PicsArt’s Design Tools Are Now Available on Web
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PicsArt, the world’s largest creative platform, today announced that more than two dozen of its most popular editing and AI-based tools are now available for free and subscription on PicsArt.com. Currently available tools include a template editor, background and object remover, video slideshow maker, text editor, and more. Also included is an entire library of premium content, including stock photography, templates, fonts, and stickers, as well as millions of free-to-edit images submitted by PicsArt’s community. More features and premium content will be launched in the coming months.
“Over the years, PicsArt has become known for our robust, all-in-one photo and video editing app on mobile,” said Hovhannes Avoyan, CEO and founder of PicsArt. “But the transition to web is a natural one for us, since so many of our creators already use PicsArt to craft marketing materials. With this, we’re one step closer to providing quick, easy, and business-friendly tools for all.”
With more than one billion downloads to date, PicsArt’s suite of editing apps are fun, creative and easy to use, making it especially appealing to an emerging class of prosumers who are looking for new ways to work creatively. Some of PicsArt’s currently available web editing tools include:
In recent months, PicsArt also announced the acquisition of video motion effects startup D’efekt (now EFEKT Video Maker by PicsArt), adding to its creative suite even more advanced AI-powered video editing functionality. Basic video creation is currently available with PicsArt’s web capabilities, but more robust video editing features, including EFEKT’s video motion effects, will be added early next year.
Availability
PicsArt’s web tools are now available online at www.picsart.com. Premium features and cross-device access are included with a PicsArt Gold subscription ($8.99/month or $55.99/year). Users can also sign up for a free 30-day trial.
About PicsArt
PicsArt is the world’s #1 creative platform leading the visual storytelling revolution. It has been a top 20 most downloaded app for six consecutive quarters. Every month, the PicsArt community creates, remixes and shares billions of visual stories using the company’s powerful and easy-to-use editing tools. PicsArt has amassed one of the largest open-source content collections in the world, including free-to-edit photos, stickers, backgrounds, templates and more. PicsArt is available in 30 languages for free and as a subscription on iOS, Android and Windows devices. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Yerevan, Armenia; Beijing; Tokyo; Los Angeles; and Moscow, PicsArt is backed by Sequoia Capital, DCM Ventures, Insight Partners, and Siguler Guff & Company. Download the app or visit picsart.com or picsart.com/brands/ for more information.
PicsArt’s Popular App Tools Now Available Via Your Browser
PicsArt, a platform for finding images and editing them with AI-based tools, has announced that it is expanding its offering from just its app to the web, giving browser-based creators access to a selection of its tools, with more features rolling out next year.
The new tools are accessible for free and via a subscription on PicsArt.com. Currently-available tools include a template editor, background and object remover, video slideshow maker, text editor, and more. PicsArt is also including its entire library of what it calls “premium content,” which includes stock photography, templates, fonts and stickers, and millions of what PicsArt calls “free-to-edit images submitted by PicsArts’s community.”
Below is a list of the more prominently featured tools that are now available on the web version of the platform:
- Thousands of easy-to-edit templates: Templates for everything from social media graphics to blog thumbnails, flyers, posters, announcements, and more
- Stock photography and stickers: An entire library of free-to-use stock images, backgrounds, and stickers
- Hundreds of fonts: Fonts of all sizes and styles to overlay on an image or creation
- Magic effects and filters: Dozens of magic effects and filters including PicsArt’s most popular Sketch and Canvas Effect
- Background removal and replace: Makes the background of any photo transparent with just one click. You can also select a different color, textured, or scenic background.
- Object Removal: Removes an unwanted object or person from any image.
- Style transfer: Copies the style from any uploaded image to give a new image the same look, feel, and aesthetic.
- PicsArt’s web tools are now available, and premium features along with cross-device access are included with the PicsArt Gold subscription for $8.99 a month, or $55.99 a year.
Earlier this year, PicsArt came under fire for allegedly allowing rampant theft of images on its platform. According to reports, one photographer found unauthorized use of her photo over 1,500 times. Her photos were uploaded to the platform without her knowledge and quickly propagated across the app. PicsArt said that after it became aware of the issue did its best to remove the offending images as quickly as possible, but the photographer did not feel like the company adequately addressed her concerns. You can read that story here.
Becoming Creative: PicsArt helps kickstart storytelling
a screen shot of a man and woman posing for a photo: This San Francisco-headquartered firm has seen impressive growth in India in recent months and is upbeat on expanding its market here.© Provided by The Financial Express This San Francisco-headquartered firm has seen impressive growth in India in recent months and is upbeat on expanding its market here.
There are dozens of photo apps out there for every kind of creator, but it can be hard to find the right one for you. Enter PicsArt -a rapidly-growing creative platform and social editing app that is being talked about a lot in the highly competitive photo and video category. This San Francisco-headquartered firm has seen impressive growth in India in recent months and is upbeat on expanding its market here.
After the announcement of the first countrywide lockdown to combat Covid-19, PicsArt saw a 45% increase in monthly active users (MAU) in India alone and a 43% jump in app downloads. The company reckons that India is home to one of the largest millennial groups, including its ever-expanding content creators, who look for the best options to meet their photo and video editing requirement.
"India has always been a key market for PicsArt and we wish to grow further," said Hovhannes Avoyan, founder and CEO, PicsArt. "The recent development in the app industry in this region and the lockdown forcing everyone to stay at home give us a huge opportunity to be even more helpful as a creative outlet, stress reliever, and for small businesses, an easy way to create marketing material. We are seeing a huge rise in demand for consumer-friendly photo and video editing platforms."
PicsArt is backed by Sequoia Capital, DCM Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, and Siguler Guff and Company. For the uninitiated, PicsArt is an image editing, collage and drawing app and a social network. It enables users to take and edit pictures, draw with layers, and share their images with the PicsArt community and on other networks such as Facebook and Instagram.
With more than 1 billion downloads to date, the all-in-one photo and video editing app offers a unique combination of creative tools, unlimited content and a thriving community of 150 million monthly active creators, focusing on the social editing experience. Many of its creators upload free-to-edit content, which is then used by other community members in their edits, or "remixes".
Ravish Jain, country head of PicsArt India, said, "PicsArt comes as a boon to the many content creators who have been looking for an alternative photo and video editing app that goes beyond the default filter apps they were used to. With thousands of editing tools, users can transform their photos and videos, create stickers, and stir up their hidden artist by creating, editing and remixing visual content."
PicsArt Gold is available ad-free on a monthly or annual subscription basis for those wishing to enjoy premium editing. With PicsArt Gold, subscribers have access to millions of stickers, hundreds of fonts, frames and backgrounds, and an entire library of free-to-edit content and stock photography. PicsArt users can try a free 7-day trial to explore the premium perks included with PicsArt Gold.
