All posts tagged: Canva

Figma’s big AI update takes on Adobe, WordPress, and Canva

Figma’s big AI update takes on Adobe, WordPress, and Canva

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Figma is expanding its creative software ecosystem to allow product designers to complete entire projects without jumping to third-party apps. Four new products for website building, AI coding, branded marketing, and digital illustration were introduced at Figma’s Config event today, aiming to fill in any gaps holding Figma back from being an all-in-one platform that supports the entire product design lifecycle. For example, while existing products like Figma Design, Slides, and FigJam could be used to ideate and create prototypes, developers would need to use services like WordPress to create live websites or Adobe Illustrator to create customized and scalable brand imagery. Figma’s first solution is Figma Sites, a website builder that integrates with Figma Design and allows creators to turn their projects into live, functional sites. Figma Sites provides presets for layouts, blocks, templates, and interactions that aim to make building websites less complex and time-consuming. Additional components like custom animations can also be added either using existing code or by prompting Site’s AI tool to generate new interaction codes via text descriptions, such …

‘We make complex things simple, and coding is next’: Canva’s Cliff Obrecht | Latest News India

‘We make complex things simple, and coding is next’: Canva’s Cliff Obrecht | Latest News India

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Canva, a visual communication platform that still finds fragmented competition but no direct rival, is rapidly building on a foundation carefully curated over the past year. Artificial intelligence (AI) experiences and relevance for enterprises mark Canva’s duality in focus. This comes at a time when the competitive landscape doesn’t just include creative and workspace tools from the likes of Adobe, Google and Microsoft; but an increasing number of generative AI tools that rightly stake claim to creative prowess themselves. The Ghibli style smarts of the OpenAI’s ChatGPT is an example with image generation, while Google’s Gemini 2.5 stakes claim as the most proficient coding model. Cliff Obrecht, co-founder and chief operating officer of Canva (Photo courtesy: Canva) In a conversation with HT, Cliff Obrecht, who is co-founder and chief operating officer of Canva, said this was possible due to the company’s three-pronged approach — one that features increasingly powerful open-source models which help in building their own omni-models (these are multimodal AI systems understanding relationships between text, images, audio, and video in a prompt), smart …

Canva Unveils Visual Suite 2.0 With Canva AI, Canva Sheets and Canva Code

Canva Unveils Visual Suite 2.0 With Canva AI, Canva Sheets and Canva Code

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Canva unveiled Visual Suite 2.0, a redesigned platform with new features and AI-powered tools, on Thursday. The Sydney-based visual communications platform showcased several new features under the Visual Suite 2.0 umbrella, such as Canva AI, Canva Sheets, Canva Code, Magic Charts, and Visual Suite in One Design, at its annual Canva Create event in Los Angeles. The company did not reveal when these features might be rolled out widely or if all of these features will be available to those on the free tier of the platform. In a press release, the company detailed all the new features and tools coming to users under the Visual Suite 2.0 banner. Canva called it the company’s biggest product launch since its inception in 2012 and highlighted that it is reimagining the design process for the AI-powered era. The focus areas of the new features include creativity, communication, and collaboration. One of the major new additions includes Visual Suite in One Design. Canva is now increasing the scope of what users can create in a single interface. Previously, …

Turn Canva and OpenAI into Your Secret Weapons for Bulk Email and Content Creation

Turn Canva and OpenAI into Your Secret Weapons for Bulk Email and Content Creation

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Image: StackCommerce TL;DR: Automate your email marketing and bulk content creation with AI-powered tools in this six-course Canva and ChatGPT bundle for $24.99 (reg. $120). As a solopreneur, your time is too valuable to waste designing every email and marketing asset manually, but did you know there are ways you can use AI automation to streamline those tedious tasks? Instead of spending hours crafting individual emails or designing graphics from scratch, Canva’s tools, powered by OpenAI, streamline the entire process. This beginner-friendly 2025 six-course Canva bundle teaches you how to leverage Canva’s AI features for bulk email marketing, content automation, and branding, helping you create high-quality assets in minutes without needing a design or copywriting team. Six courses to automate, design, and scale your business marketing Stop writing the same email repeatedly after taking the Canva & ChatGPT Hacks for Bulk Content Creation course. You’ll learn how to use ChatGPT to generate high-converting email sequences, newsletters, and promotions in bulk, then pair them with Canva’s AI tools to create branded visuals that match your messaging …

Indian user roasted over ‘top priority’ complaint to Canva as his tirade ends in embarrassment | Trending

Indian user roasted over ‘top priority’ complaint to Canva as his tirade ends in embarrassment | Trending

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An Indian man was called out by graphic design platform Canva recently for allegedly abusing its subscription, leading to his account suspension. The user’s social media post became a target for further jibes on the internet, especially due to the tone of his complaint. The Indian user tagged Canva in his angry LinkedIn post. (Representational image ) It all began when the man took to LinkedIn to complain about being locked out of his Canva account. Tagging the support team of the platform, the frustrated user said he was finding it “hard to work with no clear communication channels or available support options”. “This is absolutely infuriating… This is unacceptable,” the Indian user said. Continuing his tirade on LinkedIn, the man said he expects Canva to look into his complaint as “top priority”. “I want to make this very clear, there are no issues I expect resolution from your side. A clear email, in case you need my attention is what is reasonable,” he said. “Please, in place of a dolloped response that may only …

TechRepublic’s 10 Biggest AI Stories That Dominated the Year

TechRepublic’s 10 Biggest AI Stories That Dominated the Year

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Generative AI became ubiquitous in 2024, becoming a fixture in laptops, smartphones, and everyday tech. With the rise of multimodal models, generative AI broke new ground, processing text, video, images, and audio — and even delivering outputs seamlessly combining these formats. As 2024 approaches, TechRepublic revisits the biggest generative AI stories of the year. 1. NVIDIA AI architecture sold out NVIDIA was a clear winner in the AI space this year. Introduced in March, the Blackwell chip became the gold standard in GPU microarchitecture for processing large amounts of information. Blackwell enables AI training, research, and computing for Amazon Web Services, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and xAI, among others. As of October, Blackwell chips sold out through the following year, as these processors were popular purchases among companies. In March, sales of NVIDIA’s Hopper chips helped the company reach $2 trillion in market capitalization. NVIDIA became one of the three most valuable companies worldwide, alongside Microsoft and Apple. AMD and Intel also provide AI accelerator chips, although their businesses haven’t experienced the same explosive growth …

Canva Revamps Platform and Editing Experience; New Affinity Apps, Canva Enterprise Launched

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Canva, the popular online design platform, announced several new features and a new business-focused subscription at its first international Canva Create event in Los Angeles on Thursday. The platform unveiled its biggest redesign in more than a decade which includes a new homepage and editing experience for all users. Further, a new Canva Enterprise subscription aimed at large organisations was also introduced by the firm. The design platform also released multiple new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered features within Magic Studio and Visual Suite. Canva platform redesign One of the major talking points from the event was Canva’s decision to revamp its platform including the homepage and editing suite. The company says the new user interface is designed to speed up workflows and improve workplace productivity, and highlighted the following changes making their way to the service. A new contextual editing toolbar with access to one-click background remover and Magic Studio AI tools on the front A new customisable homepage where users can favourite designs, folders, and brand templates Organisations can pin company or team-wide content to …

Canva expands its design tool portfolio with Affinity acquisition | Technology News

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Canva, Australia’s multi-billion-dollar design unicorn, has acquired the popular Affinity suite of creative apps. While the exact financial details remain undisclosed, a Bloomberg report suggests the deal is valued at “several hundred million British pounds,” making it Canva’s biggest acquisition to date. This strategic acquisition brings the entire 90-person team of Nottingham, UK-based Serif, the company behind the Affinity suite, into the Canva fold. The Affinity apps, renowned for their prowess across platforms like Windows, Mac, and iPad, will now complement Canva’s AI-powered tools as the Australian firm expands its suite of online workspaces. The Affinity creative suite comprises three powerful applications that have garnered a loyal following among professionals: First up is Affinity Designer, a vector graphics editor favored by illustrators, designers, and game developers for creating digital illustrations, concept art, logos, and web mock-ups. Then there’s Affinity Photo, a photo editor that rivals industry leaders, offering a full-fledged toolkit for basic editing, advanced retouching, and multilayer photo compositions. Lastly, you get Affinity Publisher, a next-generation page layout software that streamlines the creation of …

Canva acquires Affinity to fill the Adobe-sized holes in its design suite

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Official figures for the deal have not been revealed, but Bloomberg reports that it’s valued at “several hundred million [British] pounds.” Nevertheless, the acquisition makes sense as the Australian-based company tries to attract more creative professionals. As of January this year, Canva’s design platform attracted around 170 million monthly global users. That’s a lot of people who probably aren’t using equivalent Adobe software like Express, but unlike Adobe, Canva doesn’t have its own design applications that target creative professionals like illustrators, photographers, and video editors.  Affinity Designer 2 (pictured) is a vector-based application similar to Adobe Illustrator. It would be neat to see professional design tools like this integrated with Canva.Image: Affinity “While our last decade at Canva has focused heavily on the 99 percent of knowledge workers without design training, truly empowering the world to design includes empowering professional designers too,” Canva said in a press release announcing the deal. “By joining forces with Affinity, we’re excited to unlock the full spectrum of designers at every level and stage of the design journey.” Affinity …