- Wondering about the differences
between Canva free versus Canva paid,
or Canva free versus Canva Pro,
which is what the paid version is called?
In this video I'll break down the key differences
so you can decide whether or not it's worth upgrading,
all right?
Let's get into it.
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My name is Jerry Potter.
Yes, it rhymes with the boy wizard,
and in this video we're talking about
Canva free versus Canva paid,
or Canva free versus Canva Pro,
which is what the paid version is called.
Is it worth the monthly investment for you?
I'm gonna break down the key differences
between the two programs,
so you know whether you need the paid one,
or if you're just fine with the free one,
which is actually pretty robust.
Personally I use Canva almost every day in my business.
I use it on my websites, I use it on my social media,
especially making cover photos for groups and pages.
I use it to make all my video thumbnails for YouTube.
A lot of it can be done with the free version,
but let me show you the primary differences
between free and paid,
or
Canva and Canva Pro.
One of the most basic functions
that I couldn't live without,
is the ability to save your image
with a transparent background.
So I'll make a lot of graphics in Canva,
like this Five Minute Facebook Face Lift,
or like here's a great one that I made for a video.
And normally in the free version,
if I went to save this, or download it,
I would essentially have it on a white background,
and therefore that white background would be there wherever.
But inside Canva Pro I can click this box right here,
for transparent background,
and then when I choose it
they will actually download it with a transparent background
that I can put on to other things,
on a website, on a social media graphic,
any number of places.
In a video, which is where I use this.
The other two features I like
that are only available in Canva Pro,
when you go to download,
is one, if I am working on a website,
and so I wanna make sure that the image size isn't too big,
like it's not too many megabytes,
so I can actually click compress the file
and it may make it lower quality.
If you do that as a JPEG, you can say compress the file
and then you can actually adjust
what file size you want it to be, and what quality,
so depending on how big the image is gonna be.
And then the other one that I like,
that's available here on these PNG files
is you can actually change the size.
Maybe I designed this at 1080 by 1920,
but I'm actually gonna upload it
and I wanna make sure it's higher res,
so I can do 1 1/2, 2X,
you can see this number here changing,
and the image is getting bigger.
Or maybe I want it somewhere smaller,
and rather than taking the time to resize the whole image,
I can just cut it in half right there.
So again, another massive time saver inside of Canva Pro.
Speaking of resizing,
one click resize is another awesome feature inside Canva Pro
that's not available in the free version.
I can come up here to resize.
So let's say that I've designed,
let's use this one as the example.
So let's say I've designed this
as an Instagram story post,
'cause that's what this dimension is.
And instead I wanna make it into a square
that I wanna put in the Instagram feed.
I can click resize here at the top
and you can actually go through
and choose the pre-sized ones,
or if you know the dimensions you can just type them in.
So I choose Instagram post, I want it to be a square,
and then I have a option to just resize here
or I can copy and resize it to a new file.
So I hit resize and it automatically does it's best
to change it,
but now I know I can easily just drag these out,
and now I've got it.
It literally took 10 seconds to make a new version
for Instagram feed instead of Instagram stories.
Course, if I wanted the text bigger, you know,
takes me another three seconds.
Another one of my favorite features is,
in Canva Pro you can have your own brand kit,
meaning your colors and your fonts.
So here, these are the two colors that are in my logo,
along with some other colors that I use regularly.
I don't ever have to copy and paste in a hex code
or find it anywhere.
I've got my palette available to me all the time,
and you can't do that in the free version of Canva.
Also, you can upload your fonts
and actually set your default fonts.
So you can say, okay,
well, when I want a title font it's this font
and it's this size.
Subheadings are this size,
and then when I have body text I want it to be this font
and this size every single time.
Plus, you can upload fonts if you want,
if they don't already exist.
So if your brand uses a font
that's not already available in Canva,
in Canva Pro you can upload it
and have it as part of your brand kit.
Just a massive time saver
if you're doing things for your brand all the time.
Canva Pro will also let you export your designs
as an animation.
That's this feature here at the bottom of the download menu.
I can click on that,
and then there are different patterns you can click through
and it will automatically turn them into an animation,
which is really slick.
You can also choose if you want it to be a GIF
or an MP4
video file.
A few more helpful features that are included in Canva Pro
that are not included in the free version of Canva,
you get way more templates, way more photos,
and way more graphics that are all included for free
with Canva Pro, that aren't available in the free version.
You also can have unlimited folders
to organize everything you design.
So you can keep all your logos in one place,
or if you work with multiple brands,
maybe you have multiple companies who you manage
for other people, you can organize everything that way.
You get 100 gigabytes of storage,
instead of just one gigabyte for your uploads,
and down here you get 24/7 support,
so if you get stuck, run into any issues,
Canva's there to back you up,
and that's included with Canva Pro.
As of this recording Canva Pro is 9.95 a month
if you pay for a year upfront,
or 12.95 per month if you pay monthly,
either of which is way cheaper
than having to outsource, or hire graphic designers,
or anything like that.
If you go to fiveminutesocialmedia.com/canva,
you can go there
and you can actually get a full 30 day free trial,
to decide if Canva Pro is right for you.
So what are you gonna go with,
Canva free or Canva Pro, which is the paid version?
Both are good options.
I would love to know what you're choosing
in the comments of this video.
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Just go to fiveminutesocialmedia.com/canva
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