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React.js & Express Tutorial: Build Your Own Canva Image & PDF Editor Clone in Browser with Node.js
Mar 5, 2026
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https://procodestore.com/index.php/product/react-js-express-tutorial-build-your-own-canva-image-pdf-editor-clone-in-browser-with-node-js/
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https://freemediatools.com/canvaultimateeditor/
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In this video, I will show you a Canva
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clone uh image editor that I built
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entirely
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using React and NodeJS and Express. So,
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I have deployed this on my free
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mediatools.com website. I have given
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this demo link in the description of
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this video. You can check out the demo.
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It has all the features of canvas. So,
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whenever you load this application, this
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will be the canvas. So, here you can
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edit your text.
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You can delete elements from here. All
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these things you can click on the
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sidebar section where it has all the
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elements similar to Canva. Here you can
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add your own text and resize it and here
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you can change the text color.
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So this is a complete project here
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inside uh node react express. So if you
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want to purchase it the link is given in
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the description. So this is the overall
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project. you will automatically get the
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source code from Google Drive after the
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payment is done. So if I show you the
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package.json file, we are using the
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latest version of React which is 18.2.0
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and this is actually the overall source
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code. This is the backend code here
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which is using NodeJS and Express. So as
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you can see right here we are using Node
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and Express.
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So this is the overall source code. All
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the assets, the editor, everything is
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divided into its appropriate components.
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So once you get the source code, you
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will be able to run this. So now to run
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this, it's very simple. You go to the
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directory first of all execute npmi. So
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this will ex uh install all the NodeJS
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modules. And same thing, you need to go
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to the API folder and also install all
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the NodeJS modules.
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After that you simply run the command
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npm run start. So this will run the
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development server for you. It will
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start the fullstack application the node
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react application. So once it starts it
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will start at your port number.
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So if you go to localhost 5173 the
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application will get started. So we
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[snorts] also have the export button. So
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you can export everything whatever you
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make to a image file. So the image file
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will get downloaded. [snorts] So this is
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an overall project here as you can see.
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So we can replace the images. We can
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even upload your own images as well. So
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if you want to upload your own images,
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simply select the image and you can add
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this image to the canvas very simply.
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And we also have the support to add
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multiple pages. So you can add a new
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page here and this one you can delete
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this and this is you can start it from
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scratch. So here you can change the
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background you can add your own text or
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select from these preset templates that
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comes with it. So with the help of this
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Canva clone editor you can actually make
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a nice little thumbnail for social media
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websites.
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So click on export. So instantly your
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creation will be exported to an image
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file. You can undo, redo, options are
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still there. You also have third party
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images support as well. So if you want
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to,
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we also have different kinds of shapes
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as well. So you can add any sort of
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shape right here. Resize it, add this
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accordingly.
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So here you can actually control the
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transparency as well. So
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you can make it bold, itallic,
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underline, align it perfectly. You also
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have different kinds of effects that
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canvas support. You can put shadow here
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as well. Control it. Everything you can
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control it here.
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So you can just see here.
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So we also have different kinds of
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frames as well. As you can see,
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you can add multiple frames here. And
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same goes with images. You can bring any
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image of your choice.
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So if you interested guys, the link is
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given in the description. You can
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purchase this Canva clone editor. First
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of all, try out the free demo which is
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available. The link is given in the
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description. Both the payment links and
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the live demo link. So definitely
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and you can actually create a this is
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the menu here. You can create a custom
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size as well. So just provide your
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whatever width, height you are building,
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create new design and it will be
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resized. So this is a file menu. So here
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you can save all your work. You can even
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export this as a PDF file as well. So
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now if you're looking forward for this
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is also the you can even export
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everything to a PDF file as well. So go
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to the export and click on all pages as
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PDF. So everything will be exported to a
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PDF file as well. So there is also
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support given for PDF as well. You can
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also download your design whatever work
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as a JSON file and then you can load
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that by using the import design.
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This is an all-in-one editor. Uh first
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of all try it. If you like it you can
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directly purchase the source code. The
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link is given in the description.