Resizing your canvas dimensions to landscape in Canva is a simple process that allows you to change the orientation of your design. As a graphic designer with over 10 years of experience using Canva, I will provide a step-by-step guide on how to resize to landscape, as well as tips for creating visually appealing landscape designs.
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Why Resize to Landscape?
There are a few key reasons you may want to resize your Canva projects to landscape:
- Landscape orientation works well for wide images and designs like banners, headers, presentations slides, and social media graphics. It allows you to fit more content horizontally.
- Switching to landscape can give you more creative freedom with your layouts and designs, allowing you to showcase visuals in a different way.
- Resizing to landscape dimensions lets you repurpose existing portrait designs into new formats and orientations.
Step-by-Step Guide to Resizing to Landscape
Resizing your Canva designs to landscape dimensions is simple:
1. Open Your Canva Design
Open up the Canva design you want to resize in the editor. You can start with a brand new blank canvas or an existing design.
2. Click “Resize”
At the top of the editor, click on the “Resize” option. This will open up a sidebar menu with resize options.
3. Switch Width and Height Values
In the “Custom Size” section, switch the width and height values:
- Width = the longer landscape dimension
- Height = the shorter landscape dimension
For example, for a standard letter size landscape orientation, you would enter:
- Width: 11 in
- Height: 8.5 in
4. Click “Resize” or “Copy and Resize”
Finally, click the blue “Resize” button to change your current design or “Copy and Resize” to make a new landscape version.
And that’s it! After a few seconds your Canva design will switch over to the new landscape orientation.
Tips for Great Looking Landscape Designs
When working with landscape dimensions in Canva, keep these tips in mind:
Use the full width – Landscape orientation gives you more horizontal space to work with images, text, and other elements. Make sure to use the entire width of the canvas to maximize impact.
Try different layouts – Experiment with columns, grids, stacks, and creative layouts only possible in wide landscape formats. This keeps designs interesting.
Feature horizontal images – Hero images and other visuals pop beautifully in landscape designs. Take advantage of the extra width to highlight photos and graphics.
Check font sizes – Text that looked great in portrait orientation may need resizing for landscape. Check all font sizes and make adjustments so text remains readable.
Review all design elements – Once resized, thoroughly review your entire design in landscape format. Make tweaks so graphics, icons, logos, and other elements are properly sized and placed.
Save new versions – When finished, save your landscape design as a new Canva project file. This lets you reuse it later and differentiate from original portrait versions.
Advanced Resizing Options
In addition to switching width and height values manually, Canva Pro users have access to advanced resizing options:
Preset Sizes – Easily resize to common landscape dimensions like banner ads, Twitter headers, YouTube thumbnails, and more with preset sizes.
Pixel Dimensions – For more precision, enter exact pixel dimensions in the width and height fields under “Position”.
Resize Individual Elements – The “Magic Resize” tool lets you resize individual design layers and elements, in addition to the full canvas dimensions.
Copy and Resize – This creates a separate landscape version of your design while preserving the original. Useful for experimenting with different sizes.
Responsive Resize – Automatically create responsive resized versions for web and mobile. Useful when designing websites or content for multiple screens.
So whether you’re a beginner looking for a simple orientation switch or a Pro user leveraging advanced features, resizing to landscape in Canva is easy. Use the tips in this guide to make perfectly sized, visually stunning landscape designs.