Canva AI

Supercharge design workflows with AI tools for text, images, and layouts.

Canva AI interface

Canva folded its AI features into the editor rather than shipping them as a separate product. You describe what you want, and image generation, background removal, copywriting and resizing happen against the document you are already working in. That framing is the point: the output lands as editable layers on a real canvas, not as a flat file you have to rebuild. For teams without a designer, the brand kit is the load-bearing feature — it constrains generated output to approved colors and type, which is what keeps volume work from drifting off-brand.

Best for

  • Social and marketing collateral
  • Non-designers who need on-brand output
  • Fast first drafts of decks and posters

Key features

  • Generate and edit images from a text prompt inside the editor
  • Magic Write for headline and body copy
  • Brand kits that keep colors and fonts consistent across output

Why it matters

It puts generative tooling where the layout already lives, so the AI step never leaves the design file.