Importing a Canva design

You can bring a design straight from Canva into impressBox, as a static image or an animated video.

Link your Canva account (one-time)

Before your first import you have to connect (link) your Canva account to impressBox. You only need to do this occasionally — roughly once every three months.

  1. In your content library, click CREATE NEW CONTENT to open the Add content dialog, then choose Canva (under Integrations).

  2. If your Canva account isn't linked yet, impressBox shows “Your Canva account isn’t linked yet.” Click Link Canva account — a Canva window opens in a new tab.

  3. Log in to your Canva account and click Allow.

Log in to Canva

Log in to Canva


Allow Canva access

Allow Canva access


  1. Close the Canva window and return to impressBox — your account is now linked and you can import designs.

Import a design

  1. In your browser, sign in to Canva and copy the share link of the design you want — image or video. Make sure you have owner, editing, or viewing access to that design.

Copy the Canva share link

Copy the Canva share link


  1. Back in impressBox, click CREATE NEW CONTENT and choose Canva (under Integrations). Shortcut: you can paste the Canva link straight into the Paste a link to auto-detect box at the top of the dialog instead.

The Add content dialog — Canva sits under Integrations

The Add content dialog — Canva sits under Integrations


  1. Paste the copied Canva link into the URL field. Optionally add a Title and a Show from / Show until window.

The Canva form: paste the link, an optional title and a date window

The Canva form: paste the link, an optional title and a date window


  1. Click ADD CONTENT. impressBox exports the design from Canva and adds it to your content library — automatically as an image for a static design or a video for an animated one — ready to drop into a playlist.

Import through the agent

Instead of the steps above, you can just ask the agent: “Import this image/video: https://www.canva.com/design/…/” and it will handle the import for you.

Notes

  • Your Canva account must be linked first (see above). If you paste a Canva link before linking, impressBox prompts you to link it.

  • impressBox picks the format automatically — a static design comes in as an image, an animated design as a video.

  • Imported Canva content behaves like any other content item — add it to playlists, set a date window, assign categories, and so on.

  • As with uploads, if the design’s shape doesn’t match the screen, you’ll be offered outpainting.