I am admittedly one of those people that was against Canva, rightfully so, when it first hit the market because it just wasn’t great. But, now, I’m all aboard. Someone that knows how to use professional graphic design programs, I must say, Canva is a very good tool to use. We need to work smarter, not harder and that is exactly what Canva allows me to do.

There is this conversations that everyones designs look the same, I don’t necessarily think that is true. The only time this happens, is when users don’t implant their own branding, colors, logos, design direction. Canva should be a placement template and a tool that allows you to perform tasks quickly, but you still need to incorporate your own style into it.

Key Features:

• Completely free with limitations

• Pro versions allows you to use all features without limits, music, images, templates etc. (30 day free trial)

• Available for web, mobile (Apple & Android) and even iPad

• Pro is $12.95/mo. or $119.40/yr.

• Music library

• Stock images/clip art

• Stock videos

• Templates for anything imaginable

• Brand kit where you can pre-save your brand colors, logo and fonts (pro feature)

• Content scheduling (pro feature)

• One click resizing to fit your design on different social platforms (pro feature)

• Change the color on virtually anything, even clip art

• Invite collaborators

• You can pay as you go for music

• You can invite collaborators and create teams

  **I highly recommend the Canva Pro, you get access to way more templates so there’s a less chance of having similar designs as others, you get unlimited access to all assets that are offered, music, photos, videos, animations etc.

Update: You can now removed backgrounds with one click! Watch below for how easy it is.

If you’d like to know how to use the Canva scheduler, I have a tutorial here.