Microsoft releases a new graphics design program driven by AI with DALL-E 2 preinstalled.

Microsoft Designer is the name of the new application, and a free preview is currently accessible.

What you must know

• A new graphical design program for Microsoft 365 is called Microsoft Designer.

• It has DALL-E 2 generation AI technology already built in.

• Users can write text to quickly and easily fully produce images and layouts.

Microsoft today unveiled "Microsoft Designer," a brand-new Microsoft 365 tool, which is intended to make it simple and quick for users to create social media posts, invitations, digital postcards, images, and more. With just a few keystrokes, the DALL-E 2 AI engine that powers the app can generate a variety of intricate drawings.

For instance, with Microsoft Designer, starting a new project is as easy as entering the desired information. Simply input "waterfall in the snow" to have the AI produce an image of a waterfall in a snowy environment if you want to create an invitation with a waterfall as the background. The more objects you input, such as text and photographs, the more intricate the app's suggestions will get.

In a blog post, Microsoft's Liat Ben-Zure, CVP of Modern Life, Search & Devices, explained the following:

"The Designer app is born out of PowerPoint, where Designer uses AI to make template suggestions as you build out a presentation. Depending on the type of content, Designer in PowerPoint will offer several options for you to choose from. In fact, more than eight billion slide designs (and counting) have been saved by our customers with Designer in PowerPoint. We’re thrilled to expand on that legacy, adding the latest cutting-edge text to image AI, with the new Designer app."

The program is a full-featured creative application but is made with user friendliness in mind. The web-based software is now accessible as a free preview (opens in new tab) with a constrained feature set. Once it becomes a part of Microsoft 365 and is available in preview, further features are anticipated to be introduced over time.

In the future, Microsoft Edge will be able to offer users AI-generated graphic designs that can help enhance things like social media posts, emails, and more—all without requiring you to leave the webpage you're on right now. Microsoft also announced that the Designer app will eventually be integrated into Microsoft Edge.

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