Since its debut about a year ago, Microsoft Designer, the AI-powered generative image creation tool formerly known as Bing Image Creator, has only been available on the web or through Microsoft Edge.
That changed on Wednesday when Microsoft announcement Designer is now available as a free app for iOS and Android. The company added that Designer will also be available on other apps, starting today with Microsoft Photos for Windows Insiders. With Designer in Photos, you can click the new “Edit with Designer” button to access features like generative erase (similar to Google’s Magic Erase), color pop, auto-crop, text and markup, and more.
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Similar features are coming to Microsoft Edge soon. Designer is already available in a few Microsoft apps, like Word and PowerPoint, and lets you create images while you work on something else or create a banner based on the content of your document.
If you need a little help generating an image, Designer adds new prompt templates that come pre-populated with ideas, styles, and descriptions, similar to the AI wallpaper generator on Pixel phones. You can share these templates with friends or other creators, Microsoft says, and you can even create custom stickers for social and messaging apps.
“You can also create emojis, clipart, wallpapers, monograms, avatars and more,” the company said in the announcement, “all starting with a simple description.”
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Aside from the AI-generating features, the new Designer app also offers some lightweight image editing tools, like removing or blurring a background. A background replacement tool is coming soon, which will let you upload a photo, explain your vision, and let the app create a brand new background for it.
Currently, Designer offers 15 free daily boosts that you can use to prioritize and create or edit AI-powered images and designs faster. These boosts apply to your account, whether it’s the app version, the web version, or a version of Designer in another Microsoft app. You can upgrade to a Copilot Pro subscription to receive 100 boosts per day.