Top 10 Canva Hacks for Beginners in 2025
- Deepak Bhardwaj
- Apr 9
- 3 min read
Top 10 Canva Hacks for Beginners in 2025
Design smarter, not harder. Your time (and sanity) deserves it.
Let’s get one thing out of the way—if you're a marketer, founder, or content creator in 2025 and you're still not milking Canva for all it’s worth… darling, what are you doing?
Canva is basically Photoshop’s cooler, friendlier cousin who doesn’t judge you for using templates. And thanks to its ever-growing set of AI features and shortcuts, you can now design scroll-stopping content without crying over kerning.
At AI Sutra, we help teams unlock 10x productivity—and yes, that includes not spending 4 hours designing a single Instagram story. So we’ve rounded up the top 10 Canva hacks every beginner should know. Bookmark this, save it, send it to your intern. You’ll thank us later. 😉
✨ 1. Press “T” to add text
Sounds basic, but this is a game-changer when you're in the design flow. Just press T and boom—text box on the screen. No click-hunting necessary.
🟦 2. Press “R” or “C” to add a rectangle or circle
Speed up your layout game. Use R for a rectangle, C for a circle. Resize, recolour, reuse. Minimal effort, max aesthetic.
💠 3. Cmd + D = Duplicate
Whether you're lining up elements or creating multiple slides—Cmd + D (or Ctrl + D on Windows) is your new BFF.
🧠 4. Magic Design
Feeling lazy or creatively bankrupt (hey, it happens)? Let Canva’s Magic Design generate templates based on your content. Just upload a photo or text, and let the AI suggest layouts. Legit feels like cheating.
🔥 5. Background Remover
This one’s for the Pro users—but totally worth the ₹₹. Tap on any image, hit BG Remover, and boom: clean product shots, polished thumbnails, or social media gold. No Photoshop tears needed.
🧥 6. Smart Mockups
Want to show off your product on a laptop screen, mug, or tote bag? Canva’s Smart Mockups makes it ridiculously easy. Upload your design, pick your mockup style, done.
🔄 7. Curved Text
Typography nerds, rejoice. Click on your text, go to Effects, and use the slider to curve it just the way you like. Perfect for circular logos, retro vibes, or ‘fun but make it profesh’ headlines.
🛡️ 8. Grouping & Locking
Keep your layers in line like a strict desi parent.Ctrl + G to group,Ctrl + Shift + L to lock.No more accidental nudges that ruin your alignment.
📐 9. Magic Resize
You made a fire Insta post—but now you need the same thing for LinkedIn, Facebook, and Stories?Enter: Magic Resize.With one click, resize your design for multiple platforms. It’s a Pro feature, but one that earns its keep every single time.
🖼️ 10. Templates Are Your Besties
When in doubt, template it out. Canva has thousands of them—just add your colours, tweak the text, and you’re done. It’s like a dosa batter base—you still get credit for the final output 😉
TL;DR (Too Lazy? Didn’t Read?)
Here’s the cheat code:
✅ Use keyboard shortcuts✅ Let Canva’s AI do the heavy lifting✅ Upgrade to Pro if content is your bread and butter✅ Stop overthinking and start creating
And if you're looking to scale your entire marketing game, not just your Canva hacks—AI Sutra has your back.We help D2C brands and marketing teams use AI to:
Build GTM strategies that slap
Implement AI tools that don’t suck
Train your team to become productivity ninjas 🥷
👉 Explore more at www.ai-sutra.comOr just slide into our DMs. We don’t bite (unless it's about Comic Sans—then we will judge).
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