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Testing New Free Canva Photo Editor - Pros and Cons

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Real Estate Agent with Realty One Group Capital / LIC in VA

Four horses

The above photo I took is of a painting done by K. Howsare of Lovettsville VA. It's a jpeg 3310 x 4278 pixels. I uploaded into AR without any problem. It took about 1 minute to load, then I dragged it down to the size you see here.

 Next, I uploaded it into the Canva photo editor. That went ok in the usual waiting time. I then made a few edits. I chose one of the filters provided by Canva. There were only a few filters that can see myself using. I then adjusted the contrast a little. Then did a horizontal flip. Then downloaded it and copy and pasted it to my desktop. CANVA converted it to a 2321 x 3000 .png automatically. It took 3 times as long to upload it to AR, and the photo covered much more space than a jpeg. I then had to drag the corners in several times to get it the size you see below. .........continued below

Four Horses B Based on this one test, I doubt if I would use the Canva photo editor much. There are better choices available in photo editors. But if you want to try it for yourself, go to https://photo-editor.canva.com/

 Canva has many good tools, but in my opinion, their photo editor needs some improvements in order to compete with the many other free photo editors available.

 

Jeff Pearl | Lic in VA

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Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

Jeff Pearl I guess I am stuck on good old Adobe Products. Once fully trained, use of Adobe PS becomes second nature. Nice review of Canva!

Nov 30, 2015 09:19 PM
Jeff Pearl
Realty One Group Capital / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA
Full Service Full Time Realtor

#1- Hi Sandy and Norm, Yes, PS is the Rolls Royce of photo editing. I use Lightroom a lot at home and PS when taking classes at NOVA. Thanks.

Nov 30, 2015 10:15 PM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

I have Canva but have not gotten to use it yet.  I keep finding other stuff to do.

Dec 16, 2015 10:53 AM
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC • Short Sale • Probate

What better choices would you recommend? Please share with us. 

Apr 11, 2016 05:09 AM