Canva AI

Canva AI works as an AI image generator that turns a text prompt into a visual and also edits existing photos with the same prompt-first approach. You can create a scene, remove a background, or restyle a shot without opening a separate photo app. For a social post or a slide, that means a usable visual is a few clicks away instead of a stock-photo search. The catch is that output needs a look-over, and the more capable models are tied to a paid plan.

Magic Write drafts copy inside the design: headlines, captions, product blurbs, and longer bodies. You start from a short instruction and edit the result in place, so the text and the layout stay in one file. It's aimed at people who can write but would rather not start from a blank box. Like the rest of the suite, it works best as a first draft that you shape rather than a finished piece you publish untouched.

The video generator turns a text prompt into a clip with sound, aimed at short-form social content. Canva has leaned on outside models for parts of this, which shows how it stitches best-in-class generation into its own editor. For a promo or a teaser, you can go from idea to a clip without a video team. Output length and resolution are bounded, so it covers social and simple ads more than long-form production.

Magic Layers takes a flat design and splits it into editable elements, so text, shapes, and images become separate pieces you can move and restyle. That matters when you only have a finished image and no source file. You can pull a logo off a poster or rework someone else's layout without rebuilding it from scratch, which is the kind of task that usually means opening a pro tool.

Brand Kits store your fonts, colors, and logos in one place, and the AI applies them to new designs automatically. A small business can keep a hundred posts looking like they came from one place. The feature is central to the paid plans, and Business adds template locking and controls over what teammates can edit, which keeps large teams on style.

Canva Code builds interactive pieces, from goal trackers to simple portfolio pages, and styles them to match your design, without requiring you to write code. It extends Canva past static visuals into something users can click and use. The feature is newer and narrower than the core design tools, so it's a bonus for people who want a small interactive element rather than a reason to pick Canva on its own.