Hi everyone! Thanks so much for being here. I hope you enjoy creating your own realistic Polaroid frame for Canva. What you learn in this tutorial can be applied to making ANY layered frame with raster effects like drop shadows and textures. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. If you have a suggestion for an Affinity/Canva related tutorial you'd like to see here, let me know! Thank you again!
Yes, they definitely can! Blend Options are my go to for sure :) Thank you for checking it out Sherri! I appreciate it, and thank you for taking the time to comment!
Thank you for this great tutorial! I'm kind of new to all this... Wondering, what is the reason that you prefer to move the frames to Canva instead of working with them in Affinity Designer?
You're welcome, Ruth, and thank you for watching, and commenting! Great question! It comes down to personal choice. I use Designer much of what I do but some use Canva more; both have their benefits. Canva doesn't have the ability to create something as textural and dimensional as this, so starting in Designer gives those who want to use Frames in Canva an option to create something more realistic for their designs. This could just as easily be used in Designer though, by just popping images in to that image placeholder using the Gradient or Vector Flood fill tools. :) Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any additional questions. Thank you again!
I've watched 4 minutes of your video and if you were near me, I'd kiss you! I have been searching high and low for this and I'm thrilled to have found your video. Question, is there a way to create the frame part in Affinity and attach it to the polaroid and bring it in Canva so that it is all attached together and permanently stays together in Canva?
Hi there! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment, and watch. I’m so glad you are finding this helpful :) Towards the end of the video, I show you how to pull everything in to Canva as a group of layers that will allow you to keep everything together and use the frame over and over. If, after you watch that part, you still have questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. Thank you again!
@@Tracey-CreatorCollage Yes, I saw that part, but I was wondering if you can actually attach the frame in affinity and bring it all in to Canva instead of using a Canva Frame.
Hi Amy! Sorry about that! (I shouldn't answer first thing in the morning :)) Yes, you can. You would need to create another layer that you add a raster to; that becomes the frame. What I would recommend is creating a vector shape layer (with the shapes, pen tool, whatever you want) then, with the Gradient tool, add a bitmap directly to it (you can do this with the Stock Studio, or pull something in externally). This can sit between layers, or above, just keep in mind, in Canva, if it can't find the drop zone for the frame, you might have to move whatever is above it out of the way to use it, then put it back. The one thing I will note, for some reason Canva doesn't like anything with perfect corners, the frame won't work. So, if you create something square in Serif, and intend for that to be the Canva frame, round up the corners, using the corner tool, slightly. It doesn't have to be anything noticeable, .5 pixels is fine. Hopefully, this makes sense. If it would help, I can also put a quick tutorial together showing something similar that would apply to these Polaroids as well.
@@Tracey-CreatorCollage I'm a visual learner, so if you could put together a quick tutorial on how to create the frame and attach it to the design that would be wonderful! I really appreciate how responsive you are in the comments section. I want to purchase affinity, but i'm not sure that it will meet my needs.
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Hi everyone! Thanks so much for being here. I hope you enjoy creating your own realistic Polaroid frame for Canva. What you learn in this tutorial can be applied to making ANY layered frame with raster effects like drop shadows and textures. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. If you have a suggestion for an Affinity/Canva related tutorial you'd like to see here, let me know! Thank you again!
Awesome tut Tracey, the blend options can change the look of textures in interesting ways, thanks for the reminder!
Yes, they definitely can! Blend Options are my go to for sure :)
Thank you for checking it out Sherri! I appreciate it, and thank you for taking the time to comment!
Love it! Thanks Tracey!
Thank you Yukon, and thank you for watching and commenting!
Great content. Thank you ❤
Thank you very much for watching, and taking the time to comment!
Awesome. Thank you!
You’re welcome Tammy! Thank you for watching!
Love it. Thank you ❤
Thank you! So happy you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching, and commenting! 💛
Thank you for this great tutorial! I'm kind of new to all this... Wondering, what is the reason that you prefer to move the frames to Canva instead of working with them in Affinity Designer?
You're welcome, Ruth, and thank you for watching, and commenting!
Great question! It comes down to personal choice. I use Designer much of what I do but some use Canva more; both have their benefits. Canva doesn't have the ability to create something as textural and dimensional as this, so starting in Designer gives those who want to use Frames in Canva an option to create something more realistic for their designs. This could just as easily be used in Designer though, by just popping images in to that image placeholder using the Gradient or Vector Flood fill tools. :) Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any additional questions. Thank you again!
@@Tracey-CreatorCollage Thank you so much--that is very helpful!
I've watched 4 minutes of your video and if you were near me, I'd kiss you! I have been searching high and low for this and I'm thrilled to have found your video. Question, is there a way to create the frame part in Affinity and attach it to the polaroid and bring it in Canva so that it is all attached together and permanently stays together in Canva?
Hi there! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment, and watch. I’m so glad you are finding this helpful :) Towards the end of the video, I show you how to pull everything in to Canva as a group of layers that will allow you to keep everything together and use the frame over and over. If, after you watch that part, you still have questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. Thank you again!
@@Tracey-CreatorCollage Yes, I saw that part, but I was wondering if you can actually attach the frame in affinity and bring it all in to Canva instead of using a Canva Frame.
Hi Amy! Sorry about that! (I shouldn't answer first thing in the morning :)) Yes, you can.
You would need to create another layer that you add a raster to; that becomes the frame. What I would recommend is creating a vector shape layer (with the shapes, pen tool, whatever you want) then, with the Gradient tool, add a bitmap directly to it (you can do this with the Stock Studio, or pull something in externally). This can sit between layers, or above, just keep in mind, in Canva, if it can't find the drop zone for the frame, you might have to move whatever is above it out of the way to use it, then put it back.
The one thing I will note, for some reason Canva doesn't like anything with perfect corners, the frame won't work. So, if you create something square in Serif, and intend for that to be the Canva frame, round up the corners, using the corner tool, slightly. It doesn't have to be anything noticeable, .5 pixels is fine.
Hopefully, this makes sense. If it would help, I can also put a quick tutorial together showing something similar that would apply to these Polaroids as well.
@@Tracey-CreatorCollage I'm a visual learner, so if you could put together a quick tutorial on how to create the frame and attach it to the design that would be wonderful! I really appreciate how responsive you are in the comments section. I want to purchase affinity, but i'm not sure that it will meet my needs.
@@amygatto8106 will do! I'm wrapping up a new class but I'll put that out after, so it will be a few days. :)