The first experience I had with Canva is a colleague who decided to use it to create something for internal use, unaware that we had a really decent Adobe tool (InDesign) that was already formatted and had templates for internal use. Her result looked superficially good but had a lot of internal inconsistencies in the design. I like that it Canva is another tool that makes design accessible to people; then the next step is helping people strengthen their design skills.
Yup, I really like how Canva makes design accessible and I've certainly improved my skills using Canva. But it doesn't replace actual attention to detail and creativity.
The first experience I had with Canva is a colleague who decided to use it to create something for internal use, unaware that we had a really decent Adobe tool (InDesign) that was already formatted and had templates for internal use. Her result looked superficially good but had a lot of internal inconsistencies in the design. I like that it Canva is another tool that makes design accessible to people; then the next step is helping people strengthen their design skills.
Yup, I really like how Canva makes design accessible and I've certainly improved my skills using Canva. But it doesn't replace actual attention to detail and creativity.