Microsoft announced on Wednesday that its AI-powered Designer app is now officially out of preview and is now available for all iOS and Android users. The app, similar to Canva, allows you to generate images and designs with text prompts to create things like stickers, greeting cards, invitations, collages, and more.
Designer is now available in over 80 languages In the netAvailable as Free mobile appand as an application in Windows.
The app features “suggestion templates” designed to help jumpstart the creative process. Templates include styles and descriptions that you can experiment with and customize, and you can share them with others to build on each other’s ideas.
In addition to stickers, you can create emojis, clip art, wallpapers, monograms, avatars, and more with text prompts.
You can also use Designer to edit and redesign images with AI. For example, you can upload a selfie and then choose from a set of styles and type in any additional details you want to see to transform your photo.
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Designer will soon include a “replace background” feature that will allow you to use text prompts to transform images.
With the launch of the standalone Designer app, Microsoft announced that it will bring the service to apps like Word and PowerPoint via Copilot. People who have a Copilot Pro subscription will be able to create images and designs in their workflow. Soon, users will have the option to create a banner for their document in Word based on the content of their document.
As part of Wednesday's announcement, Microsoft revealed that Microsoft Photos in Windows 11 It's getting more deeply integrated with Designer. Users can now use AI to edit photos without leaving the Photos app. They can now do things like erase objects, remove backgrounds, and automatically crop images right within the app.
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