Canva said Cavalry is joining to bring professional motion design into its connected creative ecosystem, expanding the company’s offering for teams and studios that require advanced motion workflows.
The move follows last year’s launches of the all-new Affinity and the Creative Operating System, which Canva says form the basis of a broader professional design ecosystem spanning static composition, vector work, layout and motion.
Cavalry has gained traction among professional motion designers for a procedural, performance-first approach that emphasises flexibility and creative control. "With Cavalry joining Canva, we’re bringing professional motion design into a connected ecosystem that supports deep craft and seamless collaboration at scale," the company said in a statement.
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Canva said the Cavalry team will join the company and continue guiding the product’s direction while the company invests in development. It said assets produced in Affinity and Cavalry will be able to move into Canva for collaboration, adaptation and distribution inside centralised Brand Kits, controlled templates and coordinated campaign updates. The company also said everything that is free in Cavalry today will remain free.
Canva said it will preserve Cavalry’s professional capabilities and build its future in partnership with the motion design community, investing to maintain depth while enabling scalable delivery across teams and channels.
The recap
- Canva adds Cavalry to its professional creative ecosystem.
- Everything that is free in Cavalry will remain free.
- Cavalry team joins Canva and continues product development.