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Free Online AI Face Generator

Create stunningly realistic faces from your words with Magic Media™ and an array of AI face generator tools on Canva. Type a description and generate photorealistic faces for any design project.

Introducing Canva’s AI Face Generators

Introducing Canva’s AI Face Generators

No more digging around for the perfect stock photo. Instantly generate a lifelike face with Magic Media™ and other AI face generator apps on Canva. Simply describe any character you have in mind for your art project, branding campaign, or social media content, and create a realistic person in seconds.

Create a fresh face for any project

Create a fresh face for any project

Bring to life any character in your imagination with the AI face generator on Canva. Type a description down to the tiniest details: eye and hair color, skin tone, facial expression, and even unique traits. Choose a style preset–Filmic, Dreamy, Moody–or insert it in your text prompt to get several options in a heartbeat.

Add a touch of personality to any face

Polish to perfection

Polish to perfection

Beautify your AI-generated faces with just one click using our image enhancer, brush away imperfections with Magic Eraser, or refine your creations with more tools in our AI photo editor.

Transform with effects and filters

Transform with effects and filters

Make every portrait stand out with free photo effects, add filters for a fresh new look, or quickly fine-tune specific colors in your AI-generated face using Canva's Color Edit.

Create a character that resonates

Create a character that resonates

Turn your portraits into talking head videos with Canva's AI video generator. Then, add captions, text animations, and creative effects to make your AI face portraits even more engaging.

Find the right AI face generator app

Find the right AI face generator app

  • Magic Media™: With Magic Media, you can choose a style preset and aspect ratio to get closer to your preferred look, faster. Generate up to 50 faces with a free account. Unlock up to 500 AI faces per user per month with Canva Pro, Teams, EDU, or NFP. 
  • Create an image, powered by Dream Lab: Bring your ideas to life by generating brand-new visuals - from imaginative scenes to realistic faces - or by uploading a reference image to guide the look and feel.
Create without worries

Create without worries

Let your creativity flow, and rest assured, you can create something safe and sound. To ensure your safety on our platform, we’ve put layers of security measures in place, including automated reviews of input prompts for terms that might generate inappropriate content. See any unsafe content? Report it here. We don’t tolerate any use of our AI face generator apps that violates our Terms and Acceptable Use Policy.

The AI face generator for all creatives

  • For content pros

    For content pros

    Generate AI faces to keep your content fresh and exciting.

  • For business owners

    For business owners

    Tailor brand personas that resonate with your audience.

  • For budding artists

    For budding artists

    Effortlessly bring your creative projects to life with realistic characters.

All the photo editing features you need

Canva’s free drag-and-drop design tools make it easy to create any design, fast!

  • Generate images from text

    Generate images from text

    Create AI images that visualize a product or idea, draft a creative concept, or push the limits of what's possible.

  • Various art styles available

    Various art styles available

    Render your AI-generated images in stunning art styles like Watercolor, Filmic, Neon, Color Pencil, Retrowave, and more.

  • Magic Edit

    Magic Edit

    Want to change the color or texture of an object? Or swap the background for something else? Magic Edit lets you add to, replace, or edit your image with a short written prompt.

  • Magic Eraser

    Magic Eraser

    Instantly clean up your image and remove any unwanted distractions with Magic Eraser—no manual editing needed.

  • Enhance your images

    Enhance your images

    Use Canva’s Photo Editor to fix your photo’s focus, lighting, and coloring with easy-to-use sliders.

  • Photo effects & filters

    Photo effects & filters

    Choose from our selection of adjustable color filters and fun photo effects to remix your photo.

  • Add Text to Photo

    Add Text to Photo

    Easily add text to your photo or image to tell a story. Font combinations, colors, and styles available.

  • One-click background remover

    One-click background remover

    Remove image backgrounds, perfect for product photos, headshots, or transparent PNGs.
  • Automatically translate your design

    Automatically translate your design

    With Translate (Pro), quickly change the language of your existing design, with over 100 languages to choose from.

  • Millions of free images, icons, and graphics

    Millions of free images, icons, and graphics

    Get access to our entire library of millions of photos, icons, graphics, media elements, audio, sound effects, and more.

  • Access anywhere and autosave

    Access anywhere and autosave

    Jump from device to desktop—design how you work best! Canva autosaves your progress along the way.


  • Cloud storage

    Cloud storage

    Get free 5GB storage or upgrade to Canva Pro and get unlimited folders with up to 1TB storage for all your designs.

  • Easy sharing and exporting tools

    Easy sharing and exporting tools

    Share and export designs as a JPG, PNG, PDF, and PPTX. And when you embed a doc, you can customize which page will be displayed.

  • Real-time collaboration

    Real-time collaboration

    Create, collaborate, comment on designs, and get everyone on the same page, at the same time, from anywhere.

  • Content planner (Pro)

    Content planner (Pro)

    Create and schedule content to your favorite social media accounts directly from Canva.

How to create a face with AI

  1. Start a design

    Launch Canva. Find a template or start from scratch.

  2. Choose your AI face generator app

    On the editor sidebar, click Apps and select “Magic Media”.

  3. Describe the face you want to create

    Enter details in your prompt, like age, face shape, and skin tone. Choose a style and aspect ratio, then click “Generate image”.

  4. Personalize your image

    Use Canva’s photo editing features, effects, and filters to bring your AI character to life.

  5. Download or share

    Download your work as a JPG or PNG. Share them via email or social media, or add them to your existing Canva projects.
How to create a face with AI

Your questions, answered

  • The AI face generator model works by scanning millions of images along with the text associated with them on the internet. The algorithm spots trends in the images and text and eventually begins to guess which image and text belong together. Once the AI generator model can predict what a face should look like with the given text, it can generate entirely new faces for you to choose from.

  • Yes, it’s free to use.

  • Yes, you can enter specific details in your text prompts, like age, face angle, skin tone, and hair color. You can also specify if you want photorealistic faces and other details. However, generative AI is still fairly new, so you might not always get exactly what you envision.

    You can customize your AI-generated faces further with Canva’s Image Enhancer, Magic Edit (Pro), online face smooth tool, and other photo editing tools.

  • Yes, you can use the AI faces generated with Magic Media for any legal purpose, including personal or commercial projects, as long as you follow our Terms.

    Keep in mind that if you’re going to use AI output for your commercial projects, you may not have exclusive rights to your AI characters or faces. This means other people may also use them.

    Please be mindful that Canva doesn’t guarantee that the AI faces you generate are cleared for use (particularly if the face you create looks like someone else’s work). If you’ll use AI faces for any commercial purpose (i.e., selling your creations), it may be a good idea to seek legal advice.  

  • We don’t recommend this. Certain public figures have legal rights that allow them to control how their image is used commercially, and they may not be happy with you creating AI-generated images of them.

    Similarly, if you use Text to Image to create recognizable characters or brands, these may be protected by copyright or trademarks. You shouldn't use these images without permission from the rights owner, as Canva can’t give you this permission.

  • The AI face generator and other generative AI tools show increasing capabilities in creating high-quality, photorealistic images of human faces. However, generative AI technology is still fairly new. Generator tools have limited databases, meaning you can only generate something based on what’s currently available. So, if you want to generate AI faces with highly specific or uncommon characteristics, you may not always find what you're looking for.

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Free Online AI Face Generator

Create stunningly realistic faces from your words with Magic Media™ and an array of AI face generator tools on Canva. Type a description and generate photorealistic faces for any design project.

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