Guide: How to Crop Images using Canva
Words fall short when praising Canva. It is such a beautiful and useful image creation tool for both personal and professional needs. While it has everything one expects from tools to create social media friendly images, one feature is missing. We are talking about the top crop. Sometimes we want it in a different shape instead of adding a simple square or rectangular image. Let’s say you’re making a card for your friend in Canva and you want to crop an image heart shape as such Canva offers no direct option for this. However, there is a solution. Whether a heart, circle or any other shape, here you get to know it how to crop images to shapes in Canva. Let’s start with the base crop first.
Basic crop in Canva
The method is different for the website and mobile apps. We’ve covered both.
Crop on the Canva website
There are two ways to crop the image. The method varies if you are replacing an existing image or adding a new image.
Crop a new image
When adding a new image to your template, click it once. Then click on the Crop option at the top.
You will notice that the image now has white corners. Use one of the corners to drag it into the image to crop it as desired. Finally, click on the Done option at the top.
Your image will be cropped. Interestingly, if you hit the Crop option again, you will also see the original image. Canva saves the original image and you can go back to it at any time.
Replace an existing image
If you choose an existing template and want to replace its image, Canva will automatically crop your image to fit the template design. However, if you’re not happy with what Canva has chosen, click the Crop option. Then drag the image to crop it according to the requirement. Hit the Done button to save the changes.
Crop on Canva Mobile Apps
On the mobile apps, tap the image once and click the crop icon at the top. Then use the pinch and zoom gesture to crop your image. Tap the check mark to save the changes.
Cut into shapes
Because of tutorial, we crop the image to a circular shape. The steps are the same for other shapes too.
Shape Crop on the Canva website
Step 1: Open the template. Click on the elements in the sidebar. Select the shape of your choice under Frames. Click All to see all available frames.
Step 2: The shape you select is added to your template. Now drag the image you want to crop in a circle shape over this circle. You will see that it automatically occupies the circle.
Step 3: Use one of the four rounded corners to change the size of your circle.
Step 4: Double-click the circle to crop the image. You will get four white corners, use them for cropping. Hit the Done button to save the changes.
In the same way, you can select various other shapes such as heart, oval, polygon, numbers, alphabets and more.
Mobile Apps
There are two methods of doing it mobile apps (Android and iOS).
1. Use Search to find a frame
Canva does not offer a good option for frames in mobile apps. You do get other things like illustrations, text, images and even shapes. But the shapes are different from frames. So we will use a workaround. Step 1: Open a blank or an existing template. Step 2: Tap the Add icon in the bottom right corner.
Step 3: Tap Illustration or Shape. You will get the search bar. Type frames and hit enter.
Step 4: Now tap on the frame of your choice. It is added to the template.
Step 5: Tap the edit icon in the bottom panel. Then tap on the Gallery option.
Step 6: Select the picture you want to crop in the selected shape. It will be cropped automatically based on the shape.
Step 7: To crop the image or change the area visible in the shape, tap the frame. Click the edit icon. Tap the crop icon and use the pinch and zoom gesture to change the visible area. Click the check mark to save the change.
Step 8: Use the corners to adjust the size of the frame.
2. Use an existing template
If you are using an existing template with a shape of your choice, you can also crop the image. Here are the steps: Step 1: On the home screen of the app, search for the shape you want. Let’s say a circle.
Step 2: Find the template that uses an image in a circle. Note: Do not use a solid color image.
Step 3: Tap the circle. You will get three options in the bottom panel. Tap Gallery to view an image of your mobileThen tap the picture you want to crop. It is trimmed in a round shape.
Step 4: Tap the crop icon to change the image. Then adjust the visible area with a pinch and zoom motion. Tap the check mark to save it.
Round is a shape
You can use the circular crop feature to generate profile pictures for different social networks. If you used an existing template, simply delete all other elements except your shape. That way, your template will only take the shape on a white background. You can also use other shapes to design creative images. The next up Speaking of shapes, did you know that you can also crop your image to the shape of a circle in Paint 3D? Check the tutorial to know more.
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