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Canva’s AI tools do a great job on their own, but you’re able to kick things up a notch by using the same tools to enhance your AI-generated images. Here are some top tips for improving your AI-generated Canva images.
1Color Edit - Change the Colors of Your AI Images
Whenusing Canva’s text-to-image generator, which can be found in theElementstab, you have plenty of control over your generated image. Firstly, type a prompt into the text box, including colors if needed, and then you can choose an image style from around 20 different styles.
As with many AI generators, the results don’t always match your prompts. The results are often varied and colors are usually majorly affected, even when included in the prompt. Luckily, Canva’s Color Edit feature can fix the colors in your Canva-generated AI images.
Once generated, select your image to bring it to the Canva artboard. Then select theEdit Photooption above the artboard.
Edit Photo has many tools, but I just want to fix the colors in this image. SelectAdjust, then scroll down toColor Edit. This feature shows a basic color palette generated by swatches from your selected image. While it might not show every color in your image, it presents the four main colors present.
To edit the colors, select the color swatch you wish to change. This brings up three sliders: Hue, Saturation, and Brightness.
TheHueslider effectively changes the color of parts of the image with your selected color swatch. It may also affect similar shades of the same color—for example, if the swatch is light green, it may also affect dark green areas of the image.
Saturationdecides how vibrant the color will appear, so if you want a muted shade or more intense shade, you can use this slider. AndBrightnessaffects the whites and blacks within the color, allowing you to change to a lighter or darker version of the chosen color.
While Color Edit isn’t perfect, it’s a quick and easy way to have more control over your AI-generated images. It works with better success on flat images with fewer colors and gradients, such as “playful”, “anime”, or “concept art” styles available with Canva’s text-to-image generator tool.
2Magic Grab - Change the Composition of Your AI Images
Canva Pro users canuse Canva’s background removal toolto erase the background of a subject. But what if you want to keep the background as well as the subject, and simply move them around a little?
For instances where your AI-generated image doesn’t nail the composition like you imagined, you can use Canva’s Magic Grab AI tool. Magic Grab is one of manyCanva Pro features that make upgrading worth it.
Generate your image with Canva’s text-to-image generator in the Elements tab—or you can use one of the AI generators withinCanva’s growing list of apps. This technique works best with photo-realistic images, so choose one of the photography styles below the text box. Bring your generated photo to the artboard by selecting it.
Select the image, chooseEdit Phototo bring up the Magic Studio tools, and selectMagic Grab. Magic Grab doesn’t allow you to choose which part of the image to select, but it will be the most prominent subject of the image—making this feature best for portrait or product images.
After you’ve selected the tool, the main subject will be outlined in a purple box to show it can be separately selected and moved like any element. You can drag, resize, or individually edit this element to fix your composition. You can also delete this new element, keeping the background from your AI-generated image.
You can alsouse Canva layersto add dimension to your image—add some text in a layer below the subject, or add a colored overlay to the background to allow your subject to pop. Magic Grab is great for turning a flat image into something with more dimension and better composition.
3Grab Text - Rewrite AI-Generated Text in Your Images
When using an AI generator to create an image, any text that may appear in the image—such as signs, labels, or messages—usually appears as a non-distinctive language hybrid of unreadable text. Weird text is a major telltale of AI-generated images, but Canva’s Grab Text feature can help fix it.
After generating your Canva image, if there’s a prominent piece of text, you can use Canva’s Grab Text and Magic Write tools to turn the text from an unreadable and unidentifiable language into English or one of Canva’s other supported languages. Text Grab and Magic Write are Canva Pro tools, but both are available in the Canva Pro free trial if you want to test them out.
After bringing your image to the artboard, select your image, thenEdit Photo. From the list of Magic Studio editing tools, selectGrab Text. The Grab Text tool automatically identifies the most prominent text in the image, turning it from an embedded part of the image to an editable text box with a purple outline.
Double-click the text box and rewrite the text in English or your preferred language. The Grab Text tool retains the font or style of the generated text, but you may change the font, size, or color using Canva’s Text Tool above the artboard.
Here, you can also useMagic Writeto generate original text, use any of the other Magic Write features, or apply your brand voice—this only works if you’ve set up theCanva Brand Kit on your account. But nothing is stopping you from writing without the use of AI. Either way, the Grab Text feature will instantly improve your AI-generated images.
With these tips, you can push your AI-generated Canva images to the next level. The ability to directly edit your AI images isn’t available in most software, so take advantage of these Canva features to enhance your images with minimal effort.
