Canva Users Losing Design Credibility
10 posts across 2 communities in the last 60 days; 90% from App Store.
“[Canva] ★★ 2/5 (v4.226.0) — Canva needs to be more transparent about AI-altered and generated elements. META now labels Canva graphics made with ai-elements and tools as totally ai- generated. It’s a slap in the face to “designers” who want (pay for) a stock collection of…”
“I totally understand the worry on your end. But this particular hater clearly doesn't understand Canva and is likely an AI hater who seeks out AI to shame simply because "AI = bad."”
“[Canva] ★ 1/5 (v4.231.0) — I loved Canva up until they integrated AI and there is no way to opt out of it.”
Users are frustrated that their Canva designs are being flagged as AI-generated by TikTok, damaging their professional credibility and causing issues with business accounts. This is happening despite users not utilizing any AI features within Canva.
SOURCES (18)
“[Canva] ★ 1/5 (v4.231.0) — I loved Canva up until they integrated AI and there is no way to opt out of it.”
[Canva] ★ 1/5 (v4.230.0) — AI portion makes the WHOLE APP trash.
“[Canva] ★ 1/5 (v4.229.0) — This app used to be incredible. I would use it all the time, but now it’s just an AI slop producer! Don’t bother with it!”
“[Canva] ★★★ 3/5 (v4.229.0) — I love Canva, but the heavy AI push is bringing it down. I use Canva and encourage my clients to do the same precisely because we don’t want to be using AI. If it continues on this path, people will be seeking alternatives.”
“[Canva] ★★★ 3/5 (v4.227.0) — I think Canva was amazing for creativity, so I’m very disappointed in the AI changes.”
“[Canva] ★★ 2/5 (v4.226.0) — Canva needs to be more transparent about AI-altered and generated elements. META now labels Canva graphics made with ai-elements and tools as totally ai- generated. It’s a slap in the face to “designers” who want (pay for) a stock collection of elements. If I make something on Canva, I’m not trying to be lumped in with AI-generated nothingness. I’m close to requesting my job switch programs if they aren’t concerned about this issue. I want to be able to filter out all”
“[Canva] ★ 1/5 (v4.224.0) — What am I paying for? Canva AI majority of the time does not do what I ask it do. It always gives me an error message. When it’s not giving me an error message it’s producing 1 to 2 slides when I’m asking for an 18 slide deck. Then I have to go to ChatGPT to get it to create what I need to create in Canva. I’m canceling my subscription this month. It makes no sense to pay for something that does not work.”
“[Canva] ★ 1/5 (v4.224.0) — I’ve had canva pro for years, mostly I use it to make nice uniform listing photos for my hand painted art and crafts for my online shops and to post on social media. It now marks everything you remove a background from as an AI generated file doesn’t matter if you save it as a png jpeg or pdf. It doesn’t matter if you did not use any of the AI generator s it marks it as AI anyway. This looks really bad for the artists and hand crafters who painstakingly spend hours cra”
“I totally understand the worry on your end. But this particular hater clearly doesn't understand Canva and is likely an AI hater who seeks out AI to shame simply because "AI = bad."”
“This is a great take on the situation thank you! I am going the route of paying for a real human after getting everyone’s helpful feedback.”
“[Canva] ★ 1/5 (v4.223.0) — I used to love Canva until it became an AI app. I want to use Canva to avoid AI, not get more of it. I will have to switch to Figma permanently because it’s ridiculous.”
“[Canva] ★ 1/5 (v4.219.0) — I’ve had canva for over six years and have loved the platform but adding the AI slop has ruined it. I don’t want to use AI graphics in my designs. I don’t want access to AI. I would rather have the old platform back that worked great and that I loved. Get rid of the AI or make a higher tier for the people that want it. And maybe, idk, listen to your customers.”
“[Canva] ★★ 2/5 (v1.123.0) — I used to love Canva. It’s a great platform. It does what I need 95% of the time and is much more intuitive than other graphic design apps… you can teach your grandma to use it in a day. And sometimes using Photoshop on a project is like bringing a full auto weapon deer hunting. Just overkill for most projects. That being said, the app in the last 3 months have been buggy and glitchy. I working off a brand new spec’d out MacBook Pro ($10,000 with every upgrade imagin”
“[Canva] ★ 1/5 (v1.122.1) — Canva has become famous as a stripped-down version of what you might get with Adobe or other more professional graphic design programs, and it is a useful program. Unfortunately, the company has invested in buzzy AI “tools” that are nearly completely useless rather than expanding access to better digital tools for creators who aren’t reliant on generated content. Their coding implementation, for instance, is rudimentary, as are options for manipulating text and graphic”
“[Canva] ★ 1/5 (v4.217.0) — Canva, you are on my last nerve. I work for a small business who pays for a Canva Pro account. I have been using Canva Pro for years, and have sung praise for this app in the past. Now, I run the risk of losing credibility for said business because the last 3 times I have created a graphic and posted them to TikTok, TikTok flags these posts as being "completely generated by AI". I do not use ANY of the AI features that Canva offers. I try my best to not use the clearly”