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Canva vs Adobe Express: Which is Best?

This article written by Luke Edwards aims to compare the features of two design platforms which allow users to create projects like a graphic designer. Both platforms suit both teachers and students with curating projects, designing digital artwork, and creating like a graphic designer without needing an art degree. However, one may be better suited to your classroom and adult learner needs. Which one is best?

Functions

Both tools “allow you to edit images, text, video and audio as well as offer pre-built graphics and stock photos, with lots of choice.” Canva functions as an “online and app-based design tool which can be used across a few devices. The design tools are super simple to use even for people new to the app. There are a lot of templates and icons to support the user.

In contrast, Adobe Express comes “from the more complex professional world of design software yet simplifies it for easy use by more people.” Tables, smartphones, and computers can all download this app and projects are stored in the cloud. The substantial difference is Adobe Express “won’t let you access it via the web without an app—making Canva more widely accessible of the two.”

Features

There are more than 250,000 templates which make using it so much easier than beginning from scratch, though a person also has the option to start a project from the beginning. Adobe Express also uses “templates to offer a quick and easy way to get started including a search function.” While there are more choices in Canva, they both offer an effective way for a person to get started. Additionally, both software platforms auto save so you do not have to worry about losing any work.

Canva is optimized for Chromebooks “so can be used even on slower machines.” Canva also offers Graph tools that allow “math-focused layouts with ease.” This feature is especially useful for teachers as most classrooms offer Chromebook computers.

Adobe Express software has an extensive library of resources including more than “20,000 fonts and 175 million images.” It also offers other helpful tools like “basic filters, enhancements, and blur effects along with the ability to easily remove backgrounds.”

For more information on price, compatibility, and starter kits, refer to the full article linked here.