Canva launches Craft image model for planned design generation
By Automate Basics, written with AI from The Verge's original
Canva has launched Craft, an image model that works out a design before producing the finished image. It is available to Canva users worldwide and is aimed at tasks such as social posts and marketing graphics.
What changed with Canva Craft
Canva has launched Craft, an AI image model that prepares a design plan before generating the image. Canva says that approach is intended to improve control over where objects appear and how text looks, especially in complicated compositions. The model can produce images at up to 2K resolution in more than 30 aspect ratios.
The Verge reports that Canva expects Craft to make social posts and marketing materials, as well as scenes, digital art and landscape imagery. Canva says the model learned from a large collection of designs made by people in its content library, including presentation layouts, menus and infographics. Those are descriptions of what the model is designed to do, not a guarantee that every generated graphic will be ready to publish.
Who can use Canva Craft, and what does it cost?
Canva Craft is available to Canva users worldwide, according to The Verge. The report does not identify a plan requirement or state a price for using Craft, so it is not clear from this source whether usage limits or charges apply. People already making workplace graphics in Canva are the most obvious audience, particularly if they need an image fitted to a specific format.
Canva also says it intends to let AI agents connect to Craft through Model Context Protocol and plans faster versions of the model. Those are future plans, not features the report says are available now. For a team considering Craft today, the relevant change is the image generation tool currently available in Canva.
How do I try Canva Craft at work?
Canva Craft can be tried through Dream Lab: The Verge says to use the three-dot option in Canva’s left-hand menu, then select Dream Lab. A practical first task is a draft social graphic or marketing image where the placement of an object matters. Compare the result with the intended layout before using it in a campaign.
Check any generated text letter by letter, along with object positions, proportions and the space left for other design elements. Canva says Craft is built to handle those details more accurately, but the source does not establish that they will be correct in every output. If the graphic represents a real product or place, check that the image does not suggest details you cannot verify.
Frequently asked questions
What is different about Canva Craft?
Canva says Craft works out a composition before generating the image, rather than producing the finished image in a single stage. The company says this is meant to help with object placement and readable text in complex graphics. It can generate images at up to 2K resolution.
Is Canva Craft available on my Canva plan?
The Verge reports that Canva Craft is available to users worldwide through Dream Lab. The source does not specify which plans include it, what it costs or whether limits apply. Check the terms shown in your Canva account before relying on it for regular work.
Can Canva Craft connect to AI agents?
Canva plans to allow AI agents to connect to Craft through Model Context Protocol, according to The Verge. The report describes that connection as a plan, not a feature available now. Its current instructions for trying Craft point users to Dream Lab in Canva.
For you
Learn to do this with AI, free
Short courses for people who aren't engineers: ChatGPT, Claude, prompting and automation. Every lesson is free, with no card.
Start a free courseFor companies
Make an AI or automation tool?
List it in the directory for $9.99, refunded in full if it isn't approved, or claim its page if it is already here.
Related reading
OpenAI opens Decisions API to all customers with voice and visual supportOpenAI has made its Decisions API available to all customers and added voice and visual support, TechCrunch reports. The model is designed for workflows that need to choose quickly among supplied options and return a confidence rating.
1Password introduces AI agent logins without sharing passwords1Password has introduced a way for AI agents to sign in to a user's personal accounts without receiving the password. The user approves each login request, then 1Password supplies the credentials on the agent's behalf.
Google Vault adds filtered exports for Gemini in Workspace chatsGoogle says Vault administrators can now filter and export Gemini in Workspace conversations by user or organizational unit and date range. The change gives teams handling legal or compliance requests a way to collect eligible AI conversations across Workspace apps.
Tools in this piece
Written with AI from The Verge's original and published after automatic checks: every figure here appears in the original, and no sentence is copied from it. The picture is AI-generated. The original is the authority.
Get the next one by email
One email, most weeks: what changed in AI for people who use it at work, and what to do about it.
Source: Canva’s first AI image model plans designs before generating them, The Verge, 22 Oct 2026.