Canva alternatives for AI image creation and editing

Pixelmator Pro covers Canva static graphics as well as photo cleanup. Work with layers, text, vector shapes, templates and mockups, remove backgrounds and refine subject masks. It is a desktop design editor rather than a shared presentation workspace.

Krita AI Diffusion suits artists who want generation inside a painting canvas. Selections, sketches and reference images guide edits, with local ComfyUI or optional hosted generation.

InvokeAI suits image generation followed by canvas editing and visual workflows. Its gallery preserves prompts and settings so an image can be revisited and refined.

Draw Things can handle the image-making part of a Canva project: generate illustrations, restyle photos and extend a canvas on Apple devices. It is an image creation tool rather than a replacement for Canva templates and page layout.

SD.Next suits creating and refining images before placing them in a design. Its browser interface combines generation, inpainting, upscaling and color correction; finished layouts still need a design editor.

ComfyUI suits people who want to inspect and reuse the processing steps behind generated media. Its node canvas connects models, masks and editing operations into workflows.