As one of the most popular online design tools, Canva is frequently used by businesses and individuals to create stunning visuals for social media, websites, presentations, and more. While the platform offers a wide range of built-in features and integrations, one thing it doesn’t have is a built-in HD video downloader.
That said, there are still a few ways you can download HD videos from Canva. In this article, we’ll show you how to do it using both the Canva mobile app and a third-party downloading tool.
Method 1: Use the Canva Mobile App
If you’re using the Canva mobile app on your iOS or Android device, you can easily download your videos in HD quality.
Here’s how:
1. Tap the Share button in the top-right corner of your design.
2. Select Save Video from the menu that appears.
3. Choose whether you want to save your video as an MP4 or GIF file.
4. Tap Save Video to confirm.
5. Wait for the video to finish downloading, then tap the Downloads button in the top-right corner to view it.
Method 2: Use a Third-Party Downloading Tool
If you’re using the Canva website on your computer, you can use a third-party downloading tool like 4K Video Downloader or ClipGrab to download your videos in HD quality.
Here’s how:
1. Install 4K Video Downloader or ClipGrab on your computer.
2. Open Canva and find the video you want to download.
3. Copy the link to the video by right-clicking it and selecting Copy link address (or Copy link location).
4. Paste the link into 4K Video Downloader or ClipGrab and click Start downloading (or Grab this clip!).
5. Choose whether you want to save your video as an MP4 or GIF file, then select a location for it on your computer.
6. Click Download to start downloading your video.
Knowing the high-quality video resolutions: 4k vs. SD vs. HD
The production quality and official video quality of the company videos you upload should be high. After all, no one is interested in watching a video that appears to have been shot with a potato. So, how do you distinguish between standard-definition and high-definition video? Or high-definition versus ultra-high-definition video.
So, what exactly is a standard definition (SD) video?
Let’s start off by discussing what we mean when we say “standard definition” video.
SD, an abbreviation for “Standard definition,” describes any video definition other than High Definition (HD), Ultra High Definition (UHD), and 4K. Standard Definition (SD) is the previous imaging standard used for technologies like analog TVs and early online videos that were only accessible via dial-up internet connections.
These days, standard definition (SD) video is only played back if the viewer is in a particularly rural area with a slow internet connection or if the video was just uploaded to a hosting platform like our SmartVideo and hasn’t yet finished processing. (Or your promotional videos were shot on a very dated camera. If that’s the case, you need better equipment).
There are three primary categories of standard-definition video.
240p is the smallest format, with dimensions of 352 pixels across and 240 pixels up, followed by 360p at 480 pixels wide and 360 pixels high, and finally 480p at 640 pixels across and 480 pixels up.
High-Definition (HD) Video Is…
High-Definition video, or HD video as it’s commonly abbreviated, has improved since its inception, but the name still seems misleading. HD video has a greater level of detail and a more rectangular aspect ratio than SD video. HD video has more pixels than standard definition video, resulting in a higher quality and more detailed image.
These days, high definition (HD) is the norm across the board. We at Swarmify can make sure you can work with any encoding format, but HD is by far the most popular.
What, then, are the parameters for HD video definitions? Common examples include:
The resolutions of 720p (1280×720) and 1080p (1920×1080) are considered standard HD and Full HD, respectively.
What do you mean by 4K videos?
Just try to picture a video that is four times as clear as HD. This is the promise of 4K video, one of the most recent technologies to enter the mainstream of high-definition video. (This, naturally, does not account for the cutting-edge, but as-yet-not-widely-used 8K resolution. This is a goal for the future that is currently only accessible to tech enthusiasts with unlimited funds.
With the 4K video, we need new terminology to describe the quality of the video. All previous identifications had been based on the total number of pixels’ height. This is why most video resolutions now have a “p” appended to the end of them. Here we’re talking about the width in pixels, which is well over 4000. Ergo, 4K.
In addition, there are essentially two distinct 4K resolutions.
The most widely used 4K resolution is 3840×2160, which is technically not 4K. The other common 4K resolution is 4096×2160, which is primarily used in the film industry. You may also encounter the terms ultra-high-definition (UHD) and quad-high-definition (QHD) when researching various devices and websites.
Video Formats that are not supported in Canva
Canva videos are a great way to add some visual interest to your Canva projects. However, Canva only supports a limited number of video file formats.
The following video formats are not supported in Canva:
- Apple Intermediate
- ProRes 4444 (ProRes 422 Supported)
- HDV 720p60
- Go2Meeting3 (G2M3)
- Go2Meeting4 (G2M4)
- Videos with transparent backgrounds: upload them as GIFs, if they’re short, as a workaround
If you try to upload a video in one of these formats, you will receive an error message. While Canva does not support these video formats, there are many other file formats that Canva does support. For a full list of the video file formats that Canva supports, you can visit their website.
Conclusion
HD video quality is important for many users when downloading videos from Canva. The steps to take in order to download a video in HD are simple and easy to follow. By following the instructions above, you can be sure that you will be able to download high-quality HD videos from Canva without any issues.
Thank you for reading!
