Graphic Design with Keynote on ANY Mac (it's free) | Full Tutorial

Learn how to use Keynote for simple graphic design projects on any macOS computer. I show you how to create a YouTube thumbnail and demonstrate Keynote’s most powerful features including background removal and multiple layer design.

📋 Table of Contents

Intro: 0:00
What can it do?: 00:18
Project setup: 00:42
Inserting elements: 02:06
Using Inspector: 03:59
Using the Object List (layers): 07:15
Removing backgrounds: 07:46
Modifying text: 09:51
Aligning elements: 10:40
Adding color: 11:36
Adding shadows: 12:13
Copy and paste away: 12:57
Exporting images: 14:11
View menu (ruler): 15:02
Gradient with eyedropper: 15:27

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[IBEnglishEruidites]

Thank you for this video! You have assisted our channel in thumbnail creation and will help us reach more students. Thanks again!

[radhanmoodley]

Thank you for the clarity of your turorial

[Poverello]

Excellent! This is just what I needed. I’m looking to switch from my current design tool because it is going to a subscription based model and it looks like Keynote will fit all my needs, and it’s FREE! Another advantage is that I can use it seamlessly on all my Apple devices. A winner!

[alanfindlayviewfromtherock]

Keynote is a brilliant tool for creating graphics. Informative video. Cheers.

[MeinDeutschkurs]

Keynote is great. I already used it for stuff like this. I’ll return to do it. 4 new things I learnt. Thx!

[johnlime]

YES! I honestly was thinking about making like a tutorial on how to make like a video and thumbnail using free shit like Keynote (the instant alpha feature is honestly incredible), Audacity, GarageBand, and iMovie.

[Yoopercooper]

This is WILD! I had no idea keynote could do this!

[christianacosta]

This video was great. I did a collage of a recent trip in Keynote with what you showed in this video and it turned out great. You have a new sub. Thanks.

[dyiownahmarie]

Interesting. This is also one of the reasons why I prefer Google Slides over PowerPoint. Like the Keynote, its very easy to snap and align elements together inside a slide. 👌

[MyOwnWayMusic]

Thank you, bloody amazing... people often dismiss it but that's because they have no idea of it's power.. Great Video 👍😃

[juleslincredule]

Wow! you're good. Make more tuto on Keynote please. Thanx!!!

[qwaqwa]

Cool. In a similar vein, I used Freeform to make some simple front-panel graphics. Fun, wow...

[JeffMathe]

Thanks. Do you remove Background in Keynote still?

[jeffharmed]

Great video thanks. I prefer to use native Apple apps as much as possible and that includes Keynotes. However there are barriers to importing vector graphics in such a way as to retain the vector graphics properties so that Keynotes editor can be used to make minor modifications. Could you make a video on that?

[bozhidarmihaylov]

My Only Go to Graphic Design tool for the last 5Y (iPad). If it just had the Pen tool..

[rico]

The green under the armpit could be removed by clicking Remove Background again and clicking that green.

[truesus]

On behalf of the pre-press techs of the world, please don't use this to make things you want professionally printed.