Canva is a Great Free Option and is Extremely Intuitive
August 31, 2017
Canva is a Great Free Option and is Extremely Intuitive
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Canva
At the present time, Canva is being used for content creation in my small business. I use Canva to create high-quality graphics for my blog, website, and social media accounts. I also use Canva to create business documents like sell sheets and portfolios. I am the only person using Canva in my organization at this time, as I am a sole proprietorship right now.
Canva is easy to use and enables me to create great, professional graphics without a graphic design background. I love being able to present my best digital footprint by using Canva.
Canva is easy to use and enables me to create great, professional graphics without a graphic design background. I love being able to present my best digital footprint by using Canva.
- Canva offers a number of fantastic templates, which makes it easy when you know what you're looking for in general but not specific terms.
- Canva updates its templates frequently to include new, fresh templates appropriate for upcoming holidays or seasons.
- Canva is free to use, and unlike other programs, many of the free aspects are truly useful and worth using!
- Canva uses PMS and CMYK color codes, which is great when consistency across programs is needed!
- I would like to be able to move graphics around with greater ease. Depending on layers or frames within a design, it sometimes becomes quite difficult to move earlier-placed text.
- Canva does have a lot of photographs and images that are only available for a fee. It would be nice to have additional free options.
- It's difficult to organize files within Canva, as the free version only has two folders.
- Canva has had a huge positive impact on my business objectives. It has enabled me to really raise the bar on my website and social media channels.
- Canva is free, so my investment is zero! Any return is a good one!
- I would suggest everyone give at least the free version of Canva a try. There's little to lose!
I have given Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Gimp a try in the past.
Both Adobe products are less intuitive than Canva, and for someone without a graphic design background, that is a significant issue. Due to their cost, I wouldn't suggest that they are great alternatives to Canva unless you are a professional graphic designer.
Gimp is a nice free option, but is not as user-friendly as Canva and much less intuitive. The file types aren't as easy to use, since they don't save as .jpg or .png files, which are more easily transferrable.
Both Adobe products are less intuitive than Canva, and for someone without a graphic design background, that is a significant issue. Due to their cost, I wouldn't suggest that they are great alternatives to Canva unless you are a professional graphic designer.
Gimp is a nice free option, but is not as user-friendly as Canva and much less intuitive. The file types aren't as easy to use, since they don't save as .jpg or .png files, which are more easily transferrable.