How to use a Canva design in a post

If your agency designs in Canva, you don't need to download and re-upload files. The composer can open your Canva designs, export the one you pick and attach it to the post.

Before you start#

• Canva is connected for your agency. Connect it once in Settings, in the Canva section. One Canva account serves the whole agency, not one per client.
• The design exists in that Canva account. The picker lists designs owned by the connected account.
• You're an Editor, Admin or Owner.

Add a design#

1. In the composer, find Photo or video and click Pick from Canva on the right. (If you see Setup Canva instead, Canva isn't connected yet; it opens Settings.)
2. The Pick from Canva window lists your designs. Use Search your designs… to find one.
3. Hover over a design and click Use this design. Kredia exports it (you see Exporting…) and attaches it to the post.
4. To add a design as another carousel slide, click the + tile in the media strip and then Canva.
5. Finish the post and schedule it as usual.

Image designs are exported as PNG files. When the post needs a video (for example a TikTok post or a Reel), the picker shows your video designs and exports them as MP4.

Where else you can use Canva#

• Ads: the new ad campaign wizard can take a Canva design as the ad's creative.
• Mobile app: the new-post flow has a Canva option next to the camera and the gallery. See How to create a post on mobile.

What can go wrong#

• "No designs found". Try a different search, or check that the design belongs to the Canva account connected in Settings.
• "Export failed". Try again. If it keeps failing, reconnect Canva in Settings.
• The design looks different from Canva. Kredia exports the design as a flat image or video, so animations in an image design and Canva-only effects aren't carried over.

See also#

• How to add photos and videos to a post
• How to create a carousel
• How to create and schedule a post