Canva Full Review

At the moment, there are a number of online design services on the Internet, with the function of editing and processing photos. One of the most popular is the graphic editor Canva. Canva is a unique application created to help designers, artists and just creative people. Canva works like a constructor: new pictures can be created by assembling them from ready-made elements, including: geometric shapes, lines, photo frames, “three-dimensional” and contour drawings, icons of various styles and themes, interactive graphs and diagrams that can be built according to input data as well as stock photos.

When you add your own photos to designs, you can also edit the pictures. Among the available functions are not only the standard parameters of brightness, transparency, contrast, but also the ability to make a photo semi-transparent, apply a photo effect similar to Instagram filters, add a vignette or make a photo blurry.

Pictures can be saved in three main graphic formats: JPG, PNG and PDF. And for printing there is an option “PDF for printing”. But in addition to downloading the file, they can also be directly published on social networks or sent by mail, or they can be made available via a link for everyone, which can be especially convenient in the case of presentations.

Main features of Canva:

• Photo editing
  Any image that you add to the layout can be edited - set and change filters, crop the frame, improve the quality of the picture, rotate and even animate in the photo editor.
• Directory of editable templates
  The canvas allows you to create designs for all occasions - banners, posts for social networks, mailings, logos, presentations, business cards, profile headers and even websites.
• Stock Photos Library
  It is just huge, you can find the photos, cliparts, buttons, icons, infographics you need from the main page or from the category. Special badges on images will indicate which ones are free to borrow.
• Own photos
  If you don't want stock photos, upload your photos and create the desired visual based on them - they can be edited just like the pictures from the Canvas itself. And then download layouts in the main print formats: JPG, PNG, PDF and PDF.
• Co-authoring
  Connecting colleagues or friends, regardless of their location, to collaborate on a project. There is an organization of work in teams: unite users who see and can edit each other's creatives.
• Social media design planner
  Link your social media accounts to your Canva account to automatically publish your designs. Mark the day, the desired image, the social network and the exact time of publication in the calendar.
• Business card sites and online presentations
  Simplify your life and work - turn your design into a landing page that can be accessed via a link. Do everything the same as described above, and then with the click of a button, collect it into a web page.
• Access from any computers and devices
  Canvas exists not only as a website, but also as mobile apps for iOS and Android. At the same time, drafts and finished images created under one account are synchronized between devices. This allows you to start creative in the workplace and finish the work on the way home from your phone or any other PC.

Advantages:

• Ease of use
  The canvas is mainly aimed at newbies in design and those for whom content creation is more of a side task, rather than a main activity;
• Functionality
  You have access to 8,000 free graphic templates. Any template can be edited: change the text, appearance, replace the original photos with your own, add icons or other decorative details;
• Designs for any task
  The catalog is quite versatile, there are options for offering customers, for creating business cards and printed materials, for producing souvenirs, for organizing events, for publishing on social networks.

Canva is a simple and intuitive editor with a wide range of features. The service will become an irreplaceable assistant in creating designs for various tasks and is perfect for bloggers, webmasters, online store owners and small companies without a full-time designer.

And you don't have to buy a subscription, the free version will be enough to make a beautiful picture for any purpose of bloggers and businessmen.