Ethical alternative to Canva?

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨harfang@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨technology@beehaw.org⁩

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Hello,

Is there any ethical (Privacy focused) alternative to Canva ?

As Canva is sharing your data and is going to stock exchange this year, I feel very urgent to move out of this service.

Best, H

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Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Dear H,

GIMP is a private and ethical (free) alternative to Canva.

Love, A

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yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Dear H,
Canva has features other programs might not have, such as real-time collaboration. What I’d like to ask is what features of Canva you use that aren’t in slide presentation software like Powerpoint/Google Docs/Libreoffice Impress. That way, it would be easier to suggest alternatives. :)
Have a nice day,

User

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JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Depends on what aspects of Canva you speak of.

Graphics manipulation, a la Photoshop - GIMP

Generative AI graphics - There is no ethical alternative

Printing (t-shirts, posters, etc) - There are many out there, but you will have to create your design in GIMP first.
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- harfang@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Indeed to be more specific : slides creation
  
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  - Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Slides like a presentation? LibreOffice Impress.
    
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T4V0@lemmy.pt ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
If it’s a local tool, there’s libreoffice impress.

There’s also their online version, though it seems more IT focused.

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pasdechance@jlai.lu ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
For slides you can use Impress or Reveal.js

markdown > pandoc > reveal.js is easy, depends on what you’re doing graphics-wise in your slides

(I use LaTeX Beamer slides made with pandoc, but they’re not flashy)

Another option could be Inkscape which can make multipage documents. You can even animate them using jessyink.

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- pasdechance@jlai.lu ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  An added benefit of moving away from Canva will be the colourspace. Canva doesn’t use CMYK (might have upgraded since the last time I checked). Making your slides with other software will make them print using the right colours.
  
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its_me_xiphos@beehaw.org ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’m not sure if GIMP is an alternative if you’re looking for drag and drop?

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AMoralNihilist@feddit.uk ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Not specific, but this site is a good starting point when looking for (generally) more ethical services. Many of the listed are open source, or were created specifically to combat these data sucking abusive monopolies.

european-alternatives.eu

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