Canva launches Craft, its first dedicated image generation model
Canva has released Craft, its first in-house image generation model developed by Canva Research. The company describes Craft as the world’s second most advanced image generation model, a ranking attributed to DesignArena, a crowdsourced assessment platform. The tool is designed to help small business owners create high-quality visual assets, including social media graphics, flyers, and…
What you can do with it
AI at Work →Generate 2K marketing images with precise layout control in Canva
What you get You can draft social media graphics and create event flyers.
Creates 2K resolution images with customizable layout, typography, and visual hierarchy.
- Who for
- marketers, founders and online shops
- Cost
- included in a tool you already have
- Effort
- minutes
- Already included in
- Dream Lab
Use it for
- Draft social media graphics
- Create event flyers
- Design presentation slides
How to set it up · From the article
- Open Canva and navigate to the Dream Lab feature.
- Select the Craft model for image generation.
- Enter your prompt specifying layout, style, and aspect ratio.
Watch out Requires learning curve for users new to digital design tools
Key points from the news
- Canva launched Craft, its first dedicated image generation model, available via Dream Lab and API.
- DesignArena ranks Craft as the world’s second most advanced image generation model.
- Craft supports 2K resolution, over 30 aspect ratios, and multiple languages for diverse design needs.
The model uses a two-stage architecture that plans composition before rendering, aiming to improve control over layout, typography, and visual hierarchy. Canva states that Craft outputs rank first globally in the "People & Portraits" and "Landscapes & Nature" categories on DesignArena. The tool supports more than 30 aspect ratios and multiple languages, allowing for diverse design needs.
Craft is available to all Canva users globally through the Dream Lab feature and via a public API for developers. While the tool offers speed and precision through model distillation, the article notes that users may need time to adapt to AI-generated workflows. Canva emphasizes rigorous safety evaluations, though it acknowledges ongoing concerns regarding the authenticity and cultural sensitivity of AI-generated content.
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Canva Launches Advanced AI Model Craft for Enhanced Image Generation
Small Business Trends · 23 October 2026
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