Canva launches Craft, its first image-generation model
Craft, Canva’s first image-generation model developed by its own research team, is now available in Canva and through a public API with 2K output, flexible aspect ratios and editable results.
AT A GLANCE
Key points
- Craft is Canva Research’s first image-generation model.
- It supports 2K resolution and multiple aspect ratios.
- Outputs can be used as editable design elements in Canva.
- The model is available in Canva and through a public API for developers.
What is changing?
Canva introduced Craft on October 22, its first image-generation model developed by the company’s own research team. The model creates images from text prompts at 2K resolution and across multiple aspect ratios, with Canva positioning the outputs as editable design elements.
Rather than producing only a standalone image, Craft was trained to consider layout, composition and creative intent together. Canva says the model can handle content types including portraits, landscapes, products and patterns within the same design workflow.
The model is now available across Canva products and through a public API for developers. Teams can therefore test the same generation engine both inside Canva’s editing environment and in their own applications and automations.
Canva reports that Craft ranked fourth overall on the crowdsourced DesignArena benchmark and placed higher in several categories. These results come from Canva’s announcement and that evaluation environment; they should not be treated as an independent guarantee of quality.
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Source date: 22 October 2026.
Published by AI Radar: 23 Oct 2026, 04:03 (Istanbul, UTC+3). Updated: 24 Oct 2026, 10:01.
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