A Review Of The New Features On Canva: AI-Powered Tools, Event Create, And More

Recently, Canva introduced new features during its 2023 Canva Create event online. These new features of the software are perfect for websites.

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The online design and publishing tool Canva boasts hundreds of millions of users. According to statistics published on Style Factory, Canva is used by 110 million people every month. The platform has reached a significant milestone of 100 million active users in October 2021, gaining an additional 10 million users by the end of 2022. Last March 23rd during the 2023 Canva Create virtual event, Canva introduced a set of new features, from artificial intelligence- or AI-powered tools to event create capabilities. We will learn about these today. Read on.

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Before We Head Over The New Features Announced During The 2023 Canva Create Event, Let's Review What Canva Is About

"Launched in 2013, Canva is an online design and publishing tool with a mission to empower everyone in the world to design anything and publish anywhere," said Canva on its official website.

Canva is a graphic design tool that has the primary capability of simplifying the digital design process. With that, an account can easily be created and everything works either via your web browser, or apps on iOS or Android.

The platform allows for image editing and project-based learning using a very simple drag-and-drop interface that works well even for younger pupils. From brainstorming with your team to individual project creation, it has several potential users in the classroom and beyond.

Furthermore, Canva is optimized for Chromebooks so even the most detailed image-based products can be managed on most devices, with the smoothest interaction.

It has hundreds of thousands of templates available, so starting and progressing through your projects is very easy, even for those new to platform. Canva also makes stock photos, videos, and graphics available, also with hundreds of thousands of choices to select from. And if you pay and subscribe, all those numbers go even higher.

To help you decide, here are the pros and cons of using Canva.

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New Canva Features For Your Website And More: AI-Powered Tools, Event Create Capabilities, Plus More

Without further ado, here are the new features Canva introduced recently.

A Review Of The AI-Powered Features Shared During The Awesome Canva Create Event 2023

1. Assistant

The company launched Assistant, allowing users to search for design elements. It also provides quicker access to various features.

This tool can also provide recommendations on graphics and styles that match the design you are currently creating. Assistant is the umbrella feature that has AI-powered design tools like Magic Write under its wing.

2. Magic Write

Magic Write is the platform's AI-powered copywriting assistant that it unveiled last December. But recently, more capabilities are added to this feature. As of right now, Magic Write will be accessible within all Canva project types, from Presentations to social media graphics, flyers, and so much more. Prior to this development, this feature was only accessible in Canva Docs.

Now, you can use Magic Write to write website copies or presentation summaries. For instance, you can ask Magic Write to list social media strategy ideas for a new project launch. But is it accurate? Well, this tool takes into account the type of project you are working on when suggesting copy.

Aside from that, Canva also announced that Magic Write is now available in 18 languages. A round of applause for Canva.

3. New Way To Generate Presentations

Canva has also revealed a brand-new way to generate presentations automatically. You can prompt the editor to create a range of presentations that come with an outline and content already on each slide. This takes us to the next new feature, Magic Design.

4. Magic Design

For design, the company's new Magic Design tool allows users upload an image and then choose a style to obtain a curated selection of personalized templates that are easily customizable.

5. Magic Edit

But wait, there's more. Canva now also has a new Magic Edit feature that allows users add or replace, get this, anything in an image! You can decide where you want to add something and then describe it to Magic Edit.

6. Magic Eraser

With that, there is also a new Magic Eraser feature that lets you clean up unwanted details in your images by simply brushing over the area.

7. Beat Sync

Canva also launched Beat Sync, a feature tha automatically matches video footage to a soundtrack of your choice. You read that right, of your choice, together with...

8. Translate

This feature automatically translates text in designs to more than 100 different languages. Just wow.

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New Easy To Use Features Canva Users Wished For Their Event Websites, Texts, Graphic Designs, And More

Then, there are even more. Aside from new AI-powered tools, Canva is also proud to introduce a set of new features that it says their users have personally requested.

9. Draw

Continuing on with Draw, a feature that lets you sketch a simple shape, such as a circle, then sit back and relax as it transforms into a polished circle.

10. New Layouts Feature

There is also a new Layouts feature that lets users add content to a page, and... get recommendations for layout ideas for a design.

11. Styles

Then, there is the Styles feature that gives users the ability to browse suggested color palettes and fonts, further improving your design. Photoshop is cringing.

12. New Layers Tool

There is also a new Layers tool that could be used to view all elements in one place. Yes, all elements, including shapes, text, images, and video.

13. Support For Alt Text

Canva also now supports Alt Text. That means users can provide extra content to their images and elements to describe them for those with visual impairment or accessibility needs.

14. New Fonts

A lover for fonts? Another new welcome update on Canva is the addition of 953 new fonts, including the classics like Arial, Courier, Times New Roman, and Helvetica.

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The New Brand Hub Feature That Lets Your Overall Brand Stay On Track And On Top Of The Competition

15. Brand Hub: Magic Replace, And More

The company also recently launched Brand Hub, a range of new features and tools designed to help teams stay on brand all the time. This hub includes a new Magic Replace tool that lets users quickly update their brand assets, such as logso, across your designs on the Canva platform.

Then, the hub also includes tools that help users create brand templates, folders, and guidelines. Admins can also approve workflows directly in Canva to make sure each design is reviewed and approved before they are published.

New Canva features -- just for you.

Now That You've Learned The Newest And Free To Use Canva Features, Let's Answer Some Popular Questions On Google

Here are some of the most popular questions asked on Google about our topic today.

1. What Is The Main Function Of Canva?

Canva is a popular graphic design platform that allows users to create a wide range of visual content, including social media graphics, presentations, posters, logos, and more. Its main function is to provide users with an intuitive and user-friendly interface for designing high-quality graphics without the need for advanced technical skills.

2. Does Canva Have Customer Service?

Yes, Canva has customer service and support available for its users. The customer support system includes the Help Center with answers to questions, chat support, email support, and phone support.

3. What Is The Best Canva Feature?

Canva has several features that make it a popular and powerful graphic design platform, but choosing the "best" feature can depend on a user's specific needs and preferences. This may either be Canva's drag-and-drop interface, templates, design elements, collaboration, or brand kit.

4. What Makes Canva Unique?

What make Canva unique are its features. These include its drag-and-drop user interface, and visual aspects like different fonts, colors, frames, filters, and more.

5. Why Is Canva So Helpful?

This is because Canva lets you design presentations, social media graphics, and more with thousands of beautiful layouts to create shareable and relevant visual content for your design, social media, and so much more.

Bring Magic To Your Event Websites, Graphic Designs, And More With Canva

When it comes to online tools, systems, and software for design, there are several specific features that personal users and marketing people, among many others, are looking for. These include an incredibly easy interface, help for their emails, customizable capabilities, reliable customer service, easy-to-use tools, and many other customizations that will let them immediately sell and promote their business in the best way possible.

If you are looking for a great design tool, Canva is second to none. Building your design to ensure you get the highest performance for your business is already very possible with Canva. It has been helping multiple users create the best designs since 2013.

And recently, it has launched new features that will even enhance the entire Canva experience among its users.

“Ten years ago, we launched Canva driven by a vision to empower everyone to design anything, no matter their skills or experience,” stated Canva co-founder and CEO Melanie Perkins. “Today, we’re thrilled to advance that vision by introducing a whole new range of features, focused on empowering brands to scale their creative outputs. As technology continues to advance, we are reimagining the design process by making it even easier to take what is in your head, get it onto a page, and out into the world, faster than ever before.”

With these new features on Canva -- including AI-powered tools, event create capabilities, and more -- expect your outputs to be taken to a whole new level. What are you waiting for? See these new Canva features live right now.

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