Canva launched Brush, a vision-language model for design. It powers supported design edits in Canva AI. Brush is available today for Canva Pro subscribers. Wider availability is coming soon. It understands design structure and preserves unchanged elements. Brush is up to 69% faster for editing tasks. It costs 46% less per edit than Canva’s prior agent. Brush was built by Canva Research, a 160-person AI lab. It uses an agentic loop to adjust design elements iteratively. All Brush outputs remain fully editable in Canva. It matches or exceeds prior quality on most editing tasks. Brush started from a leading open-weights model. It was post-trained on real design and editing tasks.
What changed
Canva's previous design agent handled edits less efficiently and at higher cost.
What it unlocks
Editing designs in Canva AI with a model that understands structure and preserves unchanged elements.
- 69% faster for general design editing tasks
- 46% lower cost per edit task
- 160-person AI lab
What you need to act on it
- Canva Pro subscription
- Select 'Brush' from the Canva AI dropdown
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