​How to use the Canva app to create a Photo Collage with your iPhone

Please follow the steps below to create a Photo Collage using the Canva app on your iPhone.

• The first step is to download the Canva app on your iPhone.
• ​Go to the App store on your iPhone and search for Canva: Graphic Design & Video.
• ​Download the Canva app.
• Once the app is downloaded create an account with your name and email address.
• Open the Canva app and at the bottom you will be able to see three Icons: Home, Designs and Menu (3 horizontal lines).
• Tap Home at the bottom.
• On the home page you will see Create Design.
• Scroll Down: When you scroll down you will see Instagram Posts, Logos, Facebook Posts, Flyers, Posters, Phone Wallpapers, Facebook Covers, Invitations, You Tube Thumbnails, Business Cards, Photo Collages etc. 

• Once you locate Photo Collages, tap on See all at the top right-hand corner of Photo Collages. You will see different photo collage frames and you could pick the one you like to work on. Most of the Photo Collage Frames with Canva is free but some of them are not free and you need to upgrade if you would like to use those frames.
• After you choose the photo collage frame, tap on the area you want to customize. The area that needs to be customized will be highlighted in blue line with square shape or rectangle shape depending on what frame you choose.​

• Canva gives 2 ways to add pictures to the frame you selected.
• At the bottom toward right hand side you will see a + sign in a black circle and you can tap on that + sign to add pictures, the other way is to Tap Replace at the very bottom of the screen.
• The below steps are applicable for both options.
• Tap on the plus sign at the bottom right hand side OR Tap Replace at the very bottom of the screen.
• When you tap on the plus sign you will see multiple options like Templates, Uploads, Photos, Elements, Videos, Camera Roll, Audio, Folders, Bkground etc. If you Tap on photos it will take you to the various photos which Canva storage has but if you want to use your own pictures ,then you need to Tap on Uploads in the same section.

Tap on Uploads and after you tap on uploads you will see a screen with upload media in a violet color box. Under that there are three options : Images, Videos and Audio . 

If you already have pictures in Canva from your phone then you can Tap on Images but for the first time Canva users, you have to upload pictures from your Phone first. For that Tap on Upload Media.
On the next screen you will see three options: Photo library, Take Photo or Video and Browse.

Option 1 is Photo Library: If you tap on Photo Library it will take you to your stored pictures on your iPhone and there you will see two tabs. One tab is Photos and next to that you will see albums and you can select the picture you like from Photos or Albums to customize the photo collage frame.
Option 2, Take Photo or Video: If you tap on Take Photo or Video, your phone camera will be turned on and you can take picture or Selfie and you can use that picture or selfie with your Photo collage frame.
Option 3, Browse: If you tap on browse it will take you to a screen with a search box and then Tap on search and you will be able to see two tabs. First tab is Recent, the second tab iCloud drive (for iPhone users) and you can choose pictures from there to customize the Photo collage frame. 

• Tap on Photo Library then Select the picture you want to use for the photo collage.
• You will see Add at the top right-hand side, Tap Add.
• Once you Tap Add, the picture you selected will be added to Images and under images. Tap on the picture you uploaded from your phone. 
• Now you will be redirected to the Photo College Frame and the picture you selected will be placed in the highlighted area.
• Follow the same steps mentioned above to add more pictures from your phone to Canva to customize the photo collage frame. If you find lost in the middle of the process you can always get your work back by Taping on Design. Canva auto saves the work. To find Design, Tap on Home icon at the top left-hand corner and under All your designs you will be able to find  the frame you have been working on.
• The photo Collage frame you select may have text on it and if you want to edit the text and customize it, Tap on the specific area you want to customize and it will be highlighted in blue.

• At the very bottom, you will see several options - Edit, Playlist Script, Font, Effects etc.
• Tap  Edit. 
• Tap on the highlighted area again. Once you tap on the highlighted area a small black box will show up at the top (Just above the highlighted area) with Cut, Copy, Replace, B I U >.
• Tap Cut.
• When you tap on Cut, the area that needs to be customized will become blank and now you can enter your verbiage by typing on your iPhone keypad. Once you entered then you can resize it by adjusting the highlighted corners at the four ends, make it big, small, rotate etc.
• Other way to Customize Name or your writing is: At the bottom next to Edit button, Tap Playlist Script.
• Select any Font you like by taping on that particular font. You can also change the font size by taping on the pt., Once you tap you will be able to resize the name by make it big or small, B I U etc.
• Once you complete the Customization, Tap Done.
  Now at the top at the right-hand corner you will see two icons, one with arrow pointing downward and another with arrow pointing upward. Tap on the upward arrow sign at the right-hand corner on top, it will give options to save the Frame you created or print the Frame.
• When you scroll down you will see several options  to save the Photo collage frame or to share the frame to social media platforms like Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn Profile, iMessage, Print T-Shirts, Print Posters, Print Flyers, and so on.
• Once you save the frame with the option Save as image, Tap on Designs icon at the bottom and you will be able to see All your designs saved with Canva. If you tap on the customized photo collage frame again it will let you edit and make changes again. 

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