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Canva

Canva is a graphic-design platform with a drag-and-drop interface to create print or visual content while providing templates, images, and fonts. Canva makes graphic design more straightforward and accessible regardless of skill level. subtitle

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  1. Arshia Jabbar avatar
     
    A app where you make your profile by your own

    User friendly app for beginners, also their features are easy to use, and they have fun features too. Also they have multiple templates whatever you make you have many options. Also they support beginners in start.

    ๐Ÿ Competitors: PicMonkey
    ๐Ÿ‘ Pros:    Variety of graphics|Advanced features
    ๐Ÿ‘Ž Cons:    Download music from deezer premium
  2. suchitra Biswal avatar
     
    Magic happens in canva

    Canva graphics makes me crazy.i can easily edit my pictures,reels, albums etc.its pre define templates solves all graphic related problems .I can easily make presentation banner,company brouchers.

    ๐Ÿ Competitors: PicMonkey, Piktochart
    ๐Ÿ‘ Pros:    Easy to use|Lots of starter templates
    ๐Ÿ‘Ž Cons:    Its premium price is out of my box
  3. amna123 avatar
     
    The Ultimate Design Powerhouse

    Canva is a highly recommended platform for anyone looking to create visually appealing and professional designs quickly and easily, whether for personal or business use. Canva is a versatile and user-friendly graphic design platform that caters to a wide range of users, from beginners to professionals. With its intuitive interface and a vast library of templates, Canva makes it easy for users to create stunning visuals for various purposes such as social media graphics, presentations, posters, and more.

    ๐Ÿ Competitors: Canva, Adobe Spark PicMonkey Crello DesignBold Fotor Snappa Piktochart BeFunky Gravit Designer Easil
    ๐Ÿ‘ Pros:    User friendly interface
    ๐Ÿ‘Ž Cons:    Limited advance features
  4. itsmepayal avatar
     
    easy

    very easy to use

  5. BakerTheMan avatar
     
    Unleashing Creativity with Canva

    Canva empowers users by offering a plethora of design elements and customizable templates, enabling the creation of visually stunning graphics and presentations. Its intuitive interface makes designing accessible to everyone, allowing users to bring their vision to life effortlessly. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned designer, Canva serves as a comprehensive tool meeting varied design needs with finesse.

    ๐Ÿ‘ Pros:    Easy to use|Easy user interface|Free basic plan|Variety of designs|Variety of logo variations
    ๐Ÿ‘Ž Cons:    Subscription-based pricing model
  6. Sean avatar
     
    Very helpful

    It's a good service if you want to speed up your content creation. I am lacking any kind os designer skills and this service helps me make carousels for social media. I don't like presets otherwise, but as I am not a designer, here I find them helpful.

    ๐Ÿ‘ Pros:    Huge library|Templates are great
  7. User avatar
     
    Good for everyday design!

    Canva has proven to be a remarkable alternative to Photoshop, especially for beginners or quick design needs. Its user-friendly interface and extensive library of templates and graphics make creating professional designs straightforward, even for those with little design experience. The AI-driven tools, particularly the Smart Resize and Content Planner, are standout features. They simplify the design process and save considerable time, enabling even novices to create high-quality designs quickly. While Photoshop remains superior for more complex graphic editing, Canvaโ€™s ease of use, speed, and AI-powered features make it ideal for those who need to create visually appealing designs rapidly. It's a highly recommended tool for anyone new to design or in need of a swift, effective design solution.

    ๐Ÿ Competitors: Crello, Adobe Photoshop
  8. User avatar
     
    Canva is a fantastic tool for content creation

    Canva obviously helps me to be heard and seen via the Internet and social media especially. I can generate new content in several steps and don't lose the moment when it is better to post.

    ๐Ÿ Competitors: Figma
    ๐Ÿ‘ Pros:    Fast support|Ui is very attractive|Fast ui
    ๐Ÿ‘Ž Cons:    Nothing, so far
  9. Clipping Path Universe avatar
     
    The best photo designing site

    We can to a lot of work from canva. for knowing more you should browse this site.

    ๐Ÿ‘ Pros:    Trusted|The most famous

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Social recommendations and mentions

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  • Canva / Google SSO / GoGuardian
    Anyone else using GoGuardian and have Canva setup as an App with SSO-integration to Google? We have Canva configured to appear in the Google "waffle" menu as an option, set to sign in with Google SSO. It all works fine, except today for some reason it's failing, but only when the GoGuardian VPN/Proxy app is active in the browser (so for all our students and faculty). When I test with a system that doesn't have... Source: 7 months ago
  • Open Source tool to create videos like canva.com
    Is there any open source tool to create videos in bulk like canva.com? Source: 7 months ago
  • Genuine Question
    You can use canva.com there's a huge amount of different fonts. Source: 10 months ago
  • Logo for Startups
    I first experimented few ideas on https://canva.com and then created on GIMP for free for https://upvpn.app. Source: 10 months ago
  • First official logo for Rick and Michonne ๐Ÿฅด via Twitter
    No it's not fine, the logo was done in 2 minutes on canva.com this is bullshit. Source: 10 months ago
  • I feel like my issues are seriously invalidated and minimized by my non-muslim/non-religious friends
    For independent money sources you could look at job agencies that may be nearest you to help get temporary employment to help support yourself. Job agencies may be adecco.com, https://www.randstadusa.com/job-seeker/, peopleready.com, laborfinders.com, and so on. Use the Google search terms "job agencies near me" at google.com to help you if these previous suggestions do not have what you need or want. Temp jobs... Source: 10 months ago
  • Best AI for Cover Art?
    A lot of the responses are to find someone to do it, but if you're keen to give it a shot yourself then canva.com is a good starting point. Source: 10 months ago
  • RoR Live Action Movie Cast
    I used canva.com to make it more or less symmetrical(Though I hat to do it several times as there's not enough space(So I was also using paint). Source: 10 months ago
  • How do you make your ads?
    Hi One of the easiest ways to get started on your own is to use canva.com. Source: 11 months ago
  • Just started my business, literally donno anyone, follow in ins?
    Instead of just text, you could add graphics to draw attention ( You can use free online tools like Canva : Online Graphic Tool that has a large number of free templates). Source: 10 months ago
  • Ring Road in 9 Days - Photo Journal (May 2023)
    I use Canva. They have a free version and helpful templates! Source: 11 months ago
  • Redditors with autism, what are the things that you changed in order to get a job?
    Since my biz was completely service related, I had not much start-up costs. I built a website on a free domain and put my first $100 in pay toward a domain name and hosting so it wouldn't be .wix or whatever. I made some brochures using the equlivant of canva.com and printed them at home. Business cards were pretty cheap too. Source: 11 months ago
  • [Crosspost] Hi! We're the designers and organizers behind the 4 semifinalists of the Syracuse Flag Initiative (NY), and we're here to answer your questions! AMA!
    Fifth, are you just a group of proto hipsters who acre screwing the vity out of what little money we have for canva.com designs you did on your phone while drinking gin cocktails out of old mason jars? Gin is shit-always has been. Source: 11 months ago
  • Looking for feedback on your channel/video/thumbnail?
    Looking at the thumbnails, most of them just look like screenshots of the game. This can work if you have an established audience, but if you're starting out and trying to grow the channel, I would recommend using something like canva.com to put together thumbnails that are similar to the youtubers you enjoy. Try to keep it simple but also convey what the video is about while leaving the browsing video asking the... Source: 11 months ago
  • [OC] The entire history of Premier League teams in one chart โšฝ๏ธ๐Ÿ“ˆ
    Matplotlib Python library for chart and canva.com for legend and other non-chart objects. I will try to put this code on Github soon. Source: 11 months ago
  • How Framer/Figma is built?
    Hey, I am the maintainer of Konva.js library and creator of https://studio.polotno.dev/. With the current state of the web, there are many ways to render things on the screen. 1. HTML render (where element represented as a set of div, img and other elements). canva.com do that. 2. SVG render. 3. Canvas with 2D API 4. Canvas with WebGL API. Source: 11 months ago
  • The softer side of self hosting: The aesthetics, logos
    I use canva.com for all that, they have templates and lots of assets for whatever media you want and the text to image app does a decent job with AI generated content too. Source: 11 months ago
  • Please be honest. Trying to make a logo(first ever)
    All this is done on canva.com(i'm a noob) I legit laughed out loud reading your "live, laugh love" comment. Absolutely hilarious! Source: 11 months ago
  • Marketing/Branding Help
    Do you know the free website canva.com? It's an amazing website for creating custom high quality marketing and branding images that you can use anywhere and it's so easy to use. (not an affiliate). Source: 12 months ago
  • Can we just talk about how hard it is to add a banner to your channel
    In the earlier days of YouTube sure but I use Canva and it's super easy to make one, there's templates and the paid version gives you access to so many assets. Source: 12 months ago
  • How do I start a youtube channel of explaining tech & computer science concepts with little to no graphic or editing skills?
    I used draw.io and canva.com for some of my videos. The good thing is, that you can export single elements as png's and use video editing to move them around. This way, your content will be more visually appealing. Source: 12 months ago

External sources with reviews and comparisons of Canva

The 13 Best Free PDF Editors (February 2024)
Unlike most free tools, Canva lets you fully edit text, and you don't need to sign up to do it. Click any text area to change what the text says and to adjust the font type, size, and color. You can also add hyperlinks to text and other objects, and special fonts are available to easily type out your signature.
10 Best AI Background Removers for Flawless Edits in 2023
Canva offers two primary pricing tiers. For the individual, Canva Pro is priced at $14.99 per month or $119.99 for a whole year. Should you need a platform for collaborative work, Canva caters to teams as well. It offers a team package at $29.99 per month - this price covers up to five team members. For an annual option, teams can avail it at $300 per year, good for the first five people.
10 Best Resume Builders to Jumpstart Your Career
As you may have guessed, Canvaโ€™s resume builder is design-driven, meaning you can design a resume without having to pay a graphic designer. The service is fairly easy to use, and with just a few clicks, you can change fonts, color, layout, or add graphics to suit the job description.
Top 5 Apps for Making Video Thumbnails
With over 55 million monthly active users, Canva has sealed its spot as one of the most popular design tools on the internet. Its core strength lies in its versatility, helping creators design anything, including logos, social media post templates, presentations, thumbnails, and much more.
10 Best Video Editing Software for Beginners
The best part about Canva is the high degree of customizability. Don't like the color of the graphics and stickers in the templates? You can pick other colors from the swatch. What's even better, you can select a color scheme in the Styles tab, and Canva will intelligently match the colors for all the graphic elements on your video clips.
Top 10 Alternatives to Draw.io / Diagrams.net - Flowchart Maker Reviews
Canva is the ubiquitous tool for simple design, but it does not have native flowcharting features. As a result, we do not recommend this tool for making flowcharts.โ€
8 Best Postcard Design Software for Custom Postcards
Verdict: Canva amazes with a huge collection of stock photos, illustrations, and graphics, allowing creatives to bring their boldest ideas to life. There you can find content on manifold topics, which means you get everything for postcard design at hand. Regarded by many as the best free graphic design software for beginners, Canva allows users to learn the intricacies of the design process without causing...
The Best Map Makers For 2022
Mind maps are a new feature for Canva and I havenโ€™t had a chance to try it too much but Iโ€™ve always found Canva to be easy to use and often totally free.
Top 10 Resume Builders of 2022: We Tried Them All so You Donโ€™t Have to
Design-driven. Canva is not exactly a resume builder. Instead, it's a tool to design stuff when you donโ€™t want to pay for a graphic designer. It's really pretty.
6 Best Free Adobe Illustrator Alternatives For Designers
Canva is one of the most popular browser-based designing tool that can any day be used as an Adobe Illustrator alternative. The web-based software offers over 50,000 templates different types of purpose. The software can be used to design ads, posters, ebook covers, logos, icons and many more things.
The 6 Best Free PowerPoint Alternatives in 2022
If itโ€™s pre-designed templates youโ€™re looking for, Canva is the presentation tool for you. Most presentation tools, including PowerPoint, now offer templates and design shortcuts to get you started with a good-looking set of slides.Canva takes this feature to the next level thanks to design templates for seemingly every purpose and theme. This should definitely be a contender for presenters who have the expertise...
Canva Alternatives: 5 Social Media Content Design Tools
There are a lot of popular tools you can use right now. Canva is one of the most popular design tools available online and I am sure that some of you here, already tried it. What about other options? What are the best 5 alternatives for marketers and designers?
5 Free Tools to Design Creative Ads for Your Brands โ€” Best of
Canva is a popular design tool thatโ€™s a perfect blend of amazing features and attractive visuals. Its most interesting feature is its support to design almost anything. You can work on banners, graphs, infographics, resumes, social media graphics, and a lot more โ€” all through an easy and intuitive interface.
6 Best Tools to Gain More Twitter Followers
Canva is another tremendous graphic designing tool for all. Donโ€™t worry; you donโ€™t have to have any graphic designing skills to use it.
Top 25 SlideShare Alternatives To Create & Share Online Presentations
Canva is simple to use, yet lets you create professional-quality graphics that you can then share or present anywhere. You can select a predesigned presentation template from Canva and create your own static slideshow. However, we love Canva as a visual designer tool more than a presentation sharing platform.

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Funding news

    14 Sep 2021
  1. Canva raises $200 million at a $40 billion valuation

    techcrunch.com - This round solidifies Canva as one of the most valuable private software companies out there, and it also propels the Australian tech scene forward. Co-founder and CEO Melanie Perkins and her team started working on Canva in 2012, and launched the product in 2013. The premise behind it was relatively simple, but the technology itselfโ€ฆ not so much.

    ๐Ÿ’ฐ Series G

    $200M

    $40B

    T. Rowe Price

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