Canva launches Craft, an image model that plans a design before drawing it
Canva released its first image model built in-house, available to all users inside the platform and through an API.
Canva added a new tool that makes pictures from a description. It plans the layout first and then draws, so the words in the picture are easier to read.
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Why it matters
Text inside images comes out clearer, and editing one part does not change the rest.
Try it: open the Dream Lab tab and describe a design in your own words.
The details
- The model is called Canva Craft and works in two stages: it plans the design, then generates the image.
- It makes images up to 2K resolution in more than 30 aspect ratios.
- Canva trained it on designs and templates from its library, not on photographs.
- It is available to all users from the Dream Lab tab, and is coming to Canva's .
- Two lower-cost versions, Craftfast and Craft-ultrafast, are due soon.
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