Canva launches Craft, its first in-house image model
Canva launches Craft, its first in-house image model
Canva has released its first self-developed image generation model, Canva Craft, claiming its performance can compete with similar models from Google, OpenAI, ByteDance, and Meta. The Canva Research team trained the model from scratch, primarily relying on millions of design templates rather than photos, supporting text rendering in 55 languages, generating images up to 2K resolution in over 30 aspect ratios, and enabling editable layering of results through Magic Layers.
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How the accounts differ:TechCrunch states the model supports 30 aspect ratios; The Verge mentions 'over 30' aspect ratios; The Decoder specifies 30+ aspect ratios.
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Design platform Canva launches its first image generation model, Canva Craft
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Canva releases its first AI image model Canva Craft, planning and designing before generation
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Canva has released its first self-developed image model, Canva Craft.
Adds:The Decoder states the model achieves editable layered results through Magic Layers.
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Design platform Canva has released Canva Craft, its first in-house image generation model. The company says it can compete with comparable models from Google, OpenAI, ByteDance, and Meta. According to Canva, its internal lab Canva Research trained the model from scratch, relying mainly on millions of design templates rather than photos.
Craft first plans out image composition, proportions, and text, then generates images at up to 2K resolution across more than 30 aspect ratios. The model can render text in 55 languages, Canva says. Users can break results into editable layers using Magic Layers. On the DesignArena platform's ranking, Craft placed fourth overall and first in portraits and landscapes, according to Canva.
Craft is available to all users through Dream Lab and the public API, with MCP integration for chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini planned for later. Beyond lower costs, the in-house model gives Canva more control over quality and speed. Researchers from Leonardo.ai, which Canva acquired in 2024, also contributed to the project. Two cheaper variants called Craft-fast and Craft-ultrafast are expected soon.
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