How can I try Canva Craft?

Navigate to the three-dot option on Canva's left-hand menu and select Dream Lab.

What is Canva Craft's ranking among AI image models?

It is ranked fourth on Design Arena's leaderboard, behind OpenAI's GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst, GPT-Image-2.5 Flare, and GPT-Image-2.

What resolution and aspect ratios does Canva Craft support?

It can generate images at up to 2K resolution and in more than 30 aspect ratios.

Image GenerationThe Verge AI1h agoOct 23, 2026, 10:00 JST

Canva Craft AI image model launches globally

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What happened
Canva launched Canva Craft, an AI image model that plans a design before generating it, producing images up to 2K resolution in over 30 aspect ratios.
Why it matters
The two-stage system aims for greater precision and consistency, helping create complex images with legible text and precise object placement, per Canva.

WHO IT HITSDesigners and marketers who create social media posts, presentations, and infographics can now use Canva Craft to generate images with more control, potentially reducing manual editing.

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Canva's launch of Canva Craft builds on its earlier AI push. In April, the company introduced prompt-based editing capabilities and brought layers to AI-generated images, letting users modify part of an image while leaving the rest untouched. Canva says it trained Craft on "millions of human-made templates" from its content library, which includes social media posts, presentations, infographics, and menus. Currently, the model is ranked fourth on Design Arena's leaderboard, a crowdsourced benchmark for AI designs, sitting behind OpenAI's GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst, GPT-Image-2.5 Flare, and GPT-Image-2. The company also plans to allow AI agents to plug into Canva Craft through the open Model Context Protocol, and will roll out more efficient Craft-fast and Craft-ultrafast models in the future.

FAQ

How can I try Canva Craft?: Navigate to the three-dot option on Canva's left-hand menu and select Dream Lab.
What is Canva Craft's ranking among AI image models?: It is ranked fourth on Design Arena's leaderboard, behind OpenAI's GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst, GPT-Image-2.5 Flare, and GPT-Image-2.
What resolution and aspect ratios does Canva Craft support?: It can generate images at up to 2K resolution and in more than 30 aspect ratios.

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