The Verge AIOct 23, 2026 05:51

Canva launches Canva Craft, its first in-house AI image model

Canva has released Canva Craft, its first in-house AI image generation model, positioning it against image models from OpenAI, Microsoft and Google. Craft uses a two-stage architecture that plans a design before generating the image, which Canva says provides greater precision, consistency and control. It supports images at up to 2K resolution and more than 30 aspect ratios, and is aimed at social media posts, marketing content, realistic scenes and digital art.

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It marks Canva's entry into first-party image generation with a distinct planning-based architecture, which matters to teams choosing AI design tools.

A collage of images generated by Canva Craft

Canva is diving even deeper into AI with the launch of an image generation model that competes directly with those from OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google. The model, called Canva Craft, uses a two-stage architecture that allows it to plan a design before generating an image, allowing for "greater precision, consistency and control," according to an announcement on Thursday.

Canva Craft can generate images at up to 2K resolution and in more than 30 aspect ratios. In addition to generating social media posts and marketing content, it's also supposed to create realistic scenes, digital art, environmental imagery, and more. The model's two-stage sy …

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Canva launches Canva Craft, its first in-house AI image model

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