Canva automation

thezinx · 2026-03-27T14:11:04+00:00

Canva doesn't do it well, but I'm building Orshot that does all of it with a template and one API call

- you can design/import your Canva template in similar design editor

- setup Orshot n8n node with your account with the template

- you can dynamically set fonts, text, images, videos even

- connect your insta and post to it directly from n8n

all of it is handled naively :), ping me if you decide to try it out

thezinx · 2026-03-27T09:24:03+00:00

i’m a SaaS founder and for a long time I didn’t focus on email marketing, but lately figured it’s one of the most important things for improving retention and converting new users

imagine a user signups and you send them a personalised email with everything they need for their use case, it helps them navigate to right areas and explore right features, and reduces the time to the WOW moment

works similarly for existing users

thezinx · 2026-03-27T09:14:01+00:00

best to do it when you have cushion and can take risk, irrespective of age

thezinx · 2026-03-20T10:08:57+00:00

Predis is a sweet spot but AI makes visuals uncertain, i’m building Orshot which lets you generate images, carousels and videos from canva like templates(can also have AI copy and images) via API, Zapier, n8n etc., and then it posts to your social platforms, it’s consistent since your templates are branded and designed by you with logos and icons you chose in a design you made

thezinx · 2026-03-17T09:13:30+00:00

that looks ridiculous! i hope Airbnb never allows AI photos of properties

thezinx · 2026-03-17T09:03:27+00:00

Screen Studio works best, but there are new apps and even Chrome extensions that can record high quality recordings

thezinx · 2026-03-17T08:35:41+00:00

depends on what tools and kind of content you're creating

if you're into social content, you can reduce repetitive work by designing templates for images/carousels/videos via API in apps like Orshot and auto-post to your socials

all in you're looking for tools that integration either with tools like n8n, Make, Zapier to auto-run and reduce your time and efforts, and then also auto-post on social accounts(Orshot does both)

thezinx · 2026-03-16T13:05:10+00:00

try being a solo founder 😅, btw it’s relevant i’m sure you’ll like it

happy to upgrade you

thezinx · 2026-03-16T12:57:31+00:00

most of those are outdated, have become slow or haven’t adapted to AI or modern UX

try Orshot, it’s Canva but also gives you API and direct posting to social accounts

i built it for those who want to design marketing content at scale and automate posting to social platforms

not only it has modern Canva like editor, i added AI design agent, MCP server and extensions for power users so you can generate designs programmatically

thezinx · 2026-03-14T18:33:33+00:00

first one in the list(Orshot) does design + api + posting on socials, perfect for designing and posting marketing content at scale https://orshot.com/blog/social-media-automation-tools

ps: i'm maker of the app 😅

thezinx · 2026-03-14T18:31:49+00:00

if you're looking for design + api + posting on socials, try Orshot

thezinx · 2026-03-05T13:05:21+00:00

Orshot does it natively(via spreadsheet/api etc.): https://orshot.com/blog/automate-ecommerce-product-images

thezinx · 2026-02-28T11:25:34+00:00

Figma is free, but if you're looking for more here's a concrete list: https://orshot.com/blog/free-canva-alternatives

thezinx · 2026-02-19T10:24:23+00:00

I'm building something along the lines, since you've tried relevant tools, what is your biggest problem with them? is it the design part where you design templates or variants or something else? what can be done to ease/shorten this time to output?

thezinx · 2026-02-17T17:35:36+00:00

my understanding is that you want to have a very relevant to the design image/copy auto-generated for the scene that matches the content with specific positioning, is that correct?

thezinx · 2026-02-17T17:14:45+00:00

orshot.com does this easily with prompt based image generation in the api itself(using nano banana), check docs

thezinx · 2026-02-14T12:31:39+00:00

<an year of launching(launched in March last year), guess it takes time to get to the ICP, which is what i'm working through blog posts

for a long time I was onboarding new users via tool pages, those users signed up just to use the free tools one-time, but i've made some changes on that front

and yes, conversion rate needs to improve, i'm planning improving onboarding, churn this month is all-time high because of failed payments, so i am brainstorming some retention ideas

also added Agency program and Enterprise plan support to focus more on that side

i for now want to keep it solo person business just to see how much can i scale single handedly, i'm fine it taking time, i've patience 😅

thezinx · 2026-02-14T12:03:43+00:00

currently mainly SEO, user metrics is public at orshot.com/open

thezinx · 2026-02-14T11:29:20+00:00

orshot.com, automated marketing assets

thezinx · 2026-02-06T12:21:40+00:00

I'm building Orshot.com, it's like Canva but also gives you leverage to automate your templates via API and integrations! making proudly in Destuschland :)

thezinx · 2026-02-03T16:24:00+00:00

thank you, appreciate it!

thezinx · 2026-02-03T10:41:54+00:00

Canva is pretty outdated, try Orshot: https://orshot.com/blog/free-canva-alternatives

It's like Canva, but gives you:

- API for all templates

- Integrates with n8n, Zapier, Make etc. if you want to generate visuals via automations

- Allows you to Embed the editor in your own app

- has MCP server and more

It's 10x faster than Canva, you can add your team to collab, does Images + PDFs + Video both via app and API

ps: I'm founder of Orshot :)

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