Image model in AI Studio
Nova Canvas AI Image Generator in Pictory
Generate lifelike images of people with Nova Canvas, the AI image generator from Amazon, in AI Studio, then add them to your video.
- Reference images keep things the same
- Best for realistic people
- Add the image to any scene
- Free trial, online in your browser
300 credits with your free trial. No credit card required.
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What is Nova Canvas in Pictory?
Nova Canvas is a image model from Amazon that you use inside Pictory’s AI Studio. Open AI Studio from any scene, describe the image and pick Nova Canvas, and the result goes straight into your video. It suits realistic people.
People who look real. Use Nova Canvas for presenters, customers and teams in a scene, where faces and expressions need to look natural.
For every way to make a picture for your video, see the AI image generator. To give the picture motion afterwards, use image to video AI.
Nova CanvasPresenter
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Facts
Nova Canvas at a glance
The facts about Nova Canvas in Pictory, from the Pictory 3 plans. Credits come from your plan, and the free trial and every plan can use every model.
| Nova Canvas | |
|---|---|
| Type | Image model |
| Made by | Amazon |
| Credits | 4 credits per image |
| Reference images | Yes: keep a person, product, setting or style the same |
| Best for | Realistic people |
| What the free trial makes | About 75 images |
How it works
How to generate with Nova Canvas in Pictory
To generate an image with Nova Canvas, open AI Studio from any scene in Pictory. Describe the image or get a prompt for the scene, pick Nova Canvas and a style, then generate. Add the image you like to the scene, or edit it with a prompt first.
Open AI Studio
Open any scene, click Visuals, then AI Studio.
Describe the image
Type what you want, or get a prompt for the scene.
Pick Nova Canvas and a style
Choose the model, a style and a shape.
Add it to your scene
Add the image to the scene or as a layer.
Use it for
What Nova Canvas is good for
Nova Canvas is the image model for realistic people: a presenter, a customer at a counter or a team in a meeting room. It takes reference images, so the same person can appear in more than one scene, and you can edit a result with a prompt.
Presenter- Customer
- Team
- Student
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Nova Canvas or Nano Banana?
How Nova Canvas compares with the other image models in Pictory. Each name opens that model’s page.
| Nova Canvas | Nano Banana | Seedream | Nano Banana Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credits | 4 credits per image | 8 credits per image | 2 credits per image | 14 credits per image |
| Reference images | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Best for | Realistic people | Detailed images | Images with text and numbers | Polished, high-detail hero images |
Free trial
What can you make with the free trial?
The free trial gives you 300 credits for 14 days, with no credit card required, and it works on every model. With Nova Canvas, 300 credits make about 75 images. Every paid plan comes with its own credits.
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Case studies
Teams that scaled video with Pictory
“Pictory is the easiest, most efficient way to get from an idea in text to multimedia imagery on the screen. It’s the critical component to get us out of death by PowerPoint.”
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4 credits per image. The credits come from your plan; the free trial includes 300.
Yes. The free trial gives you 300 credits for 14 days, with no credit card required, and it works on every model.
Pick Nova Canvas for realistic people. Pick Nano Banana for detailed images. You can use both in one video, one scene at a time.
Yes. Add a reference image to keep a person, product, setting or style the same across the images you make.
Yes. Open Edit with AI on the image to change it with a prompt, or Animate image to turn it into a short clip. You can also generate up to four variants and keep the best one.
Pick one of six styles before you generate: Photorealistic, Artistic, Cartoon, Minimalist, Vintage or Futuristic. Generate the same prompt in another style to compare them side by side, then keep the one that suits the scene.
Open AI Studio from any scene, describe the image, pick Nova Canvas and generate. Then add the result to your scene.
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