

[@jakemorden8544]

But only if you planning to use it with another software like affinity designer, Canva alone not enough for tshirt designing yet, you can't change vectors color, or separate elements, outlines, cutting...and som many features are missing. I've used it wasn't enough for me. That's my thoughts about it

[@GrantGreetings]

Yes, I did see where Canva Pro has the ability to make a png with a transparent background which is very useful to me as a card designer. I think that feature would be useful in Canva for both cards and shirts. I know I can take it to Affinity and do it but it would save a little time. And just like Juna said, you are not limited in the design elements available to you.

[@gotchagr]

Thank you very much for this powerful and more than useful tip! Great job! Happy New Year to you and your family, with health love, peace, and creativity!

[@DetourShirts]

You are very welcome... Hope you and your family have a fantastic 2022 and beyond.

[@philandbrenda]

Hi Juna.... I stumbled on this video and was all excited. But it's not working for me. I uploaded a png file instead of using the elements in Canva (I have Pro by the way) Downloaded it as a Pdf for Printing. Opened it up in AD 2 and there was no way I could separate it. I tried placing the document in instead of importing it....still nothing. Sigh..... Did I do this wrong or did Canva somehow stop everything? Can you check please and see? Thanks Brenda

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... so it only works on vector files in Canva... what probably happened was you tried to open a raster file (photo)... the way you can tell if that the artwork in Canva is a vector is that it should allow you to change colors... if it doesn't let you change colors than it's a photo and you will not be able to separate it in AD 2

[@philandbrenda]

@@DetourShirts Gotcha! OK thanks for your reply. :)

[@larryjoseph1170]

Great tip with regard to the Canva angle. PDFs are generally vector files so any program that uses vector files should work.

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... that is what I was thinking

[@mrconsignment]

Thanks for the helpful video and the explaination of the Canva restrictions you posted under Bob's comment.

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@europeanliving6077]

Fantastic! Cheers Juna. 🥳

[@DetourShirts]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@brahim1616]

Thanks Juna 💚💙

[@DetourShirts]

You are very welcome

[@Graitfl]

This is a great tip! Thank you so much 🙏

[@DetourShirts]

You're so welcome!

[@ahmadeswed7234]

Thanks Juna this is really a game changer tip.

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@laurawixted1093]

Awesome tip! You are right - game changer.

[@DetourShirts]

It really is! I'm always going to download it this way from now on

[@joekiedotfun]

Thanks for your Mind blowing tip .Great stuff 👏

[@DetourShirts]

My pleasure!

[@Lou-qn5qk]

I wonder if you could do something similar in Kittl

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... I think you could

[@tasij5470]

Thank you so much for this amazing tip!

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful! You are so welcome

[@Lambchop59]

Superb help!

[@DetourShirts]

Glad to hear!

[@Thehoodproject]

Can this be done on the iPad?

[@DetourShirts]

Hmmm... I haven't tried... I'm guessing it could

[@16Mbvillain]

Thank you! Such a great tip :)

[@DetourShirts]

You're so welcome!

[@peace.n.blessings5579]

Thank you for uploading this video

[@DetourShirts]

It's my pleasure

[@Pyxelles]

Oh I see, Juna, thanks for the video I knew about this and it's quite useful like you've shown. I thought you'd found a way to use AD to remove backgrounds from PNGs. I guess AD are not there yet.

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful! I'm going to check if there is a way to do that too

[@ladytoonny9753]

Great,thank you teacher:)

[@DetourShirts]

Glad you liked it!

[@LawrenceUK1989]

Juna, does Affinity Designer break up each part of the image as a different layer? Can the same be done in photoshop?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... when I brought the art in they were on different layers.

[@Bob-The-Guy]

Excellent tip!

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks and thanks for watching!

[@bethjoyce4666]

Can this be done with PNG images you upload to Canva, then save as the PDF? I've tried a few but they don't seem to work. I have lots of PNG images, but need them to be vectors to work in Affinity to do things like the erase feature. Still a newbie with Affinity.

[@DetourShirts]

Unfortunately not. PNG images can be brought into Affinity but you can not change them or click on point to make them different shapes... this will only work with PDF more specifically those graphics that you can change the colors on in Cava.

[@Leo-pf3cd]

Great tips, iam thinking of getting Affinity designer is it quite easy to use

[@DetourShirts]

It is and I got a lot of tutorials you can watch

[@Leo-pf3cd]

@@DetourShirts Thank you Juna, I will have a look them.

[@yjchung6100]

Amazing tip!!!!!!!!!! Thank you.

[@DetourShirts]

You are so welcome!

[@briansf7012]

What an awesome lesson.

[@DetourShirts]

Glad you think so!

[@gehtsnoch502]

Thank you. Thats great!

[@DetourShirts]

You're welcome!

[@danielshaw4847]

This is super cool

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you

[@Lilione111]

Execellent! Cheers!

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you

[@youngmediageeks]

Great. Thanks

[@DetourShirts]

You are welcome!

[@jakemorden8544]

I want to buy affinity designer, can you please do more tutorial about it?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... I got a ton already... is there something you specifically want to learn?

[@jakemorden8544]

@@DetourShirts I'm waiting, and excited, I never used it before so it's hard to tell, my designs are mainly for POD products and I'm advanced a little bit in my designs I do complicated designs now want to switch to affinity designer cuz it's I don't have to pay expensive fees every month one payment and it's done. So I don't want to feel like I'm just started or to slow me down. I will ask in the Facebook group when I feel I'm stuck. Thanks for your efforts.

[@kazopa68]

Fantastic video, thanks

[@DetourShirts]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@StephanieMarieSeverson]

Thank you so much! So Awesome!!!

[@DetourShirts]

Glad you like it!

[@konstantinosserres3598]

I save the file as svg and then change colors using inkscape (free)... Still nice info though!!

[@fatimah1487]

Same i was thinking to do

[@DetourShirts]

I will have to make that combo on another video... thanks

[@MonicaDehnert]

Amazing! Thank you so much!!

[@DetourShirts]

You are so welcome!

[@rogerisold]

when you say knock out the background, can you just leave the item with a transparent background? is that what you mean?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... it comes with a white background on the PDF... you can just remove it in Affinity Designer... but if you downloaded the PNG file instead you would have to select the colored background and knock it out... a little more difficult.

[@GADGETSCOGNOSCENTE]

Quality content as usual 👌🏻👏🏻

[@DetourShirts]

Glad you think so!

[@tanasi111]

Thank you this is amazing :)

[@DetourShirts]

You're welcome 😊

[@NiazMohammad]

This is super cool!

[@DetourShirts]

I know right? I love it... I hope I find more tips like this

[@WeirdSnakeGal]

How would you go about importing your new design as an editable svg back to canva? I have tried all the options I could think of, I've removed stuff from the file with VsCode and nothing works. When I re-upload it to canva I can only use "edit image" and I do not have the option to change the colour. The only way I could do it was to export it as png, import it on inkscape, trace bitmap and save it as svg from there. This is far from ideal. I've searched on google but couldn't find a solution. If you have an idea on how to do that, it'd be awesome!

[@DetourShirts]

I don't think you can upload an editable eps or svg but I honestly haven't tried it... great idea though

[@WeirdSnakeGal]

@@DetourShirts by editable I mean being able to change the colours. It definitely is possible because I've done it many times with inkscape. I think the problem probably comes from the importing settings in affinity but I can't figure out the way to do it to make it work. It's so annoying. I looked at the file codeof both svg and they are completely different. Too bad we can't share picture here.

[@aokt-shirts5840]

One of the best tips ever! (for me anyway)

[@DetourShirts]

Happy to hear that!

[@BaToKi]

Great Tutorial. Can you do a PS version of it?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... I'm planning on doing more Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials this year

[@Bob-The-Guy]

Can we use Canva elements for free, print on as many POD items as we wish? No restrictions?

[@theodoros20]

I was thinking the same thing…

[@DetourShirts]

The main restriction is that they can not be used by themselves.... they need to be combined with text or other graphics.... you also can't sell the graphics as a pack or individually as graphics.... You can read all about their restrictions on their website....www.canva.com/help/article/licenses-copyright-commercial-use

[@theodoros20]

@@DetourShirts thanks!!!

[@alcoshirts]

Cool 😎 Thank you!

[@DetourShirts]

You bet!

[@kellifong1755]

I found when open the PDF file in Affinity Designer, the file size is smaller. At Canva create size is 4500x5400, but PDF size is 3375x4050. Do you why there be different and how to fix this issue ?

[@DetourShirts]

Yeah... I'm not exactly sure why that happens

[@Dontbefake19]

Man! Can't Thank You enough!!

[@DetourShirts]

You're welcome! Glad I can help

[@arkikali5632]

Hooooly sheep shit. You are a rock god, Juna! Seriously, I had no idea. And I have the Affinity suite, so that's just crazy wonderful. Thank you so much!

[@DetourShirts]

Yup... in fact I just used this technique on my last design

[@arkikali5632]

@@DetourShirts It doesn't work on all of them--I tested with an axolotl--but I don't think it has to have selectable colors because your sunset didn't. But it's still really effing cool, and I never would have guessed.

[@DetourShirts]

You are right... only works with SVGs or the ones on canva that you can choose the colors.... rule of thumb, if you can't change the colors in Canva you can't change them in Affinity either.

[@arkikali5632]

@@DetourShirts That's a good way to remember. Thank you!

[@mustaphabenalla8682]

Thank you❤

[@DetourShirts]

You're welcome 😊

[@blackkitt98]

This is brilliant. But what's weird is even though I set file size in Canva to 4500 x 5400, it downloads at 3374 x 4050.

[@DetourShirts]

That is interesting... I didn't really check... I just assumed it was 4500x5400

[@blackkitt98]

@@DetourShirts Yes, it should have been the right size. Maybe it's just me. I tested by making a new design in Canva in Merch dimensions. I downloaded it first as a png and that was 4500 x 5400, and then as PDF Print and again the pdf came out 3374 x 4050. I'm curious to know if that happened to you too. And it's not like I have a crap computer - I just got a new MacBook Pro Max. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@blackkitt98]

Wow wow wow!

[@DetourShirts]

I know right

[@Kawaiianimals513]

Thank

[@DetourShirts]

You are welcome

[@Dizmode313]

How to do this in illustrator?

[@DetourShirts]

I don't have Illustrator at the moment but my guess is that you would open the pdf in Illustrator and it would do the same thing.

[@DaFabTeam]

It's because .pdf is a vector file 😊

[@DetourShirts]

Yup

[@adil4ggj5]

💖💖💖💖

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you

[@hawksfan]

hmmm I cannot get ungroup to open for me with a PDF in Designer. It's grayed out, wonder what I'm doing wrong.

[@DetourShirts]

Depending on what you downloaded there may not be an ungroup

[@mirzayannah1543]

I am just confused, i use ipad to follow ur tutorial, but why i couldn't find that shape is converted into curve... it's still image like png, even tho i save it as pdf :"""""(

[@DetourShirts]

Hmmm... I will have to try it on my iPad and see what happens... thanks for the comment

[@PaulTobeck]

@@DetourShirts Now that you have an iPad, I'd love to see some videos about mobile workflow for POD, especially the differences between Designer on PC vs iPad.

[@Thehoodproject]

Same happened to me

[@70loNslo]

Maybe I missed a step, this doesn't work for me. Everything I drag from canva to affinity is a single layer image. Not sure how to open doc as layers like you show so I can delete background. Yes I am downloading pdf print. New to affinity.

[@DetourShirts]

Are you saving as a PDF? It sounds like you saved as a PNG.... the PDF should have the layers

[@rivkahr336]

I am having the same problem. I definitely downloaded it as a pdf for print.The title in the layer says bridge.pdf (embedded do...).

[@shirleyfrancois5298]

Sadly, I do not have Infinity Designer with Microsoft Windows.

[@jakemorden8544]

Why they do have two versions 1 for mac users and 2 for windows users,

[@DetourShirts]

Well, if you do get it you can do this extra tricks... it may be worth it for a one time fee of $50.

[@jakemorden8544]

@@DetourShirts is there any discount?

[@schpeidermann]

That didn't age well XD..

[@DetourShirts]

Yeah... times have changed

[@kaiballington55]

I like your channel, but there are too many interruptions with all these ads!

[@DetourShirts]

Sorry about that

[@Lambchop59]

Superb help!

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it helped!