easy to use and from your cell phone

What ChatGPT was a turning point in how companies approached artificial intelligence is nothing new. In the last two years we have seen all kinds of bets, from the safest ones, such as Google, which has even sinned of being cautious, to Microsoft, which put 10 billion in OpenAI in order not to lose this wave as they lost the mobile wave. Even the European Union has taken a position on this issue, affecting the applications and services that will be available in Spain.

For example, Meta has announced that MetaAI will not come to our continent because they do not want to comply with the regulations as Google or Apple are doing. Microsoft has not announced that it is going to leave aside one of the most profitable markets in the world. In fact, it continues to make progress on one of its most striking proposals.

It is Microsoft Designer, a product designed to create and edit images.now with the help of artificial intelligence. Until recently it was mandatory to use it from the web browser, but now it has its own application for Android. It is another step in the strategy of the Redmond company, which seems to be increasingly focused on AI.

Free with limits

This application can be downloaded for free from the Google Play Store. Microsoft knows that putting a filter in the form of price is not a good way for the use of it to expand. That yes, to use without limits all the functions as long as you want, it is necessary to pass to Copilot Pro, the paid version of Microsoft AI. This increases the daily boosters from 15 to 100 and gives access to the most powerful versions of ChatGPT. The price is 22 euros per month, although the first month is free.

When you install the application you are asked to perform registration using a Microsoft account. It can be a Hotmail or Outlook account or we can create one at the moment if, for whatever reason, we do not have one already. Once the application is installed, the interface appears, which allows us to perform a multitude of actions.

Microsoft Designer has three separate sections. On the one hand, it allows you to create images with AIas is done in Bing Create, for example, or in other platforms such as Midjourney. In addition, it will be possible to edit images we have using artificial intelligence as wellspecifically in two ways. Finally, it is possible to to design on the basis of a blank image size.in which to add elements.

Creating images

The main function of this application is create designs and images. For this there is a section, which is the main section, that uses AI to create different types of illustrations, which are represented by a shortcut. Eight types are available:

• Images.
• Publications in social networks.
• Invitations.
• Avatars.
• Stickers.
• Wallpapers.
• Monograms.
• Coloring book pages.

When one of these sections is selected, an interface opens in which. you must type the promt or command in text to generate the image. In addition, if you click on one of the images suggested by the program, a text box opens in which you can substitute some words, making the creation process much easier.

The result is always displayed in the form of up to four similar images which are the response to the command. These images can be saved or shared and can only be edited to add graphics or text. They cannot be cropped. This is one of the few drawbacks of this application. The editing tools do appear when we choose to create a publication based on a template.

In addition to creating images it is possible to edit them to perform two actions, both useful. On the one hand, we can upload an image and ask for it to be remove the backgroundThis is useful if, for example, you want to create a sticker for a social network. Another function is the blur the backgroundThis is something that most cell phones allow you to do with the camera, but here you can apply it to photos that do not have this effect, for example old photos.

At the bottom of the main interface you can. create a composition with a particular aspect ratio, namely 1:1 and 9:16. The first is perfect for images posted on Instagram and the second for the stories of the same application. Obviously they can be used for whatever we want, but it seems clear that Microsoft wants all users of this social network to have Microsoft Designer installed.

All the images that have been generated will appear in the section. My projectsat the bottom right of the application. This is also where the projects we have created are saved, so that we can edit and modify them, although with the limitations we have mentioned. It is true that Microsoft Desingner is not an image editing app, but a greater number of options in this regard would be appreciated.

Perfect for cards and invitations

This application may not be the one with the most powerful image generation engine on the market, not even among the free ones, but it is very valid. However, what makes this application one of the must-have applications on your cell phone is that is ideal for creating designs with these images but also adding text and shapes..

Wow, is perfect for creating simple invitations, Christmas cards or things like coloring pages, ideal for entertaining the little ones on long summer afternoons, if they want to get away from the screens. But don’t lose sight of the fact that, like any image creation tool, there are limitations to what you can create.