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Introduction
CANVA is very easy to use thanks to its very intuitive drag-and-drop interface. Also, you don’t have to worry about starting from scratch either, although you can do that if you want. There are a ton of templates you can choose from to work with multiple categories. These include infographics, posters, and even business cards.
More Information
Name: Canva
Description: Canva is great to create simple visuals. Often, it helps those unskilled in the magic of graphic design.
Operating System: (Web-based) Chrome, Safari, Firefox
Application Category: Graphics Design, Software
Author: Jerry Low
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Getting to Know Canva
The general flow of Canva is much the same as anything in its category online nowadays. You sign up (either with Google+ or an email address) and then just follow the breadcrumbs. Canva will prompt you to choose what type of graphic you’re trying to create, then be suggesting various template visuals for you.
- Canva registration is quick and easy
- Registration is quick and easy (free signup).
- Canva is very easy to use, even easier than Microsoft Paint.
Once you’ve chosen the layout and template you’d like, then comes the customization. Everything is drag and drop, and text can be edited much like text boxes in any other graphic design software.
Is Canva Free?
The 1,000,000 images is for paid accounts. Free accounts are more limited
The 1,000,000's images and animated graphics are for paid accounts; free accounts are more limited.
Here is where a slight differentiator comes in between free and paying users.
For those who are using the free version, Canva has slightly more limited templates available for you to choose from, and limit your collaborative team to 10 members. Even more importantly, it doesn’t offer you any images at all. Any images you want to use will have to be your own or licensed for you to use. It will sell you images at US$1 a piece though.
Those who opt for a paid Pro account with CANVA will get a 30-member team account, plus access to what Canva claims is a database of 300,000 75 million of images, animated graphics, audio and video files. It can also help you resize your designs. Other highlights include the acceptance of custom fonts, color palettes and the ability to save templates.
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Experience with Canva
Since Canva offers an option to design brochures, I got curious and tried that out. I was interested because printing brochures often require higher resolution files for them to turn out nicely after print. It was good to note that once I had tested the brochure template, the system offers an option to download the file as a printable PDF.
I checked with a designer friend of mine and he agreed that the brochure was simplistic (he is, after all, a designer) but definitely usable in print. This is a critical point to note for those thinking of using Canva as a business tool.
Aside from downloading copies of your finished design, you can also share them directly on Twitter or Facebook. You can also email people from within the tool to invite them for collaboration in the design of whatever you’re working on.
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Canva Pros & Cons
Pros
- Very simple to use
- Tons of beautiful built-in templates
- Create print-ready graphics
- Freemium subscription model – try before you pay
- Integrated with stock photo and animated GIF gallery
- Limited functionality for professional designers
- Most graphic elements are available to paid users only
- Some minor bugs when creating video
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