Artistly

“Every designer needs it

Pros

Artistly allows users like us to create high quality logos, images and artwork using simple text prompts. Also it is designed for both beginners and professionals offering a variety of AI-powered tools that simplify the creative process and overall save us time and effort.

Cons

The customization options are limited and the AI Inpainter feature does not always produce the results we expect. And some images turn out strange and it is pretty tough to get the logos we want.

“Search for it before you pay

Pros

The best part of this product is that it requires just a one time fee and allows for unlimited generations which is great because you will definitely need them. Also most of the image quality is quite impressive with high resolution and an option to upscale. The editor tool is also pretty handy as it tries to mimic Canva. And while it does quite a fair job mimicking, I noticed that it is not quite as functional or polished as Canva. Though the good thing is that the program includes many features and seems to get regular updates as new improvements come along.

Cons

Well program's features and functions seem inconsistent. For example when creating characters, it only allows for one image generation at a time whereas other parts of the program let you generate up to four. I feel like this feature should be the same across all sections. Additionally some parts let you select a style while others do not and the available image dimensions vary greatly across sections as one section has five options, another has 16 and others offer only the default 1:1 aspect ratio. Also when selecting a Pixar style, sometimes it gives you a cartoon-like image and other times you get a high quality Disney Pixar-style image. When adjusting the text, it does not stay in place as shown in the tutorials as it gets jumbled requiring you to manually adjust it. Plus the font you initially chose might disappear leaving you to use a font already in the program. Also it claims 100% accuracy with text but it is more like 5%, unless you use a specific option,which often gives accurate results. It is confusing why the program is not consistent with text generation. As for the quick and easy child book creator, it's not as simple or fast as advertised. Even the images do not match the prompts and the styles are inconsistent. When we generate the book, it only creates images so we have to assemble the book ourself by manually creating pages, after repeatedly regenerating the images to match the style we originally wanted which is a hassle.

“Does an amazing job with photos

Pros

I am really impressed with the picture editing features in this app. Also its inpainting function is pretty smart. And it can even technically do outpainting as you have to expand the canvas first and then use inpaint on the larger area. Plus one of the best features is the smart background expansion as it can add a new background seamlessly. I was blown away by the quality of the images.

Cons

There are almost no file management features. So it would be great to have options like select or delete all or unselect, move everything or even group selected items into a folder. Also undo function is unreliable as I think it should work more like Adobe Photoshop allowing for multiple undos with the option to select which ones we as users want to undo.