How To Flip Or Rotate Anything In A Canva Design
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This post is for any female small business owner who wants to learn how to use the flip and rotate features inside Canva.
1. Introduction
Canva has become a popular graphic design tool for many female small business owners.
Canva can help you to create stunning visuals, without the steep learning curve of professional design software.
You can use Canva for free, and have access to many design features.
The Canva pro subscription is very affordable, and an easy way to open up a whole world of design opportunities for your small business.
There are many ways you can use Canva in your small business to create professional-looking designs, using a wide range of templates that result in fantastic visual content, helping you to show up more professionally for very low cost.
In this simple Canva tutorial I’m sharing how you can flip or rotate anything in a Canva design (with some caveats for certain ‘elements’ that Canva will not let you flip).
Follow the step-by-step instructions below to learn how to take a Canva design and flip or rotate individual elements in the easiest way, to create lovely looking, interesting designs.
Whether you’re working with text, images, or shapes, Canva makes it easy to adjust your elements just the way you want them.
Before we dive in to the tutorial, I have a couple of other great Canva posts you can also check out:
How to Create A Table In Canva (4 Easy Ways)
How To Create Instagram Posts for Your Small Business Using Canva
Let’s go through the simple steps to flip or rotate any element in your Canva design.
The first feature is the rotation tool in Canva. If you want to move straight to the flip tool tutorial – go to step 3. below.
2. Rotate Tool In Canva
Open Your Canva Design
Start by logging into your Canva account, and either create a blank canvas in the size you require, or open any Canva template design you want to edit.
Visual Tutorial – To Rotate An Element:
a. Click any element to select it so that the purple line appears around that element.
b. Hover over the circular rotate button located around the selected element.
c. Click and move your finger on your mouse pad or phone screen in the direction you want to rotate the selected element. You’ll see the element rotating as you move your finger, and a black box with the degree of rotation will be visible.
d. Release the mouse button once you’ve achieved the desired rotation angle.
The rotation feature is really useful to help you make your Canva designs look more interesting.
3. Flip Tool In Canva
Open Your Design In Canva
Start by logging into your Canva account, and either create a blank canvas in the size you require, or open any Canva template design you want to edit.
Visual Tutorial – To Flip An Element:
a. With the element you want to flip selected, go to the top toolbar in Canva.
b. Look for the ‘Flip’ option. Depending on your screen size and the version of Canva you’re using, this might be represented by an icon or the word ‘Flip’.
c. Click on it and you’ll see two options: ‘Flip horizontal’ and ‘Flip vertical’.
d. Choose the desired flip direction. The element will instantly flip according to your selection.
4. Save/Download Your Changes
Canva automatically saves your designs as you are working through them.
Once you’re satisfied with the changes you’ve made, you can then download your design for use in your small business.
Click on the ‘Share’ button in the right hand corner of the top toolbar, choose your design type (jpg, png, pdf etc), and click download to save to your laptop/tablet/smartphone.
5. Conclusion
Flipping and rotating elements in Canva is a simple process.
With just a couple of clicks, you can achieve the desired orientation for any element in your design, making flip and rotate two of Canva’s useful tools for any content creators.
These features, combined with Canva’s vast library of templates and design elements, allows for endless creativity, and Canva can be a really cost effective way to create beautiful designs easily with both the Canva free or Canva pro subscription.
Remember you can use Canva for a wide range of content for your small business, including digital marketing products you can sell, social media graphics, graphic elements for your website, and more.
I use Canva on a daily basis for various purposes in my own small business, and I have created thousands of pieces of visual content, hard copy products (such as planners and books), and digital marketing products (guides, ebooks, journals etc..).
Flip and rotation tools inside the Canva design area are tools I regularly use to create great looking designs.
I hope you enjoy using Canva in your small business as much as I do!
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