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Placing and scaling generated images.

AI-generated images in Canva behave as standard image elements – they can be repositioned, scaled, cropped, and layered within the design using standard Canva controls. Crop generated images to show the strongest area of the composition; scale to fit the design layout without over-expanding (upscaling beyond the generated resolution degrades quality).

Combining with Canva design elements.

AI-generated images work as backgrounds, hero images, supporting visual elements, and textures in Canva designs – combined with typography, graphic elements, brand colors, and other design components. Design considerations for AI image integration: ensure the image supports the text legibility (sufficient contrast or darkness in text overlay areas); check that the AI image color palette doesn't clash with brand colors; use opacity and filter adjustments in Canva to harmonize generated images with the overall design.

Applying Canva photo tools to generated images.

Canva's photo editing tools (color adjustments, filters, vignette, blur, brightness/contrast) apply to AI-generated images just as they do to photographs – allowing generated images to be color-graded to match brand palettes, given consistent filter treatment across a series, or adjusted for design integration. This enables consistent visual treatment across AI-generated and traditional photographic imagery in the same design system.

Consistency when mixing image types.

When a design or series mixes AI-generated images with photographs or other visual assets: apply consistent color grading and filter treatment across all image types to maintain visual coherence. Mixed-source imagery without consistent treatment reads as visually inconsistent regardless of individual image quality.