Microsoft AI design tool Microsoft Designer starts public testing and supports Edge sidebar

CTOnews.com, April 28, Microsoft Designer, first released in October 2022, is a new design tool powered by generative AI features, including OpenAI's DALL.E 2. Microsoft revealed today that Microsoft Designer is now available for anyone to use in a full public preview.

If you want to quickly produce professional quality design works, such as social media posts, invitations, digital postcards, etc., you may want to use professional design software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. However, the cost of learning and the difficulty of using these software may be prohibitive.

Designer is a web-based application that does not need to install any software, as long as there is a browser and the Internet can be used. Its feature is the use of artificial intelligence technology, according to the user's text description to generate a variety of pictures, and provide a variety of templates and styles for users to choose and customize.

One of the core functions of Designer is the AI drawing tool DALL-E 2 developed by OpenAI, which can create amazing images according to any text instructions entered by the user. For example, if you type "Girl in Christmas costume", DALL-E 2 can generate three different styles of pictures in a few seconds, and you can choose one or more of them for your design project. In this way, you don't have to bother to find the right picture material.

Designer also provides a convenient feature that can be used directly in the sidebar of Microsoft Edge browser. In this way, when you are suddenly inspired to do a design work while browsing the web, you don't need to leave the current page or download any extensions, just click the Designer icon on the sidebar and start creating immediately.

Microsoft says Designer is developed to help users unleash their creativity, and both professional designers and ordinary users can use it to realize their ideas and produce high-quality, unique and beautiful content. Microsoft also said that Designer is still in the process of improvement and will add more features and integration methods in the future to allow users to enjoy a more smooth and enjoyable design experience. The content to be added will include quickly replacing the background in the picture in another way, while expanding the background art to fill the entire picture. The designer will also allow you to populate the drawing with new content, or even erase the content in the image.

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