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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
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| Category | AI Design & Creative | Image Generation |
| Description | Canva AI is the suite of AI-powered design features embedded in the Canva platform, including Magic Design (generate full designs from a prompt), Magic Write (AI copywriting), Dream Lab (text-to-image), and Magic Media (text-to-video). It makes AI-assisted design accessible to non-designers by combining templates, brand kits, and generation in a single drag-and-drop interface. | DALL-E 3 is retired as a standalone OpenAI image product. Current flagship image generation is GPT Image 2.5 (API: Flare / Sunburst) in ChatGPT and the Images API - see the gpt-image catalog card. This slug remains a legacy redirect narrative. |
| Canva AI 2.0: generate on-brand designs and visuals from a single prompt (Pro and Business), plus Canva AI connectors to bring context from other tools | Supported | Not supported |
| Magic Layers: turn flat designs into editable layers | Supported | Not supported |
| Magic Design: generate complete presentations, social posts, and documents from a prompt | Supported | Not supported |
| Dream Lab: text-to-image generation | Supported | Not supported |
| Magic Write: AI copywriting for headlines, captions, and body text | Supported | Not supported |
| Magic Media: text-to-video for short social clips | Supported | Not supported |
| Background Remover: one-click subject isolation | Supported | Not supported |
| Magic Resize: reformat any design to all social platform dimensions | Supported | Not supported |
| Brand Kit: enforce colours, fonts, and logos across team designs | Supported | Not supported |
| Bulk Create: generate hundreds of personalised designs from a spreadsheet | Supported | Not supported |
| Affinity access included (AI features in Affinity on paid plans) | Supported | Not supported |
| DALL-E 3 model with high prompt adherence for complex descriptions | Not supported | Supported |
| Accurate text rendering inside images (signs, labels, banners) | Not supported | Supported |
| Native ChatGPT integration — generate images mid-conversation | Not supported | Supported |
| Context-aware revision: ask ChatGPT to edit generated images in plain language | Not supported | Supported |
| API access via OpenAI Images API at $0.040–$0.080 per 1024x1024 image | Not supported | Supported |
| Safety filtering with configurable content policies via API | Not supported | Supported |
| HD quality option at 1024x1024, 1024x1792, and 1792x1024 resolutions | Not supported | Supported |
| Inpainting via API for targeted region editing | Not supported | Supported |
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