Frustration with Canva for Video Graphics
Users express frustration with graphic design tools, particularly Canva, citing issues with clutter, non-intuitive interfaces, and poor performance in batch editing. Additionally, there are complaints about other software like Affinity and Photoshop, indicating a broader dissatisfaction with the usability and functionality of current design applications.
7 different people have complained about this since 16 Dec 2025, most recently on 01 Aug 2026.
No new posts for 98 days. This may have been fixed, or people stopped writing about it — the evidence below is from before 01 Aug 2026.
- “but i really hate it, when they create graphics for video on canva.”
- “I hate Canva - too much stuff and options cluttering up everything and completely NON-INTUITIVE for someone who has used instructional design software at work.”
- “I recenly switched BACK to adobe for LR as trying to batch RAW edits in Affinity was absolutely brutal and lacking file organization..”
7 people in 7 posts across 1 source · 0 in the last 30 days, 0 in the 30 before
The pain
What goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 7 different people
- Since
- 16 Dec 2025 → 01 Aug 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Products named
- canva
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 29% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint571%
- Request229%
Sources
7 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
…anva coz it's easy specially with social media and some basic design. but i really hate it, when they create graphics for video on canva. it doesn't work well with premiere. a lot of friction just to extract layers. also controls doesn't makes sense. i want more controls not less. ugh.
Strong complaintDoesn't work…r DESIGN Software! Photoshop, Figma, Canva, Affinity: Which to AVOID I hate Canva - too much stuff and options cluttering up everything and completely NON-INTUITIVE for someone who has used instructional design software at work. In a stroke of luck, I bought Affinity Designer 2 (stand alone) just a few months before…
Strong complaint…t doing composite work then yes all you need is LR as a photographer. I recenly switched BACK to adobe for LR as trying to batch RAW edits in Affinity was absolutely brutal and lacking file organization.. Affinity for graphic design, tshirt making layer compositing, is fine, BUT if youre a photographer needing quality…
Missing feature…ou know what? It became the rule with all major 3d companies as well. Modo just died from bad development and lack of real love for the software.
Missing feature…ity. I had v2 license but later it became free. Illustrator is great. Photoshop is frustrating. Indesign good for brouchers. Eventhough Adobe is top rated I use affinity and I have a Adobe license too but avoid a lot because my laptop cant tolerate Adobe softwares. It heats up in heavy working. So for personal use…
Frustrated
Market and score
Products already there, how the score moved, and what it is made of
Existing solutions
Products people named in the evidence · high competition does not automatically mean a bad market
- canvanamed in 2 posts
Opportunity history
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Why did it move?
Score 24.7 → 26.9 · 24 Oct 2026, 01:00 → 15:25 UTC
How the score was measured37 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is Frustration with Canva for Video Graphics a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 7 different people described it independently, in 7 mentions, the earliest from 16 Dec 2025 and the most recent from 01 Aug 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Status: quiet — no new posts in the last 60 days. 0 people raised it in the last 30 days and 0 in the 30 days before; the status compares its share of everything collected from the same source, so collecting more or less cannot create a trend.
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