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Why I’m Not in Love with Canva for Infographics & Dataviz

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com.

Convince me otherwise…?

What’s Inside

  • 0:00 Intro
  • 0:44 What Canva looks like inside
  • 1:11 Making a new infographic in Canva
  • 1:20 Paid vs. free Canva
  • 1:55 Bad infographics are probably still better than 100-page Dusty Shelf Reports
  • 2:15 Brand presets
  • 2:39 Mixed case is fastest to read
  • 2:46 Left-aligned text is fastest to read
  • 3:01 Adjusting the step-by-step diagram
  • 3:57 Adjusting the icon array of the gingerbread people
  • 4:11 Avoid red-green combos
  • 4:22 Adjusting the 3D column chart
  • 5:52 Adjusting the donut charts
  • 6:40 Adjusting the org chart
  • 7:16 Adjusting the honeycomb diagram
  • 8:05 Change my mind? Do you have an example of a GOOD Canva infographic??

April 15, 2025 by Ann K. Emery

Filed Under: depictdatastudio

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