Canva releases its first image generation model

Canva released its first image generation model, Canva Craft, developed by its research team to compete with models from Google, OpenAI, ByteDance, and Meta. The two-stage model plans spatial relationships and visual hierarchy before generating images up to 2K resolution in up to 30 aspect ratios, and was trained on human-designed Canva templates rather than photographs. It is available to all users via the Dream Lab tab and the Canva API, with cost-efficient Craftfast and Craft-ultrafast versions planned.