{"id":42710,"date":"2023-11-30T15:15:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/?p=42710"},"modified":"2023-11-30T15:15:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:15:22","slug":"microsoft-designer-ai-fast-and-easy-graphic-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/microsoft-designer-ai-fast-and-easy-graphic-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Designer AI: Fast and Easy Graphic Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2023\/11\/MicrosoftDesignerInterface2.png\" alt=\"Designer's Main Interface\" class=\"wp-image-42719\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7786561264822134;width:695px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2023\/11\/MicrosoftDesignerInterface2.png 900w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2023\/11\/MicrosoftDesignerInterface2-750x422.png 750w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2023\/11\/MicrosoftDesignerInterface2-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Designer&#8217;s Main Interface<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Microsoft\u2019s Designer<\/em>* is a tool for making quick and easy graphic designs, similar to <em>Canva<\/em>. Designer stands out by combining a breadth of tools from <em>DALL-E<\/em> image generation, Photoshop-like tools, graphic design AI, and freehand design tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">*Note that Designer only works with Microsoft Consumer accounts at this time, meaning that your CoW email will not work with it. You can use a different Microsoft account. Access for organizations (Commercial and Education) is coming in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Features:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Image Creation powered by DALL-E \u2013 <\/strong>Type in an image prompt, subject, mood, and style and generate images to use for your designs.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Design Creator AI \u2013<\/strong> Type in a design prompt for a flyer, Instagram post or story, Facebook post, advertisement, you name it! Let the AI do the design work for you, complete with custom images and text. Check out <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0W5jX3dJb4c\" target=\"_blank\">this awesome tutorial<\/a> on how to make the most of it! (0:30-3:14 demonstrates the image AI and designer AI.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Freehand Design Tools \u2013 <\/strong>Starting from scratch or using a template given by the Design AI, create a design by adding text, images, and graphics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Photo Editing Tools \u2013 <\/strong>Remove backgrounds from photos, blur backgrounds, or use generative AI to erase objects from photos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Brand Kit Generator \u2013 <\/strong>Create a brand by entering your brand name, and any other ideas you\u2019ve got. Designer can generate a color scheme, font set, and even a logo for your brand.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"539\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2023\/11\/MicrosoftDesignerInterface.png\" alt=\"Image Creation powered by DALL-E\" class=\"wp-image-42725\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.225;width:639px;height:auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image Creation powered by DALL-E<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft\u2019s Designer* is a tool for making quick and easy graphic designs, similar to Canva. Designer stands out by combining a breadth of tools from DALL-E image generation, Photoshop-like tools, graphic design AI, and freehand design tools. *Note that Designer only works with Microsoft Consumer accounts at this time, meaning that your CoW email will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82,86],"tags":[],"coauthors":[178,602],"class_list":["post-42710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-images","category-media-creation-software"],"acf":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":"<p>Designer&#8217;s Main Interface Microsoft\u2019s Designer* is a tool for making quick and easy graphic designs, similar to Canva. Designer stands out by combining a breadth of tools from DALL-E image generation, Photoshop-like tools, graphic design AI, and freehand design tools. *Note that Designer only works with Microsoft Consumer accounts at this time, meaning that your CoW email will not work with it. You can use a different Microsoft account. Access for organizations (Commercial and Education) is coming in the future.\u00a0 Features:&nbsp; Image Creation powered by DALL-E \u2013 Type in an image prompt, subject, mood, and style and generate images to&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list":"<a href=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/category\/technologies\/digital-media\/images\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Images<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/category\/software\/media-creation-software\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Media Creation Software<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"Emily Armour (she\/her)","url":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/author\/earmourwooster-edu\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Emily Armour (she\/her)","author_link":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/author\/earmourwooster-edu\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Microsoft\u2019s Designer* is a tool for making quick and easy graphic designs, similar to Canva. 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