Hi there, simply looking for alternatives to Canva. I use this to make quick and easy presentations for Uni. But would like to find opensource alternatives. I am aware of the Libre and OpenOffice Suites ofc, but are there any other ones more similar to Canva?

Appreciate any suggestions.

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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Penpot is a good alternative, and it's open source.

[–] ProperlyProperTea@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Wow, I was unaware of this. Thanks!

[–] radioactiveradio@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Penpot, inkscape, gimp, krita. You get no preset templates but they all do the same thing as canva. If you're not looking for something opensource then you can try postermywall.

[–] Fjor@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Appreciate it, but yeah those first, although great tools, I believe it would take a long time to get pretty presentations up and running quickly. Thanks though!

[–] MMNT@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Penpot is quite easy to use and show a presentation in. Use unsplash or pexels for images and the prototype view for presenting. If you're not looking for FOSS there's a lot of AI presentation tools out there.

[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I do ask my presentations with RevealJs. You get all the flexibility of HTML+CSS, and the built in slide themes are sexy af.

[–] kambusha@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What's the main motivation for an open-source alternative?

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trust. Lack of telemetry, and potential surveillance. Ability to contribute. Etc etc. For me, anyway.

[–] Fjor@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

And supported creations that deserves to be supported ✨

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

They likely don't have a subscription behind features could be a reason as well

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

OnlyOffice Is the easiest open source tool you'll find for making presentations.

[–] vinniep@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

If you are either already experienced with some basic html and javascript or willing to learn some, reveal.js is my goto for things outside of work (really need to stick to the presentation file/application that is standard at the company in those settings). The creator also has slides.com, but you'll have to pay to get much use out of it (free edition limits to 5 presentations and they are all publicly viewable/searchable and can have ads added to them).

[–] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago

OnlyOffice, Affine.Pro