With Canva, you can cut straight – rectangular or square – or creatively cut photos and images. Today we will tell you how you can do this using the two methods in a practical and simple way. Let’s see what each of them is about.
How to crop a photo or image with Canva in a few steps
To be able to cut a photo or image with Canva in the most traditional way and without adding any special shape to it, we only have to position ourselves on the photo that we want to edit. To do this, go to the Canva website.
You can do it from your mobile device or from a computer. We recommend that you edit from a computer, as the screen is much larger and you will be able to better observe the details of the image or photograph.
To start cropping, double-click on any of the photos you have selected. We remind you that you can even create a collage of photos online, which go within the same sheet simultaneously with the cropping technique.
The next thing will be to click on Crop, this option is at the top of the screen. Now you must draw a box around the area you want to cut out. You can change the size of it, resizing it by modifying its scale, so that it is the size you want.
When you’re done, click Make Crop. If you have made a mistake, you can recover the original image again, because Canva saves the original photo so you can edit it again.
How to creatively crop a photo or image with Canva quick and easy
You can try different fun frames to shape your cutouts on images or photographs. To do it creatively, you can cut photos in the shape of circles, squares, triangles, etc.
With Canva, you can let your imagination run wild and make all the edits you always wanted in a very simple way, as it is very intuitive, and everything is ordered in such a way that you can find all the tools you are looking for easily.
Now let’s get down to business. To cut an image or photo in a creative way, be it a geometric shape, letters, or whatever comes to mind, you must position yourself in Elements. This tab can be found in the menu on the left of the screen. Once inside, you must slide down to the Marcos section.
You can choose between the different frames that Canva offers you, some of them, the most classic shapes, are completely free. If you want to access all its options, you must subscribe to the paid version.
Once you’ve chosen your frame shape, add the image you want to crop from the Uploaded files tab . There will be all the images that you have uploaded from your computer or mobile device.
Choose any of them and click on it to take it to the work page. From the corners you can modify the size and position of the frame and the image. You can rotate the image from the arrows you have to the right of the frame.
Once you have finished arranging the image, click on it and it will be automatically cropped.
Now you can continue editing and adding all the elements that you can think of. All the tools are available from the menu on the left of the screen. From there you can add effects, Stickers, combine them with Canva templates, add design grids, diagrams, text, backgrounds or whatever comes to your mind.
Take a few minutes and explore all the features available on Canva, one of the best image editing sites (you can literally even make a realistic Polaroid effect there).
When you’re done, don’t forget to save all your changes. If you have any questions about how to use Canva, you can leave us your comment so we can help you.