I used Canva’s new Magic Edit AI feature — here’s what I made

I had way too much fun doing this. You may have heard that Canva announced recently a slew of new features to their app. One that I was quite intrigued with is the Magic Edit effect. It uses artificial intelligence to add to or change photos. Here are some before and afters I made. I would have made more but there is a limit to how many you can make per day.

Before:

After: I highlighted my hair, and typed “blue hair”:

Before:

I highlighted my entire face, hair, and body, and typed “sharpen”, to see if it would make it less blurry in my face or hair. The result made me laugh:

Here’s another before:

I typed “green hair” and then “blue hair”:

Before:

I typed “add a cat”:

Before of a cake I made:

I highlighted the whole cake and typed “hamburger”:

Now look at this beautiful cake it made:

Before picture of a car:

I highlighted the car and typed “horse”:

Here is an old picture of my childhood dog:

After I asked it to change the dog to a “chihuahua”. Something strange happened with a 3rd ear:

A photo of our other dog:

After I told it to turn him into a shark:

Before of a photo of my dog:

I highlighted the dog and typed “pink fur”. Something very odd happened and made a tongue on the left side ear:

Me in a hallway:

After I asked it to add a ghost:

A doorway:

After I added “person” to the doorway:

My camera on my lap:

I highlighted the camera body and asked it to make it a “Canon camera”. It looks very real but it’s not quite right:

Another of me:

I highlighted my glasses/eyes, and asked it to add “green glasses”. It went horribly wrong:

Have you tried this app yet? What did you think?

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