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| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
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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. | Subscription-based AI image generator known for high aesthetic quality and cinematic output. The V7 architecture introduces Draft Mode for rapid iteration and character reference (--cref) for consistent character design across images. Accessed via a full web editor at midjourney.com; no longer requires Discord for core workflows. |
| Magic Design: generate complete presentations, social posts, and documents from a prompt | Supported | Not supported |
| Dream Lab: text-to-image generation (powered by Stable Diffusion and Leonardo) | Supported | Not supported |
| Magic Write: AI copywriting for headlines, captions, and body text | Supported | Not supported |
| Magic Media: text-to-video (5-second clips for social use) | 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 |
| Midjourney V7 architecture with improved photorealism and detail | Not supported | Supported |
| Draft Mode: 10x faster low-cost iterations before full renders | Not supported | Supported |
| Character reference (--cref) for consistent character identity across prompts | Not supported | Supported |
| Style reference (--sref) with style codes for repeatable aesthetics | Not supported | Supported |
| Full web editor with inpainting, outpainting, and variation controls | Not supported | Supported |
| Vary Region tool for selective image editing without full regeneration | Not supported | Supported |
| Turbo mode: 4x faster renders at 2x GPU cost consumption | Not supported | Supported |
| Image weight (--iw) for precise prompt-to-reference image blending | Not supported | Supported |
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