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The one thing you didn’t know about Canva.

You may not know this, but you don’t necessarily own your logo if it’s made in Canva. The final design will be yours because it’s your original composition, but the individual elements you have used to achieve the ultimate result will be owned by the original copyright owner/creator.

As said in Canva’s terms and conditions, Canva’s pre-made logo layouts and elements are used by many people, so your logo will not be exclusive to you unless you heavily modify the design and elements.

This is very important if you intend to trademark your logo. Non-exclusive logos cannot be trademarked. For that you’d need to use only elements you’ve created yourself or commissioned directly and uploaded into Canva.

Another thing to note is that Canva doesn’t yet support exporting in any vector formats, which means you may struggle when needing to scale your logo without losing resolution.

So should you stop using Canva? Not necessarily, as long as you’re aware of its limitations.

If you’re ready to ditch templates, or after a free and easy to use software, I cannot recommend Adobe XD enough! It’s completely free (no, you don’t need an Adobe subscription to use it), so no need to pay to upload your brand fonts, colors and graphics. It also supports exporting in vector formats. Tutorial coming soon on how I use Adobe XD to plan my Instagram feed.

How do you feel about Canva?