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The graphic service Canva blocked the access of users due to a military special operation on the territory of Ukraine.
What is Canva
Canva is a popular Australian online raster design service for desktop and mobile. It works only on the web, and this distinguishes it from popular analogues, such as Photoshop or Gimp.
The service is used not only for amateur, but also for professional purposes. In particular, social media managers often work with Canva to create images for posts. One of the main advantages of Canva is the ability to save a pre-made image design template – this makes it much easier to process the same type of pictures.
Canva is a Freemium platform, with most of its features being free, while some require you to purchase a paid subscription.
How to replace Canva
Of course, any modern online service or program has alternatives. They may not be as comfortable at first, but you can get used to each of them.
1. Soup
A graphics editor used by both large and small companies, it only works online. The library has a lot of pictures and pre-made image templates for social networks. With a paid subscription, the functionality expands and you can work with video.
Monthly subscription price – from 990 rubles.
Official site: supa.ru
2. Fly
Graphic editor, which will be appreciated by users working with social networks. In addition to the standard set of pictures and templates, Flyvi has a simple tool for scheduling social media posts.
Monthly subscription price – from 399 rubles.
Official site: flyvi.io
3. Vismi
In this graphic editor, you can create not only images for posts on social networks, but also visual infographics. Universal templates in Vismi were created by professional designers, so they are suitable for most cases.
Monthly subscription price – from 29 dollars.
Official site: visme.co
4. Picmonkey
Graphic tool from the creators of Shutterstock. The creators offer users tens of thousands of unique photos and post designs for all known social networks. Created images can be stored in the Picmonkey system.
Monthly subscription price – from 8 dollars.
Official site: picmonkey.com
5. Pixlr
The free version of this graphic editor has all the functionality necessary for a simple user. With the purchase of a paid subscription, you will get new templates, fonts and useful features (for example, removing the background on the image).
Monthly subscription price – from 8 dollars.
Official site: pixlr.com
How to continue using Canva from Our Country
Australian company restrictions can be bypassed by IP spoofing via VPN. At the same time, users will be able to use only the free version of the graphics editor.
Why Canva left Our Country
For some users, the blocking of Canva in Our Country came as a surprise. However, in early March, the service announced support for Ukraine1 and stopped accepting payments from bank cards. Because of this, many users from the Federation began to look for analogues of the popular service. The creators of Canva told users that they can still work with the free version of the site.
On June 1, 2022, users from Our Country faced a complete blocking of the Canva service. When you try to access the application site with a IP address, a message appears stating that the creators of the service condemn the holding of the CBO in Ukraine and block users from the Federation because of this.
Also on the main page of the site there is a link to UN resources. A similar message appears when trying to open the Canva app from a smartphone. The official statement on the Canva website says that the full blocking of the service was timed to coincide with 100 days from the start of CBO.2.
Sources of
- https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/supporting-ukraine/
- https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/exiting-Our Country/