# Image replacement in Canva designs using reverse image search

DevFeed: [Image replacement in Canva designs using reverse image search](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/image-replacement-in-canva-designs-using-reverse-image-search-37931.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.canva.dev/blog/engineering/image-replacement-in-canva-designs-using-reverse-image-search/>)

Author: Sam Jacobs

Published: 2025-01-28T09:05:01Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Canva Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/canva-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Machine learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/machine-learning.md>), [Image](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/image.md>), [Requirements](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/requirements.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [recommendation systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/recommendation-systems.md>)

Tags: [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [embedding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/embedding.md>), [frontend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frontend.md>), [image](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/image.md>), [intellectual-property](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/intellectual-property.md>), [machine-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/machine-learning.md>), [models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/models.md>), [requirements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/requirements.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>)

## AI overview

Canva describes comparing image embedding models to build a scalable reverse image search system for replacing images in designs. The proposed system considers subject, color, tone, positioning, background, emotion, and aspect ratio while supporting IP-safe search across more than 150 million images.

## Source excerpt

Qualitative comparison of image embedding models to power a scalable similar-image replacement system for Canva designs.