Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Designer app, now accessible with a personal Microsoft account. The app lets you create, edit, or make a design from scratch with the help of AI.
Designer integrates seamlessly with Microsoft products, including Word, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Photos through Copilot, and is available as a standalone free app for Android and iOS with support for over 80 languages.
Microsoft Designer App Features
- Availability of prompt templates to help users overcome the challenge of a blank page.
- Users can create custom stickers, emojis, clip art, wallpapers, monograms, avatars, and more—all starting with a simple description.
- Instantly create personalized invitations for birthdays, graduations, anniversaries, and more.
- Users can restyle, add frames to images, and also collage multiple images to offer a creative look.
- Replace the background of the image with a custom creation with simple prompts.
Integration with Microsoft Apps
Designer’s generative AI editing and creation capabilities are now available to Microsoft 365 apps on the web and PC apps, provided there’s a Copilot Pro subscription. The Designer’s editing features can also be leveraged on the Microsoft Photos app (v2024.11070.12001.0 or higher).
Without leaving Photos, you can edit your photos to erase objects, remove backgrounds, auto crop, make adjustments, apply filters, markup, or even add text without leaving your flow. But this is currently limited to Windows Insiders with the language set to English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, or Portuguese (Brazil), and available in most countries.
Availability
You can access Microsoft Designer through the web or can download on Windows, iOS, and Android devices for free with a personal Microsoft account.
Though the usage is free, there’s a limit. It comes with 15 free daily boosts that you can use to create or edit AI-powered images. With a Copilot Pro subscription, users can get 100 boosts per day.