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hey there and welcome to Skills Forge
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Pro in today's quick and practical
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tutorial we'll show you how to place
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text behind an object in Canva a simple
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yet powerful technique to create
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stunning thumbnails and eye-catching
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illustrations for your projects first we
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need to select the main image for our
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design in this tutorial we'll be
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creating a travel themed thumbnail once
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we've chosen our image we'll place it on
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the Canva workspace to ensure the image
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fills the entire space without any gaps
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we'll use Canva's magic expand
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tool simply select whole page and let
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the AI seamlessly generate the missing
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once the AI has completed the image
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we'll duplicate the original picture and
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place the copy directly over the first
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now we'll resize the duplicated image
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keeping only the main subject
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visible next we'll remove the background
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from the duplicated image using Canva's
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background remover tool
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this will allow us to layer the text
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behind the subject to enhance the visual
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appeal we'll add a gradient color layer
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between the background and the main
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for this example we'll use a warm orange
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gradient that complements the subject's
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skirt adding depth and an artistic touch
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line now let's add our text for this
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design we'll use the word travel setting
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the font to Anton the size to 350 and
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the color to white which pairs
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beautifully with the subject's outfit
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position the text between the gradient
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layer and the main character ensuring
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it's well centered for a professional
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and that's it you've successfully placed
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text behind an object in Canva we hope
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this tutorial was helpful and easy to
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follow if you enjoyed it let us know in
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the comments what Canva techniques you'd
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