Canva Pro Suite Expands With New Affinity and Cavalry Features
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Canva has launched Canva ProSuite, bringing Affinity, Cavalry, Flourish and Leonardo.Ai into a connected workflow for professional creative teams.
The launch combines specialist design, motion, data-visualization and AI tools with Canva’s wider platform. Canva says the approach is designed to let creative specialists work in dedicated applications before moving projects into Canva for collaboration, brand management and wider content production.
The announcement also includes major updates to Affinity and Cavalry, including a new Blend Tool, scripting capabilities, photography improvements and expanded integrations.
What Is Canva Pro Suite?
Canva ProSuite connects four specialist creative applications:
| Tool | Primary Purpose |
| Affinity | Design, photo editing and page layout |
| Cavalry | Motion design and animation |
| Flourish | Interactive data visualization |
| Leonardo.Ai | AI image and video generation |
Canva describes ProSuite as a connected workflow in which specialists can create and refine work in dedicated tools before bringing it into Canva for wider team use. The company’s current ProSuite offering is aimed at Business and Enterprise customers, with availability varying by application and plan.
Affinity Gets a Major Update
One of the most prominent parts of the launch is the latest Affinity update.
The new Blend Tool allows designers to create editable transitions between vector objects. Users can control the distribution of blended elements, adjust easing and bias, work along curves and modify morph mapping.
Affinity also receives a Mask Tool, 3D model support and numerous workflow improvements. Independent coverage of Affinity 3.3 reports more than 60 new features across its image editing, vector design and page-layout capabilities.
Scripting Automates Repetitive Tasks
Affinity is also gaining Scripting Studio, allowing users to automate repetitive operations across vector, pixel and layout workflows.
Canva says a single script can work across these areas because they are combined within the Affinity application. The platform also has a Claude AI connector that can automate certain tasks using natural-language instructions, including batch editing and production preparation.
The goal is to reduce repetitive production work while leaving creative decisions in the hands of the designer.
Affinity Expands Its Photography Features
Photography is another major focus of the update.
Canva says Affinity now has an improved RAW development engine, batch importing, reusable looks and automatic corrections designed for situations such as mixed lighting and camera shake.
The update also introduces AI-assisted Scene Decomposition, which can separate elements of a flattened image into editable layers. Additional features include an Astrophotography Studio, Generative Upscale, Wavelet Denoise and HDR improvements.
These additions make the latest Affinity release particularly relevant to photographers working with RAW files and larger batches of images.
Cavalry Moves Closer to Canva
Cavalry is also becoming more closely connected with Canva.
Canva says that coming soon, motion designers will be able to choose specific elements of a Cavalry animation, such as text or color, that can then be edited directly inside Canva while the core animation remains controlled.
This could simplify the process of adapting approved motion graphics for different campaigns and formats. However, because Canva describes the feature as coming soon, it should not be presented as a generally available capability yet.
Cavalry is also receiving more than 50 other updates, including new shapes and filters, Canva Sheets import, richer SVG support and a Graph Editor upgrade. Canva says additional AI features are also coming to the motion-design platform.
AI Supports the Creative Workflow
AI is an important part of the ProSuite strategy, but Canva is positioning it primarily as a way to assist with repetitive and time-consuming tasks.
Across the ecosystem, AI can support activities such as image editing, batch operations, animation workflows, custom scripts and data visualization.
In Affinity, Canva highlights features including Scene Decomposition, Mixed Light Correction, Motion Blur Reduction, Image to 3D, Generative Upscale and SDR-to-HDR processing. Canva also says work used with these Affinity AI features is not used to train them and that Affinity files remain stored locally on the user’s device.
Affinity and Cavalry Remain Free
Canva says the core Affinity and Cavalry applications remain free to use. However, this should not be confused with ProSuite being a free package available across all Canva plans.
Canva’s current ProSuite offering is for Business and Enterprise customers. Affinity and Cavalry are included with those plans, Flourish availability depends on the applicable Business or Enterprise plan, and Leonardo.Ai is offered as a paid add-on.
This distinction is important because access to individual applications and their AI capabilities can vary according to the user’s Canva plan.
Canva Expands Its Professional Creative Ecosystem
The ProSuite launch gives Canva a broader professional workflow spanning design, photography, animation, AI generation and data visualization.
The company says specialists can craft work in ProSuite applications before handing it off to wider teams in Canva. Integrations such as Canva Brand Kits in Affinity, editable animation workflows between Cavalry and Canva, Leonardo.Ai generation and Flourish visualizations are intended to connect specialist work with broader content production.
Independent coverage has also highlighted the significance of the launch, particularly the Affinity 3.3 update, Blend Tool, scripting features and expanded photography capabilities.
What Comes Next for Canva Pro Suite?
Canva says the new ProSuite is part of its broader expansion into professional creative software.
The company has also announced that Affinity for iPad is scheduled to arrive in November 2026. Further integrations and AI capabilities are expected to expand the connections between the ProSuite applications and Canva.
FAQs
What is Canva Pro Suite?
Canva ProSuite is a connected professional workflow that includes Affinity, Cavalry, Leonardo.Ai and Flourish alongside Canva.
What applications are included in Canva ProSuite?
The suite includes Affinity for design and photo editing, Cavalry for motion design, Leonardo.Ai for AI image and video generation, and Flourish for interactive data visualization.
Is Affinity still free?
Yes. Canva says the core Affinity application remains free, although certain Canva AI capabilities require an applicable premium plan.
Is Canva ProSuite available with Canva Pro?
ProSuite is a feature offering for Canva Business and Enterprise customers, rather than the standard Canva Pro plan for individuals and smaller teams. Availability of individual ProSuite applications varies by plan.
When is Affinity coming to iPad?
Canva says the new Affinity for iPad is scheduled to arrive in November 2026.
Conclusion
Canva Pro Suite expands Canva’s professional creative ecosystem by connecting Affinity, Cavalry, Flourish and Leonardo.Ai with the wider Canva platform.
The launch brings substantial Affinity improvements, including the Blend Tool, scripting and new photography capabilities, while Cavalry is gaining integrations designed to make selected animation elements editable through Canva.
The broader strategy is to connect specialist creative work with Canva’s collaboration and brand-management tools. With AI increasingly becoming part of professional creative software, Canva is positioning ProSuite around a combination of professional craft, automation and connected workflows rather than AI generation alone.
