Did Canva Just Destroy The World Of Graphic Design FOREVER!?

Is Canva really that bad? Is it a design tool that should exist, and is it truly ruining the graphic design world for everyone?

Canva was created back in 2013, and has since gone on to become a huge name in this industry. A lot of graphic designers are picking it up and using it, and in this video we see both sides of the story. We look at a designer who thinks it has ruined their career, to huge brands that are using it in their projects on a daily basis.

The ever evolving story of Canva is an interesting one, and there are no clear cut answers. The truth probably resides somewhere in the middle. Canva is a design tool that has it's time and place, but it isn't all good or all bad.

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[scotadam]

The way I have explained it to people is that Canva is an asset assembly tool, but if you want original assets you need an asset creation tool. I encourage the use of Canva in my place of work which is a small private school. No one here is a designer and everyone has a different primary responsibility. Even me. I am the "Director of Media" but my primary responsibility is as a sixth grade teacher. So Canva lets us get functional pseudo professional graphics out quickly.

[williamwalter]

Canva makes every kid coming out of college with a marketing degree think they can be a graphic designer

[Sollace]

As a graphic designer that, until recently worked at a commercial printer, we used to hate people that submitted Canva artwork lol. The design files were almost never set up as we needed for print. Plus its rather frustrating sometimes to fix artwork that was made in Canva if you need to take in into Adobe to make changes to it (to make it print ready or fix mistakes for the customer).

[nataliatkaczyk]

I was pushed towards social media just because there's so much demand, and canva fills than need for spitting out quick content. I use it every day - it has limitations, but at least it doesn't cost an arm and a leg. It just doesn't feel right in a way since it's like the fast fashion of design - quick, basic, sometimes completely unoriginal because the templates can be used by millions of other people. You can still create new and beautiful things in Canva, but I see how it makes design feel more meaningless

[ronlottermann]

I work for a municipal government. We don't have a graphics department and I've been tasked with making my own social media and print materials without any formal education in these skills. I'm self-taught on Photoshop and graphic design, but I'm still using photoshop version 2 since my employer won't buy a newer version and my computer is a business computer and not for graphic design. Canva has been a god-send and works well within my limitations. I can see the point of the reddit discussion that it could limit creativity for those with the knowledge base and computer ability to do more. Thanks for your videos, they've helped me create better work.

[emprendehoy]

Canva is not a design tool, it is a decoration tool.

[freaky]

Canva is the shortcut way for creating many things but also it does poorly so many basic things. Moreover canva can really disrupt your workflow habit from photoshop and illustrator. I tried to apply basic stacks of shadows/glows, guess what I couldn't apply two effects from one panel, some of the design are really just beyond basic. Having that said, templates are really helpful for creating different types ofcontent and you wouldn't have to remember each post's dimension while having access to a million of assets. But the most important thing people often forget, if you want your work to stick out from the rest, YOU NEED TO HAVE GOOD DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS AND KNOWLEDGE OF COLOR, VISUAL HIARARCHY, COMPOSITION etc.

[ooSpyderoo]

Our publisher dislikes getting canva designs from clients because he says it uses rgb colour space and not cmyk. His clients aren’t happy their designs don’t look the way they expected when he prints their posters etc. This isn’t the only program that works this way, plenty of others doing this quick and dirty approach. The problem with them is people with no design skills can put something together without following basic rules of colour and typography. I see some garish results from people that think all centred text and 6 typefaces on a flyer look wonderful!

[ayz_artonex]

Yeah, I started out wih Canva as a designer, and contrary to popular beliefs, I DON'T USE TEMPLATES. I design from scratch, original ideas. I just loved the idea of all the assets I needed to design being readily available and as a beginner self taught designer, it was easily accessible.

But then, i noticed its limitations, especially when i saw great designs out there and I was like, wow, this definitely weren't made with Canva. So i took up other software.

So, just saying looking at it from a business perspective is different from the designers perspective. All designers have pride in original and quality work and it really doesnt matter the software.

I just feel like Canva is enhancing its marketing strategies to reach out as a solution for businesses. It definitely cannot replace designers.

[sohappyilltry]

I believe it’s just our EGO. I’m a traditional and digital artist, i use adobe apps, procreate and canva, it doesnt matter what tools are you using, it’s just that others can’t accept the fact that non-artists/designers can do these jobs too, it may not be professional or just basic shortcut designs, but still they can, no need to gatekeep design and only honor complicated applications like adobe apps. this is like what others say “digital artists are not real artists”. please be a better person

[Odd_godd]

I had a very similar thought a year ago when I was using Wordpress for a school assignment after taking web developer(forgot the name) course. I see the appeal in wordpress for people who hated coding or aren’t too tech savvy. The downside of wordpress is that it severely limits the creative aspect of the designer. Meaning the overall design of the website depends on the theme that was chosen. With coding from scratch, you are free to do whatever that comes to mind assuming you have the basic coding knowledge to advance coding knowledge. With canva and Adobe suites, it’s like you said, they both cater to a specific audience.

[majikisreal]

1k like right here! thanks fam, great video!

[casdragon_]

I'm a graphic designer, and we use Canva almost as much as the adobe suite. It's just another tool, really.

[NikLearning]

I use canva for social media posts for clients who want quick solutions, but I think as a graphic design beginner, I wish I was not introduced to Canva first because, I feel I became dependent on Canva and I find it difficult to learn professional softwares because I have developed a habit of using Canva for everything.

[Pot--Toes]

A few months ago, someone sent me artwork for some pull-up panels and they were supplied in RGB colour mode with fonts not outlined. Also, the graphics didn’t quite match our corporate style. As expected, I had to redo the work properly. From my experience as a designer, it seems to waste time for large organisations. People are playing at being designers at the expense of the job (usually marketing) they’re being paid for. If designers started playing at being marketeers, press officers or secretaries etc. people would rightly get upset. Everyone thinks they’re a designer these days.

[youthawake]

Hey ! congratulations on the awesome work you are doing on youtube. I Find your content great and admire you as a great teacher.
Do you have an in depth graphic design course with hands on projects to learn directly from you ? The basic problem i see with me is going into imaginations with your indepth tutorials and unable to how to know how to work on them in my projects ? I feel overwhelmed some times. If you can guide me it would be great ?

[Queen_Nyxie]

I use Canva for my job and it absolutely has hurt me design-wise. Because the templates are so easy and simple, it doesn't require any thinking or actual "designing" on my part. It makes me feel like my design muscles are wasting away from non-use. This is mostly due to the fact that my job got used to the quick turn around time that Canva provides in exchange for the bland templates.
On the other hand, where it does shine is...the quick templates. Hear me out~! The templates are _extremely_ easy to use. Designing my own clipart, background patterns, logo, icons, etc. in PS and AI and then plopping them into Canva in order to zhuzh up an otherwise bland layout is pretty awesome. It helps to cut out time comparing and sharing with the team because everyone on the team has access vs one or two people having access to Photoshop. I can crank out a bunch of options without spending too much time. Sure, they are still a little more bland than I would personally like, but I'm not in college anymore. Big and bold design projects are not what my office is looking for.

[OliveMainDesign]

Like you said, Canva has a time and a place. I think it’s a great way for non-designers to be able to express their visions and a super quick way for designers to create simple layouts.

I rarely use the templates, just the elements.

I don’t know, to me I don’t know why it matters one way or another. Use the tools that get the work done in the most effective way you can get it done…

It’s just another great tool in my tool bag.

[kimcooper]

I am in the sign business. Canva attracts non- designers to spend time making designs and often ‘logos’ that are not going to help a person’s business and will not reproduce/print because of low resolution. I am presented with these designs all the time now and I have to tell people we can not use what they made. Sometimes I tell them that what they made will not help them have a successful business. It is annoying.
Real experienced designers have valuable knowledge and skills.

[buhmanndesign]

I started my design career in the 1990s. Back then I have seen design studios that did not have a single computer in their creative department. I have heard designers complain, that the computer would ruin the industry, "because anyone who can use a typewriter can do design work now". I have never used Canva because it does not fit my niche of design work. I guess it has a certain influence on how a specific subset of the design industry is getting their job done, but it will definetily not ruin the industry as a whole. As long as people like to look at pretty things there will be a design industry. I see a much higher chance that 10 years from now barely anyone will know that Canva existed.