🎨 Build a Full Stack Canva Clone 2.0 with Next.js, React & Convex | ImageKit.io 🚀

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to build a powerful Canva-like design tool using Next.js, React, Convex, and ImageKit.io. Whether you're a developer looking to enhance your full-stack skills or an entrepreneur wanting to create a design app, this video covers everything from backend setup to real-time image editing and cloud storage.

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🔹 What You'll Learn:
✅ Setting up a Next.js project for a seamless frontend experience
✅ Managing real-time data with Convex (Serverless Database & Backend)
✅ Optimizing and storing images using ImageKit.io
✅ Implementing advanced drag-and-drop design features
✅ Building a scalable and high-performance design tool

🔥 By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have a fully functional Canva-like web app ready to deploy!

💡 Tech Stack Used:
🔹 Next.js 14 – React framework for fast, dynamic UI
🔹 React.js – Interactive front-end components
🔹 Convex – Serverless database & real-time backend
🔹 ImageKit.io – Image optimization, AI Transformation & storage
🔹 Tailwind CSS – Modern styling for a sleek UI

🚀 Perfect for:
✔️ Developers who want to build a full-stack SaaS app
✔️ Those interested in real-time image editing and manipulation
✔️ Anyone looking to master Next.js & Convex in a practical project

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CHAPTER
00:00:00 Introduction
00:08:22 Create NextJs App
00:16:28 Backend Setup (Convex DB)
00:25:08 Authentication
00:43:27 Workspace Layout
01:17:01 Create New Canva Page
01:45:18 Design Editor Layout
02:11:19 Add Canvas using Fabric.js
02:24:32 Change Canvas Background
02:38:39 Upload Image using Imagekit
02:56:51 Search Images using unsplash api
03:14:26 Delete Selected Object/Element
03:19:28 Add Shapes
03:29:36 Shapes Settings
04:03:27 AI Image Transformation using ImageKit.io
04:37:21 Add Text to Canvas
04:47:06 Text Settings
05:09:55 Stickers
05:11:01 Save Design
05:23:06 Export to png Image
05:27:51 Save Design Preview as Image
05:33:43 Import Template
05:43:25 Show User Created Design
05:54:11 Add Template
06:05:26 Deploy App

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Learn to create a full stack Canva clone application using Next.js, React, Convex, and ImageKit. The guide covers setting up the workspace, implementing various editing features, and integrating AI for background removal and other image transformations. It also includes steps to manage user authentication and save designs in a Convex database, offering a comprehensive tutorial for building advanced web applications.

🎨 Build a Full Stack Canva Clone 2.0 with Next.js, React & Convex, ImageKit

<p>This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim from Canva.  I would like to see, is it possible? Do you have a github link?</p>
