Editing Images in Canva

By the end of this page, you will have edited an image in Canva and have the new version on your site.

What it does

Canva is a free design site. You can send any image from your site to Canva, change it there, and bring the result back. The edited image is saved as a new image in your asset library. Your original is never changed.

Connect Canva

You do this once for each site.

1. Open Site Settings.
2. Find the Canva section and click Connect Canva.
3. Log in to Canva if it asks, and allow access.

Only the person who connects Canva can start edits. If Canva stops accepting the connection, for example because you removed access in Canva, click Reconnect Canva. You can disconnect at any time. Images you already edited stay in your library.

Edit an image

1. In the editor, click an Image block.
2. In the Properties tab, click Edit in Canva.
3. If you have unsaved changes, you will be asked to Save draft and continue. Your work is saved first so nothing is lost.
4. Make your changes in Canva.
5. Click Return in Canva when you're done.

You land back in the editor. The edited image is added to your library and swapped into the block, and your draft is saved. If you want the old picture back, click Undo.

You can also start from your Assets page: find an image in the grid and click Edit in Canva. In that case the edited copy goes to your library and nothing on your pages changes.

Add an image you already made in Canva

1. Click an Image block.
2. Click Add Image from Canva.
3. Search or scroll your Canva designs and click one.
4. Click Import image.

You stay on the page. The design is added to your library and put into the block. You can tick Import as transparent to keep a see-through background.

Edit a shape in Canva

A Shape block can be sent too. Select the shape and click Edit in Canva. It goes over as a picture. When you come back, the shape is replaced by an Image block. You can't turn it back into a shape afterward, but Undo works.

Good to know

• Images come back flat and still. If your Canva design is animated, the animation is lost and you get a still picture. Animated (GIF) export isn't supported yet.
• Only the first page comes back. If your Canva design has several pages, the first one is used.
• Transparent backgrounds depend on your Canva plan. Some Canva plans can't export a see-through background. If yours can't, you get a solid background and a note telling you so.
• Premium Canva elements may not come through if your Canva plan doesn't include them. The edit will tell you if that happens.
• Images must be PNG, JPG, GIF, or WebP and under 50 MB to be sent to Canva.
• Closing the page is okay. The import keeps going. Your edited image shows up in your library when it finishes.
• You can Cancel while waiting, and Try again if an edit fails.
• This feature may not be available to everyone yet. If you don't see Connect Canva, it isn't turned on for your account.

If something goes wrong

• The button is greyed out. Hover over it to see why. Usually the connection expired, or someone else connected Canva for this site.
• I clicked Return but nothing happened. Make sure you're logged in to the builder in the same browser, then click Return again. Look in your asset library; the image may already be there.
• It says my image isn't in the library. Images added by link can't be sent. Upload the image first, then edit it.