ARTISTS REVIEW: CANVA
- As a reader here in Artist Corner, you’re definitely well aware about Canva and its dominance in the space. If you look at your surroundings, especially if you’re in the Philippines, and have good eyes, you can quickly tell when a publishing material is made using it.
But if you’re not familiar, Canva is an online graphic design platform with ready made templates and an easy to use interface, it is popular with general users, marketers, and education institutions thanks to its vast templates, stock images, and elements library.
It‘s not as powerful as desktop class software the likes of Adobe, Affinity (now owned by Canva), or other competing applications, but its ability to run inside a web browser along with competent Android and iOS applications well deserves its popularity, even for professionals who might want to whip up a quick layout on their mobile devices on the go.
- There are vast features of Canva that makes it so easy to use and even though it has a premium service, users can still choose not to pay for it and still enjoy Canva’s full potential. Thus, the following are its features:
Design Tools and Templates
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Canva’s shape, lines, elements, and text styles are so flexible, diverse, and easy to navigate. It is so easy to drag and drop these elements that make it so inclusive to users. Even non-professional designers can appreciate the versatility of Canva.
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There are a lot of templates for PowerPoint presentations, infographics and posters that could be used by users thanks to Canva’s designer contributors.
Photo Editing
- You can easily add filters, crop, and even remove background (for premium only) the image you have attached to your design.
Live Collaboration
- Unlike Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, users can collaborate with other users as long as they are on the same link. Because of this feature, We can guarantee that it is so used in schools especially if there are group works.
“Personally, Canva as a designing platform have helped me a lot in my schoolworks and personal projects, sometimes I even use it to convert a photo from HEIC to PNG (very specific, I know) or make mood boards (using the Whiteboard feature) for my next Illustration project, so I think Canva did change the norm on how to design things. “ - Chloe Natividad
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The Benefits of Using Canva
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Efficient and Time-Saving
Canva is known for being user-friendly, it provides ready-made templates, text styles, images, and suggested color palettes that users can easily edit. Instead of creating designs manually from scratch, these features help users finish their work faster and more efficiently. - Cost-Friendly
Canva is a free platform that anyone can use, with Canva Premium being optional. The platform already provides many free design elements to choose from. This allows users to create quality designs while staying within a budget. - Collaboration
Canva allows multiple users to work on one design at the same time. This is helpful for group projects, as members can edit, comment, and fuse ideas for presentations.
Overall, Canva is a tool that makes designing easier, faster, and accessible. It provides templates and other more simple features without needing advanced skills to create quality outputs. With this, Canva has become a reliable platform not only for students but also to other aspiring creatives in creating different types of designs.
References:
Magner, E. (2024, March 27). Top 5 features of Canva. Mvix. https://www.mvix.com/blog/top-canva-features