Canva

Overall, I've had a good experience using this Canva tool for work videos, especially when I need something polished quickly for presentations. I'm on the dev team, but I am also the go-to person for creating creative videos, things like welcome videos for client visits and COE team visits, and videos that help get new enhancements or projects approved. For that kind of work, it has been genuinely useful and saves me from starting everything from scratch. The biggest thing I've learned is that the prompt needs to be very precise to get what you want. If you're vague, the output can be a hit or a miss. That said, the tool has improved over time. I've been using it for a little over six months (at least monthly), and I've noticed the results and overall capability getting better as updates roll out. Where it still falls short for me is predictability and control. Even when the prompt is detailed, I sometimes need a few iterations to get the tone and visual aligned with what I'm trying to present. But as a practical tool for quickly creating professional looking videos, especially for stakeholder facing content, it’s been a strong addition to my workflow, and I’m happy to keep using it as it continues to improve.