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After years of trailing behind Adobe, Canva is becoming a big-name brand in creative software. The company implemented AI tools in 2023 and combined them into the Magic Studio shortly after. And as we reach the end of 2024, Canva has even more AI offerings for its users.
High-Fidelity Generative AI in Canva
On October 22nd, 2024, Canva introduced Canva Dream Lab—teased under the name “Droptober”—a generative AI tool for high-fidelity generative outcomes. This will change the game when it comes to creating images using AI. The quality is much higher, the results are more impressive, and your workflow improves tenfold.
Dream Lab uses Leonardo.AI’s Phoenix foundational model—whichCanva acquiredin July of 2024—to create powerful generative imagery, including photos and graphics. We have sometips for improving your Canva AI-generated images, but with this new update, you might not even need them.
Users will have more control over the output of their generated images, including creating multiple generations and being offered many different texture outputs. you’re able to use an uploaded image as a style reference to help get the output you require in terms of set visuals.
Adding multi-subject offerings changes the game for compositing within Canva’s AI. Generate the background first and follow it by adding elements in or around the image, without the need to make your prompt more complex. This allows you to generate photorealistic results, fast.
Incredible New Upgrades to Canva
Although some new features are already available to Canva users, the coming weeks will bring exciting new tools and features on top of those recently added. Expect new generative and contextual writing tools within Canva’s Magic Write feature, AI summarizing and organizational tools within the Whiteboard feature, and many improvements within Canva Video, Docs, Presentations, and more.
Not only are AI tools, unsurprisingly, seeing a huge boost in Canva’s expanded offerings, but there are also new features within the already-strong content library, including partnerships withArtlistandPocstock, and music-inspired template collections to name a few. These add to the already great list ofapps available in Canva.
You’ll get even more templates and stock, including videos, photos, audio, cinematic videos, and inclusive imagery within your Canva account. Adding to that, you’ll find access to polls and quizzes, AI-generated whiteboards, interactive charts, custom mockup templates, and advanced animation tools—adding toCanva’s already fantastic animation offerings.
Great News for Schools and Small Businesses Using Canva
Canva has always offered affordable plans to schools, educational institutes, and small businesses. But this update offers even more to help boost the creative economy and learning, namely an expansion of the Work Kits collection, which is already popular with over a million uses as a tool in the app.
This helps teachers with their work and small business owners expand their businesses in ways that matter. More templates, more lesson plans, and more assets all in the same place Canva’s Business and Education users love: Work Kits.
End Your Year With Canva Dream Lab and More
Some of Canva Dream Labs tools are rolling out at different times, with some already being released at the stroke of midnight on October 22nd—and the rest following later the same day and in the following weeks.
Canva aims to improve workplace communication and collaboration—and it doesn’t matter whether you use Canva solely for your job or for fun. The new tools and features fit seamlessly into Canva’s existing bustling toolbox, cementing it as fierce competition for Adobe—despitethe updates announced at Adobe Max 2024.
Each Canva update has brought major enhancements, from boosting your workflow with new AI features to expanding the asset library. Canva Dream Lab is no different, allowing users even more creative freedom while saving time.
