Canva – How to Change Dimensions ~ Adobe Download Blog

If you design visual content in Canva, then you need to adjust the dimensions of each project to meet the requirements of different platforms. Fortunately, there are a couple of ways you can make changes to your designs’ measurements quickly and effortlessly. While some features are only available to Canva Pro members, those who use Canva’s free tools also have limited options to modify dimensions.

In this guide, we will show you different methods you can use to change dimensions of projects, images, text, and templates in Canva across various devices.

How to Change Dimensions in Canva?

Canva gives you plenty of innovative options to create and optimize your visual content. You can choose designs from an extensive collection of templates – social media posts, invitations, cards, resumes, presentations, logos, websites, posters, and many more outlines.

Those who use Canva on a daily basis usually need to change the dimensions of their content to meet different requirements for social media, blog posts, website pages, etc.

There are a few methods you can use to change dimensions in Canva. You can choose from a selection of differently-sized templates. You can also type in custom dimensions, copy and paste the measurements, and resize the elements manually. The first two methods apply to templates, while the other two can only be used for specific elements, like images and texts.

While some of these options are reserved for Canva Pro users, there are things you can do without a subscription. We will go through each of these methods for different devices.

Mac

The first method we will cover only requires a couple of quick steps. However, this method, also known as the “one-click” method, is only available to Canva Pro users. This is how you can change dimensions in Canva on your Mac:

Open Canva on your browser.
Open the project you want to edit.
Navigate to the “Resize” option in the upper-left corner of your screen.
Choose the template for your project.
Click “Resize” on the drop-down menu.

Some of the templates Canva offers are presentations, Facebook posts, videos and covers, posters, Instagram posts, logos, etc.

Now all you have to do is save your document, and you’re good to go. This Canva Pro method is especially convenient because it saves you a lot of time.

To go a step further, you can click on the “Copy and Resize” button, which is next to the “Resize” button on the drop-down menu. This allows you to make copies of your dimensions and paste them to different pages and projects.

Windows 10

Since the one-click method is identical on both Mac and Windows 10, we will go through another useful technique you can use to change dimensions in Canva – the custom dimensions method. Keep in mind that this feature is also only available to Canva Pro users. This is how it’s done:

Open Canva on your browser.
Go to the project you want to resize.
Click on the “Resize” option in the upper-left corner of your screen.
Tick the “Custom Dimensions” box on the drop-down menu.
Type in the custom height and width of your design.
Set the value to inches, centimeters, millimeters, or pixels.
Click “Resize.”

From this point on, you can also copy the custom size so you can use it for different projects.

Android

To resize dimensions in the Canva app on your Android, follow the steps below:

Open the app on your Android.
Choose a new template on your home page or go to “Designs” to open an existing one.
Tap on the three dots at the top of your screen.
Find “Resize” on the pop-up menu.
Choose the dimensions for your project or type in custom measurements.
Select “Resize.”

As with the desktop version, these features are only available to Canva Pro members.

iPhone

To change dimensions in Canva on an iPhone, follow these instructions:

Open Canva on your iPhone.
Open the project that you want to resize.
Tap on the three dots on the top banner.
Go down until you find the “Resize” option.
Choose from a selection of templates or type in custom dimensions.
Tap on “Resize.”

You can also choose the “Resize and Copy” option on the phone app to apply the same measurements to other designs.

How to Resize an Image in Canva?

Even though only Canva Pro members have the option to resize templates, users with free accounts can change the dimensions of images. You can adjust the dimensions manually or copy and paste the measurements. We will show you how to do it across different devices.

Mac

To change the dimensions of an image in Canva on your Mac, follow the steps below:

Open Canva on your browser.
Open the project that you want to edit.
Click on one of the corners of the image you want to resize.
Drag the corners to make the image bigger or smaller.

The process of resizing an image on Canva manually is straightforward and easy. After you change the dimensions of the image, you can click on it and change its location by moving it across the template.