Platform guides

Add QR codes to the tools you already use.

These are short, tested workflows for getting a QR into a design, form, file or website. Each one covers the mistake most likely to break the scan.

Put a QR code in Canva without making it blurry.

Make the QR first, add it to the final design at the size it will be printed, then test the exported file rather than the editor preview.

Publish the form for the right audience, copy the responder link rather than the editor address, and test it while signed out.

The QR is the easy part. The important bit is giving the people who scan it permission to open the file.

Use the storefront page customers should reach, download clean QR artwork, and keep each physical placement tied to one clear action.

Upload the original QR file, place it as a normal image and check the live site. Avoid screenshots, decorative cropping and editor-only links.

Use an Image block, upload the original file and size it deliberately. A screenshot or over-compressed thumbnail is asking for trouble.

Before you export

The editor preview is not the product. Check the PDF, image, sign or packaging at the size and surface customers will actually scan.